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What is Religious Studies? Religious Studies is an interdisciplinary academic program that explores “what matters” to people and how beliefs, symbols, rituals, spaces, etc. serve as resources in a variety of contexts as human beings make sense of and live out their lives.
What does it reveal and obscure? Can it be thought about in a non-mystifying way? This course weaves together a critical history of the academic discipline of religious studies with explorations of everyday " religion-making " in the broader culture and our own lives.
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Jan 24, 2017 · Introducing a religious logic to the recognised social welfare and commercial logics of social enterprise, this model builds on a religious worldview foundation and incorporates...
interdisciplinary approach is relevant to deal with the possible dearth and death of theology in public universities. The structure of the article is as follows: • The brief history of theological studies in a public university. • Framing an interdisciplinary approach to the theological curriculum.
Jan 24, 2017 · The article reports on an analysis of these new spaces of interest in religions and beliefs, undertaken through semi-structured interviews with eighteen landmark figures in the study of religion internationally.
Ecumenical and interfaith initiatives share features with multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary research methods and may yield helpful insights for these academic endeavors even though their commitment to an overarching worldview and life in communities set them apart.
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The Interdisciplinary Program in Religious Studies offers an Honors, Combined Honors and Major and Minor in Religious Studies. See the University of Alberta Calendar for information on the requirements for the Honors in Religious Studies, Combined Honors or Major or Minor in Religious Studies.