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The AbuSulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University mourns the passing of Yaqub Mirza and Abdulaziz Sachedina.

On September 23, 2024, the Department of Religious Studies hosts its third annual distinguished lecture in Judaic Studies. Aaron Dorfman, executive director of A More Perfect Union, will speak on "American Jews, American Democracy."

In this article, Religious Studies Professor John Turner talks about race in the Mormon Church.

Professor Cuong T. Nguyen of the Religious Studies Department and A. Charles Muller (U. of Tokyo) edited Wonhyo's Philosophy of Mind, Volume II, University of Hawai'i Press. Professor Nguyen also wrote two chapters including: "Treatise on the Ten Ways of Resolving Controversies (Simmun hwajaeng non)" and "Commentary on the Discrimination between the Middle and the Extremes (Chungbyon punbyollon so): Fascicle Three."

Professor Randi Rashkover and Professor Maria Dakake of the Religious Studies Department have recently become senior series editors along with Professor Stanley Hauerwas (Duke) and Professor Peter Ochs (University of Virginia) for the Encountering Traditions series at Stanford University Press. The series publishes leading scholarship in Jewish-Islamic and Christian engagement and inter-disciplinary work in religious studies.