Santa Clara University

The Local Religion Project

 Check out the redesigned and updated Local Religion Project website! Located on the Religious Studies home page, LRP is a resource that offers descriptions of SCU courses that require field studies of local religious organizations as well as a massive database of hundreds of these organizations. Over 600 and counting local sites have been cataloged.  A new feature of the database links students to the home page of the religious site, with the addition of Yelp links to user reviews. The new database takes the hassle out of finding a new place of worship or a good experience for visitors or students.  

For more information, please click on the following linl:

http://scu.edu/cas/religiousstudies/lrp/

Student Awards

Several prizes and honors are awarded by the University and the various undergraduate colleges each year for exceptional research and service by Santa Clara students. We would like to honor and acknowledge those religious studies majors and minors who have earned the high regard of the department and the University.

2013 recipients include:

 Religious Studies Prize - Celina Mogan

Theodore J. Mackin Senior Paper Award - Tanushree Mondkar

Tennant C. Wright, SJ Award for Outstanding RS Minor - Laura Snowden

Catherine Bell Award - Vaniah Holtz

Keys to the Kingdom Award - David Bibee

Graduating Majors:

 Celina Mogan (March '13)

Tanushree Mondkar

Jennifer Savage (December '13)

Graduating Minors:

 Megan Bedard

David Bibee

Lotus Lee

Laura Snowden

Alyssa Strickland

Shaleta Williams

New Theta Alpha Kappa Honor Society Members:

 Joe Alexander-Short

Megan Bedard

Katherine Burkhuch

Veronica Herr

Vaniah Holtz

Christian Kenney

Lotus Lee

Tanushree Mondkar

Katya Nemec

Seher Siddiqee

Laura Snowden

Nicholas Staib

Stephanie Traulsen

Celia Trujillo

For more information on past award recipients, please click on the link below:

http://scu.edu/cas/religiousstudies/students/awards.cfm

Course to Consider for Fall 2013

SCTR 106: Person of Christ in the New Testament

MWF 10:30- 11:35 am

Professor Salvatore Tassone, SJ

Deals with Jesus' understanding of himself and his mission as well as the New Testament interpretation given to them. Different Christologies of the New Testament studied in order to show the unity and diversity in their interpretation of Christ.

(5 units)

Prerequisite: Intermediate level course (SCTR 20-99, TESP 20-99, or RSOC 20-99) or another course approved as fulfilling the intermediate level Core requirement in Religious Studies and completion of 88 quarter units.

Course to Consider for Summer 2013

TESP 124: Theology of Marriage

Sally Vance- Trembath

MWR 1- 3:10 pm Session One

MWR 3:20– 5:30 pm Session Two 

An examination of human relationships, intimacy, sexuality, and marriage through the social sciences, philosophy, and theology, and exploration of human love in the unconditional commitment to spouse as the expression of divine love. (5 units)

*Fulfills Paradigm Shifts & The Nature of Human Knowing Pathways*

Prerequisite: Intermediate level course (SCTR 20-99, TESP 20-99, or RSOC 20-99 or another course approved as fulfilling the intermediate level requirement in Religious Studies) and completion of 88 quarter units.

­­­The Anti-Cult Movement in America: Cult or Salvation?

Presenter: Professor James Bennett

When:  Tuessday, May 28 from 5:30PM - 7:00PM

Where: RS Lobby (Kenna 323)

Pizza and Drinks will  be provided!

This event is to bring together majors and minors, but please also bring interested friends!

We would like you to take the opportunity to pre-register for all religious studies courses. Please consult the course descriptions and tentative syllabus posted on the bulletin board at the third floor Kenna hallway by the Religious Studies Department. The pre-registration period is from Monday, April 29th to Monday, May 6th at 5 PM. Please contact your advisor for further information.

Sunday, December 2nd, 2012
2 - 4 pm
Mission Santa Clara de Asis on the SCU campus
Admission is free and open to the public.
 

Please join us at the annual celebration of "La Virgen del Tepeyac: The Apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe" which will take place on Sunday, December 2, 2012 in the Mission Church.  All are invited to be a part of this celebration in drama, dance, and song that tells the story of the apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The performance will be in Spanish with English commentary throughout. A reception will follow in the Willeman Room, Benson Center. This wonderful re-enactment is made possible through the collaboration of Teatro Corazon of Sacred Heart Parish and Santa Clara University students.

For more information, please contact Dr. Ana María Pineda, RSM at (408) 554-6958, Lulu Santana at (408) 554-4639, or Rosa Guerra-Sarabia at (408) 554-5011.