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Department Overview

Why Study Religion?

To explore how humans understand and experience the sacred, the self, and the world.
To celebrate the complexity and variety within religious life and thought.
To cultivate skills of reading, speaking, and writing.
To share in the delight of asking--and even risking answers to--questions about the meaning of life and the sources of human and social transformation.
To experience the knowledge that arises from an appreciation of the place of religion in human experience.
The study of Religion can provide excellent preparation for a variety of careers, such as law, teaching, counseling, business, journalism, politics, writing, medicine, and the arts. Find courses here.

Reflections on the Study of Religion

FALL 2024 COURSES

Religion 006C: FYS: Apocalypse: Hope and Despair in the Last Days
Religion 010: African American REligions
Religion 023: Quakers Past and Present
Religion 029: Islam, Race & Anti-Blackness
Religion 038: Religion and Film
Religion 053: Gender, Sexuality, and the Body in Islamic Discourses
Religion 095: Religion Cafe: Senior Symosium
Religion 114: Love and Religion
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