Religious Studies

Learn about religions around the globe.

Read religious texts, commentaries and analyses, and reflect on their meaning and importance.

Discuss the concept of religion, its origin and construction, its power both to show and hide the phenomena it denotes.

Think about religions as cultures with specific identities tied to language, region, bodily practices, texts, and beliefs.

Consider how religions are shaped by interaction and exchange with other cultures, nations, ethnicities, and religious groups; by technological change; by changing conceptions of gender; by forces of modernization and reaction.

Study contemporary religious movements and their relation to secularism, law, sovereignty, and violence. Look at art and media, and consider how they reflect and produce religion.