Students in Religious Studies combine a thorough grounding in the history and theory of religion with a senior experience, in which students follow their own lights to explore topics of special ...

Today, Benjamin Pietro Marcus, Religious Literacy Specialist with the Religious Freedom Center of the Newseum Institute, shares concrete strategies for building a lesson enriched by religious studies.

This introduction sets the academic and historical context for the four articles that follow. It considers how the modern legal disestablishment of religion has changed both religion and law and the ...

It’s a good bet more Americans are able to name Santa’s nine reindeer than the Twelve Apostles. The United States boasts the highest rate of religious affiliation of the world’s developed nations, yet ...

The Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the University of Wyoming provides an intellectually stimulating environment for students to explore timeless questions and the world’s diverse ...

Christine Hayes, a scholar of classical rabbinic Judaism specializing in Talmudic-midrashic studies and Jewish law in late antiquity, has been appointed the Sterling Professor of Religious Studies, ...

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 ...

Why is religion a major force in the human experience? Religion is one of the major and most persistent expressions of human culture. Studying religion answers questions about why people believe what ...

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 ...