As part of the Center’s third phase of research, titled “Between Relativism and Reproach: Exploring Value Judgments about Good Human Lives within Theologically Engaged Anthropology” and sponsored by the

This November, CTEA leadership Derrick Lemons and Hannah Howard traveled to New Orleans, LA for the annual conference of the American Anthropological Association.

On August 29, 2025, Dr. Derrick Lemons presented developing research from the Center for Theologically Engaged Anthropology (CTEA) at the 23rd quinquennial World Congress of IAHR. The conference was held in Krakow, Poland, and hosted scholars of religion from all over the world.

A number of CTEA affiliated scholars traveled to Santa Barbara, California for the Biennial Conference of the Society for the Anthropology of Religion. The conference theme was Religiosities, Ecologies, and Environmentalisms in the Age of the Anthropocene.

On May 26, 2025, Dr. Derrick Lemons presented information about the CTEA and our budding research projects to conference participants at the 10th Annual Symposium on Religion and Theology hosted by the Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER).