Religious Studies - Albright College

Religious Studies from Albright College is a Campus Bachelor Religious Studies degree that prepares you for a Liberal Arts career. Religious studies explores the religious dimensions of human experience around the world, as expressed in literary, historical, artistic, ritual and symbolic forms. It focuses on how everyday human thought and activities become part of a system of spiritual meaning and moral formation. Religious studies at Albright focus on the interpretation of diverse religious cultures across the globe, from ancient times to modern. The department offers specialized courses in biblical studies , Christianity, Asian religions , American religions, native American traditions, religion and popular culture, Latin American religions, Judaism, Islam and religious perspectives on women asnd ecology. The goal of all religious studies courses is to equip students with the skills for understanding and appreciating the faiths and cultures of other people, as well as their own, and for identifying and interpreting for themselves the ultimate questions that face human beings. Eight courses in religious studies are required beyond the general studies requirement. Although there are no "core" courses, concentrators are expected to take courses from a diversity of areas in religious studies . Senior concentrators must take REL 491, in which they are expected to present a senior thesis or project interpreting an issue in the study of human religion and culture from the appropriate methodological perspectives. Concentrators normally are expected to take three to five related courses (beyond general studies) in the areas of philosophy, history, literature, the arts or the social sciences. View more details on Albright College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Religious Studies courses.