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.
Learn about this course and others being offered in Fall 2020 by the Religion Department. Please note: schedules and locations on course posters will likely be altered due to the new academic year structure. For the most updated information, please visit the course schedule on the Registrar's Office website.
Erin Kast '15 religion and biology major reflects on his decision to pursue a religious vocation
The Stories of Engaged Scholarship section of the Lang Center Newsletter recently featured highlights from the Summer 2019 ChesterSemester Program. The ChesterSemester Program is a transcript-notated interdisciplinary program on social change with a community-based learning (CBL) internship component and is coordinated by Department of Religion's Mark Wallace. Pictured is Neesa Levy '21
Religion Professor Yvonne Chireau was a recent presenter on Recovering the Bones: African American Material Religion and Religious Memory at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
