Religious Studies - Loyola University New Orleans

Religious Studies from Loyola University New Orleans is a Campus Bachelor Religious Studies degree that prepares you for a Liberal Arts career. About Religious Studies Who am I as a religious believer, or non-believer? How am I to understand the particularity of my own beliefs in a religiously plural world? Can truths be found in traditions other than my own? Am I willing to look at my own faith in a rigorous and critical way? The Department of Religious Studies allows students to pursue the academic study of religion in a spirit of free intellectual inquiry. Religious studies majors seek answers to the above and other questions. Students soon discover what many theologians and philosophers have understood for centuries?the answers are often more questions. The academic study of religion is pursued in a spirit of free intellectual inquiry. The immediate concern of the religious studies program is to achieve an understanding of the person as a religious believer and of the impact of religion upon human existence. This means that religion is reflected upon as a force that has shaped and been shaped by social, political, scientific, and ethical concerns. Since Loyola is a Catholic university, these studies are undertaken from within the perspective of the Catholic tradition. The Department of Religious Studies is ecumenical both in the composition of its faculty and in its outlook. Degree Programs For a Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies, students choose between two sequences of study: Christianity or World Religions . For a sequence in Christianity, students must complete 31 credit hours of religious studies with the following required courses: Introduction to World Religions (prerequisite), Old Testament as Literature, New Testament as Literature, Christian Ethics, Early Christian Thought, Medieval Christian Thought, Modern Christian Thought, one major elective (not in Common Curriculum), three additional elective courses, and one one-hour Special Topics Seminar. For a sequence in world religions , students must complete 31 credit hours of religious studies with the following required courses: Introduction to World Religions (prerequisite), Old Testament as Literature, New Testament as Literature, one of Early, Medieval, or Modern Christian Thought, one major elective (not in Common Curriculum), six additional elective courses, and one one-hour Special Topics Seminar. View more details on Loyola University - New Orleans, LA . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Religious Studies courses.