Congratulations to John Martin for being awarded a research grant from the Graduate College for his work entitled "The Characteristics of Guidance and the Secrets of the Guided: A 13th-century Treatise on the Divine Names in Islamic Theurgic Rites."

Meet some of our faculty and students and find out why you should study comparative religion at Western Michigan University.

Dr. Blain Auer, Islamic Studies Professor, talks about Comparative Religion.

Lydia Walker received the 2011-12 Department Scholar Award and the 2011-12 All-University Scholar Award, one of the highest honors the University bestows on graduate students. Scott Watson has been awarded the departmental Graduate Teacher Award for 2011-12 and Nadia Tremonti received the 2011 Distinguished Alumni Award.

Laura Wagner, 2012 Presidential Scholar for the Department of Comparative Religion, with her faculty mentor Dr. Kevin Wanner and department chair, Dr. Stephen Covell, on the right.