Undergraduate Concentrations
The Department of Religious Studies offers concentrations in Religion and Nonprofit Leadership and Religion, Race, & Ethnicity.
Faculty & Research
The faculty and students of the Department of Religious Studies at University of Tennessee, Knoxville engage is a wide range of research. We specialize not just in a diversity of geographical areas and historical religious traditions, but also a variety methods and approaches.
Events & Programs
The faculty and students of the Department of Religious Studies at University of Tennessee, Knoxville engage is a wide range of research. We specialize not just in a diversity of geographical areas and historical religious traditions, but also a variety methods and approaches.
Charles H. Reynolds Distinguished Alumnus/a Award
Charles H. Reynolds served as department head from 1980 – 2001. In the wake of his passing on January 25, 2017 [TN Today | Knoxville News-Sentinel] the Department decided to create an award in his honor. Because he stayed connected to many of his former students, we decided to honor a distinguished alumnus or alumna each year. The award is handed out at the Graduation and Awards Ceremony in the spring.
Our 2023 winner is Steven Trotter, an alumni from the class of 1976.
Religious Studies in the News
- Interdisciplinary Interpretationsby Randall Brown Stephen Hay, from Greeneville, Tennessee, built a standout Vol experience double majoring in English and religious studies and minoring in the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Program. He… Read more: Interdisciplinary Interpretations
- Ramsey Recognized as a 2024 Torchbearer
- Shannon Receives 2024 Commission for Disability Undergraduate Student Award
Upcoming Events
Podcasts
- A Poetics of Nature: Religious Naturalism, Multiplicities, and Affinities
- Partners in Sacred History: The Nonhuman Other in Early Islam
- The Atrocity of Hunger
- Interview with Melissa Wilcox on Queer Religiosities
- Spirit Guide: African Islam, Social Justice, and the Rub of Modernity
- Spirit Guide: Tracy Pintchman on the Goddess Without Boundaries
- Kline Interview with Adam Kotsko: What is Political Theology
- Interview with Marla Frederick on Religion, Race, and Education