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Jeffrey C. Pugh, the Maude Sharpe Powell Professor of Religious Studies and author of the newly released Devil's Ink: Blog from the Basement Office, was a featured guest on WUNC's "The State of Things" noontime program on May 17. Pugh spoke about his book.

Jeffrey Pugh, professor of religious studies, detailed the dreams and potential of the 2011 Lumen Scholars at a banquet on May 10.

Rebecca Todd Peters, associate professor and chair of the Department of Religious Studies, has published two articles this spring.

Sometimes silly and sometimes serious, but always as "Satan,” ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ professor Jeffrey C. Pugh read excerpts from his new book Thursday as part of the 2010-11 Distinguished Scholar Award Lecture before taking questions about the way evil is described in Devil’s Ink: Blog from the Basement Office.

Ever wonder what the devil’s eye view is on religion, politics, evil, Disney? Jeffrey C. Pugh, the Maude Sharpe Powell Professor of Religious Studies, on Thursday night will read from his latest book - Devil's Ink: Blog from the Basement Office - to address these and other concerns that perplex and mystify humans in the present age as part of the ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ Distinguished Scholar Award Lecture.

What would Satan say about nuclear weapons? Or politicians and their mistresses? Or Disney World? And would he say it in a … blog? Such is the premise of Devil's Ink: Blog from the Basement Office by ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ professor Jeffrey C. Pugh, who uses Lucifer’s point of view in a new book critiquing cultural institutions that readers may assume are necessary without considering the evil they can create.

Two ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ students were among a group of US university students who were selected to travel to South Korea as part of the Korea-US Youth Network during Spring Break.

Religious studies faculty and students attended and presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Commission on the Study of Religion in Louisville, Ky., March 4-6.

Rebecca Todd Peters, department chair and associate professor of religious studies, is offering a plenary address at Davidson College's Conference on Reformed Theology and Ethics, which takes place March 14-16.