Philosophy & Religious Studies

The Department of Philosophy & Religious Studies is located in Catt Hall on Iowa State's central campus. Philosophy tries to make sense of human experience and reality through critical reflection and argument. Religious Studies gives students the opportunity to investigate and reflect on the world's religions in an objective, critical, and appreciative manner.
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Forthcoming books-

Feminist Philosophy in Film: Reconfiguring Care through

Cinema, Dr. Joseph Kupfer, Intellect Press

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Forgiveness and Retribution: Responding to Wrongdoing,

Dr. Margaret Holmgren, Cambridge University Press

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Slavery, Abolitionism, and the Ethics of Biblical Scholarship,

Dr. Hector Avalos, Sheffield Phoenix Press

http://www.sheffieldphoenix.com/showbook.asp?bkid=181

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CEAH Announces 2012 Research Grants for
Assistant and Associate Professors

Dr. David Alexander, Basic Knowledge and Reflective Defeat

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