Program in the Study of Religion — The Program

The Program in the Study of Religion offers a set of courses which concentrate on the religious dimension of human experience. The nucleus of the program consists of a group of courses directly in the study of religion which focus on the fundamental problems and themes of religious experience. These are supplemented by a variety of departmental course offerings which examine religious aspects of literature, history, or institutions, as treated by the social sciences and the humanities. This program seeks to explore critically the cultural heritage of religious experience in a fashion which enables students to expand their views of human culture and to find the place of their own history and experience within the framework of a liberal and humanistic education.