宗教研究是研究世界宗教的独特的比较，跨文化和跨学科的方式。学生将广泛了解过去和现在的世界宗教，并有机会对宗教在其他社会和文化领域（历史，政治，艺术，文学，科学，技术和社会领域）的作用进行批判性分析。媒体。在学习过程中，学生参加宗教，传统和习俗相关的性别，种族，种族和阶级交集时，会发展出较强的分析和批判性思维，书面和口头交流能力以及对文化差异的理解能力。以下两个领域的研究：宗教研究：在特定的历史，文化和地理环境中深入研究不同的宗教习俗和信仰。这种集中注意力并不是孤立地关注宗教，而是关注不同传统之间的异同，以
Religious studies is a uniquely comparative, cross-cultural and interdisciplinary way to study the world's religions. Students develop a broad knowledge of the world's religions past and present, along with the opportunity for critical analysis of the role of religion in relation to other social and cultural domains: history, politics, art, literature, science, technology and the media. During their studies, students develop strong skills in analytical and critical thinking, written and spoken communication, and an understanding of cultural differences as they attend to the intersections of gender, ethnicity, race and class in relation to religious traditions and practices.Students choose one of following two areas of concentration:<br><br>Study of religions: The in-depth study of different religious practices and beliefs in specific historical, cultural and geographical contexts. This concentration does not focus on religions in isolation, but on the similarities and differences among different traditions and on the many varying roles of religion in relation to other aspects of culture: history, literature, the arts and social institutions. This focus area emphasizes different disciplinary approaches to the study of religion, including historical, anthropological, psychological, sociological, cognitive and aesthetic.<br><br>Religions and cultures: The study of religions in relation to cultural, social and political institutions, and in relation to categories of identity and difference. This concentration does not focus on religion in isolation, but examines religion through the insights and methods of literary studies, ethnography, historiography, social analysis and cultural comparison. Religion is viewed as a set of beliefs and practices that are inextricably intertwined with race, class, gender and ethnicity, among other categories of affiliation and identification. Students also reflect on the category of religion itself, exploring the interrelations between knowledge and power in our own academic discourse about religion.