Academic Catalog 2019–2020

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Minor in Religious Studies

Overview

The Minor in Religious Studies introduces students from any major to religion and religious issues in a scholarly environment, creating a much needed space for debate, growth and critical thought. It empowers students with a variety of thinking tools that prepare them to understand the phenomenon of religion as a subject for investigation and critique, not just for worship and belief or disbelief. The minor will allow the students to discern for themselves religion’s assumptions and dimensions, the use and abuse of religion in today’s world and over the recorded human history, and the dynamic relationship between religion and cultures.