Religion is deeply intertwined with many aspects of human culture, connecting to morality and ethics, law and politics, science, art, and music.

杨贵妃传媒视频's religious studies program offers courses in religious traditions from world religions, including Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam, as well as interdisciplinary courses that explore the broader implications of religious traditions throughout history and the world.听

Students of any religious affiliation (or none) and any declared major, can benefit from the academic study of religion. Entry-level courses (i.e., 100- and 200-level) require no prerequisite and consider an array of traditions, texts, theories, and/or topics, while upper-level courses explore specific subjects in greater detail. All our courses encourage students to think critically while fostering an understanding of diverse viewpoints and ways of being in the world.

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鈥淚t connects to so many different facets of life, politics and the environment and the way different societies work and language. I鈥檓 super interested in etymology and the way that language shapes our understandings of the world around us, and religion plays a huge role in that.鈥澨

Maddy Tevonian 鈥24
Religious Studies
Wilmette, Illinois听

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Unbagging First-Year Studies

Martyn Smith, director of First-Year Studies, unbags the 10 works being used in First-Year Studies during the 2021-2022 academic year.

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Religion and Comics

This discussion-based course examines the role of comics and sequential art in religious traditions and explores religious themes in contemporary comics and graphic novels. By analyzing comics and related scholarship in the emerging field of comics studies, students will investigate the complex relationships between religion, images and culture.

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杨贵妃传媒视频 offers both a major and minor in religious studies.

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Experience religion through travel

Widen your cross-cultural understanding of religious expression through opportunities to visit regional religious communities and international sites in places like Nepal and Senegal.

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Connect the dots of human faith and culture with self-directed research

Delve deep into your particular interest within religious studies with independent research.

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The Chandler Senior Experience

The Department of Religious Studies鈥 Senior Experience is a one-term senior seminar (usually taught in the Spring Term) that examines approaches to the study of religion selected from a school of thought or a more eclectic group of authors. Seniors will participate in an informal departmental colloquium, in which your work is presented and discussed by majors, minors, and faculty.

If you are pursuing double majors, double degrees, and education certification, we encourage you to consult with your advisors and relevant department plans to negotiate your overall Senior Experience as early as possible, especially if you're interested in pursuing an interdisciplinary capstone that integrates your majors or student teaching project.

Recent Senior Experience projects include:

  • I Love You God (P.S. We鈥檙e Breaking Up): How Emerging Adults are Navigating Religious Ambiguity Through Taiz茅
  • What Is the Meaning of Life?听 An Examination of the Nature and Ramifications of the Pursuit of the Meaning of Life
  • The 鈥淧ure鈥 Gods: The History of the Far-Right鈥檚 Longstanding Love Affair with Norse Neopaganism

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Religious Studies Outcomes

Studying the rich world of faith creates a solid foundation for a variety of advanced study and career paths.

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