In March, the Religious Studies Department lost two faculty members, both of whom played influential roles in the department, across the University, and in the wider worlds of Catholic theology and Religious Studies.

Teresia Hinga (January 25, 1955 - March 31, 2023) was a dedicated professor of religion and a welcoming friend, mentor, and colleague who taught at Santa Clara University for nearly 20 years.

Denise Carmody (December 10, 1935 - March 15, 2023) was a pioneer in female leadership at Santa Clara University, where she served in various capacities for nearly 30 years.

Congratulations to Boo Riley, Sarita Tamayo-Moraga, Kitty Murphy, and Ana Maria Pineda R.S.M.

This quarter, we are excited to welcome 3 new faculty members in the Religious Studies Department.

Updates from Religious Studies Majors Daniel Martinez '24 (pictured) and Sasha Eros '23

Kathleen earns her Ed.D.

Reza visited classes, met with faculty, and discussed his new book.

Elizabeth Drescher, Jaime Wright, Boo Riley, and Roberto Mata apply different academic approaches in seeking to understand how religion is embedded in and responds to the concrete, everyday places where ordinary people live.

Philip Boo Riley awarded the Francisco Jiménez Reaching Out Award

Reenvisioning Sexual Ethics: A Feminist Christian Account

LRC Fellows for 2023

See what our faculty got up to in Spring 2022

An Ordinary Man, an Extraordinary Life

William Dohar

For the first time since 2019, the Religious Studies community gathered together live and in person, for the RS Reception.

Welcome our newest faculty member Bryson White!

The prestigious award will support Schutz’s research pondering what barriers stand in the way of authentic flourishing.