Seeman religion in schools

Emory faculty members have earned a reputation for having conversations that transcend disciplinary boundaries. That path often takes scholars out of their comfort zones&#;and sometimes toward revelation.

Don Seeman, Emory associate professor of religion and Harvard-trained anthropologist, is among those leading the conversation. This year he convened the Emory Forum for the Ethnographic Study of Religion, dedicated to intellectual exchange among scholars from diverse fields who employ ethnographic methods (i.e. scientific description of specific human cultures) to study religion.

Seeman also led an exploration of the intersection of the study of human cultures&#;ethnography&#;with theology and ethics, in the latest issue of Practical Matters.

Seeman's "animating passion," in organizing the roundtable, titled "Engaging Religious Experience: A Return to Ethnography and Theology," centers on what he sees as the importance of ethnography as a window on religious experience.

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