Alum Odalis Garcia Gorra (BA Journalism + Design, Minor Religious Studies) Pens Piece on Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Ritual in RELIGION DISPATCHES
"This 13½ minute performance encompassed Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future."
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Religious Studies at Lang explores the intersections and intimate connections between systems of beliefs and practices, ethical codes, rituals, narratives, philosophies, stories, and social structures across many cultures and centuries. Engaging with the human experience in its deepest and broadest sense, this exciting interdisciplinary field represents an integral part of a liberal arts education.
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"This 13½ minute performance encompassed Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future."
The student-run audio media platform interviewed members of the team that worked on the celebratory events and exhibition, including religious studies professor and New School historian Mark Larrimore.
Larrimore, an associate professor of religious studies, and students in his class Theorizing Religion are building on the exhibition Fashion—Faith: Rituals and Dialogues, on display in the Arnold and Sheila Aronson Gallery. Illustration by Yoon-Jong Chang.
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