Religious Studies Major
Because the field of religious studies is multidimensional, our program for majors acquaints students with the diverse aspects of the phenomenon of religion. It also enables students to pursue in-depth the particular area of their own interest.
Requirements
A major is required to take a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 14 courses in the department, including:
Code | Title |
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One course from each of the following four areas: | |
Sacred texts: | |
New Testament | |
Hebrew Bible/Old Testament | |
Understanding Jesus | |
History of the Early Church | |
Readings: Asian Sacred Texts | |
Women In Early Christianity | |
The Quran | |
Sex, Money, Power & the Bible | |
World religions: | |
Buddhism | |
Islam | |
Comparative Religions/World View | |
Judaism | |
Judaism in the Time of Jesus | |
Ancient and Medieval Hinduism | |
Ecology & Religion | |
Comparative Mysticism & Human Ecology | |
The Quran | |
Modern Religious Movements | |
Religion and Violence | |
Zen Buddhism | |
Theravada Buddhism | |
Islamic Philosophy & Theology | |
Holocaust: Confronting Evil | |
Gardens & World Religions | |
Theology: | |
Mary in Christian Theology | |
Catholicism | |
History Of Christianity 1 | |
History Of Christianity 2 | |
Understanding Jesus | |
Early Christian Monasticism | |
Defense Against the Dark Arts | |
Eucharist/History & Theology | |
Christian Sacraments | |
Christian Prayer in Theory and Practice | |
Conflicts in the Church | |
Theology Of The New Testament | |
Liberation Theology | |
Jesuit Spirituality | |
Teología Andina | |
Medieval Christianity | |
Un tal Jesus | |
Islamic Philosophy & Theology | |
Comparative Theology | |
Ethics: | |
Contemporary Christian Morality | |
Social Ethics | |
Theological Perspectives on Medical Ethics | |
Ethics of Work & Family | |
HIV/AIDS and Ethics | |
Two intensive courses (seminars or tutorials) in one of the above listed concentration areas. | |
Additional electives from the list above to reach the minimum of ten required Religious Studies courses. |
For those students who intend to pursue graduate studies, the department strongly advises competence in a classical as well as in a modern language, and in the social sciences and philosophy. A course taken in Montserrat that carries an R designation might be counted towards the minor with the approval of the department Chair.