Religious belief has inspired both armies and charities, politicians and prophetic voices that have shaped world history. Religions have provided the foundation for ethical behavior and in many ...

When ninth-grade schoolchildren in Kyrgyzstan began classes this year, they discovered a new subject in the curriculum: the History of the Development of Religions. President Sadyr Japarov laid out ...

Saying that an African-American studies course "lacks educational value," Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration is defending its rejection of the curriculum, while Black religious leaders and elected ...

Davíd Carrasco (Neil L. Rudenstine Professor of the Study of Latin America at Harvard University) will be returning to CU to teach a summer course “Native American and Indigenous Religious Traditions: ...

The Department of Religious Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder combines the intimacy of a classic liberal arts education, the rigor of a strong graduate program and a climate of engagement ...

The University of Nevada, Reno’s departments of Political Science and Gender, Race and Identity have collaborated with the Religious Studies Committee to host guest speaker Jelena Subotic, author of ...

One year, for Hanukkah, my grandmother gave me the Book of Mormon. She was not trying to convert me. She was not a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She was Jewish, though a ...

2020 Outstanding Religious Studies Thesis Award – Jack McLarnon, “‘One’ and ‘I’: Dynamics of Ritual Unity and Individuality in the Liturgical Practice of the Catholic Nicene Creed” (Combined thesis in ...

2023 Graduate Religious Studies Award – Khushi Choudhary. Khushi will be pursuing an MTS at Harvard Divinity School. This award is given in recognition of seniors or recent alums who have been ...

Explore the diverse beliefs, practices and traditions of faith that shape human experiences across the world. By studying religion in its many forms, you’ll uncover how it has historically intersected ...

At UD, our religious studies and theology majors are part of a tight-knit community of learners, asking critical questions about the study of religion and theology today. You'll be prepared to ...

Through our writing- and theory-intensive program—which you can complete in two years if studying full time, or longere if part time—you’ll gain a solid foundation in the methods used in the ...