Religious StudiesThe Religious Studies Program offers courses that foster the understanding of world religions and their influence on human behavior in a complex globalizing and intersectional world.

Three students have filed a complaint against Virginia officials over allegedly being denied access to scholarship grant ...

Requirements for the B.A. in Religious Studies: All of the following are required: 1) Required Course (credit hours: 3.0) RELS 1301 Introduction to Religious Studies (Language, Philosophy &Culture ...

Lamorna Ash’s “Don’t Forget We’re Here Forever” reports on the young faithful in Britain, while Ross Douthat’s “Believe” has ...

The Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies plays an active role in several university-wide, national, and international research and educational consortiums — in addition to housing the ...

Ben Zion Eshel, a 61-year-old Israeli Jew, stands out in the Palestinian Bedouin village of Ras ‘Ein al ‘Auja in the West ...

Three Religious Studies double-majors presented their interdisciplinary research at the 2023 Mount David Summit on a panel entitled “Religion in America: Ancient Traditions ~ Modern Iterations.” From ...

Program details and course descriptions can be found in the Undergraduate Bulletin. Understanding the impact of religion on both social and political levels is very important. Being a Religious ...

“Do high school students in the United States learn about the Armenian Genocide?” This is a surprisingly difficult question to answer. K-12 education in the United States is highly decentralized and ...

Luke Thomas, a high school graduate who was part of a lawsuit filed in May 2025 against Virginia officials over allegedly being denied eligibility to a state grant program because he planned to pursue ...

As part of our July Fourth special broadcast, we continue our extended interview with Karen Hao, author of Empire of AI: ...

Religion and Public Life was one of a handful of programs singled out in Harvard’s 311-page antisemitism report issued in ...