Religious Studies Minor

The world is a richly meaningful place and every life is an authentic contribution to that larger meaning. Understanding the world’s religions and spiritual traditions allows us to see how belief and belonging influence culture, ethics, and politics.

Focusing on major religions of the world, spiritual paths, and secular belief systems, our curriculum helps students develop the capacity for scholarship and disciplined thought on subjects of meaning, value, and purpose, and it encourages them to utilize the study of religion to enrich their own quest for meaning, consider their values, and ponder the questions that have captivated people for millennia.

Religious Studies is less a discipline, and more an interdisciplinary field. Courses taken in the minor are enriched by - and in turn enrich - courses taken in a wide variety of other departments, from History to Biology, from Art to Social Work.