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- While religious practices have changed, the essential aspects of each religion are ancient. By studying ancient religious ideas, we are compelled to study other disciplines such as history, philosophy, and sociology.
www.amu.apus.edu/area-of-study/arts-and-humanities/resources/why-study-religion/Why Study Religion? 5 Reasons to Pursue the Study of Religion
By studying different religious doctrines, rituals, stories, and scriptures, we can also come to understand how different communities of believers—past and present, East and West—have used their religious traditions to shape, sustain, transform themselves.
Why Major in the Study of Religion? UCR’s major and minor in the Study of Religion not only leads students through a close examination of the world’s major religious traditions, but also offers sustained training in research methods and theories from across the humanities and social sciences.
- Our Gateway Courses
- Digging Deeper
- Beyond The Classroom
Want to grapple with profound ethical and theological questions? Or learn about the ideas, people, and rituals that shape religion? Begin with our gateway course Religion Around the Globe. Or try Is Stanford a Religion?, which examines how the university's culture resembles a religion through its myths, rituals, and taboos, or The Religious Life of...
Our Exploring series introduces the world's great religious traditions, like Exploring Zen Buddhism, Exploring the New Testament or Exploring Islamic Mysticism. Follow up with courses that examine how religion relates to essential aspects of culture, gender, politics, and identity, such as Buddhist Philosophy, the Language of Islam, or Malcom X and...
From exploring sacred sites around the world to participating in lively events on campus, there are myriad opportunities for enhancing your understanding of religion's role in history and society. In addition to events supported by the department, we also work closely with several affiliated centers.Read more about our affiliates.
Religious Studies is a diversified and multi-faceted discipline focusing on the study of specific traditions and the general nature of religion as a human phenomenon. It spans cultures around the world, ancient as well as modern.
Religious Studies offers breadth and depth in its study of the world's religions from various perspectives, including the interpretation of religious texts, the sociology and psychology of religion and the impact of ancient and modern religious movements.
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Here are some reasons others have for studying religion: I study Religion because the world doesn't make sense until you understand the frame of mind from which people make their decisions. Religion is pervasive in daily life all over the world, and I intend to be an informed global citizen.
