Religious Studies - Stanford University

Religious Studies from Stanford University is a Campus Bachelor Religious Studies degree that prepares you for a Liberal Arts career. The goal of the Religious Studies undergraduate curriculum is to give students in-depth exposure to the set of phenomena called religion and to the leading theories and methods by which religion is studied in the modern university. The department's courses are designed both to engage students existentially and to assist students in thinking about the intellectual, ethical, and sociopolitical issues which loom large in the world's religions. No less important, the department faculty seek to provide tools for understanding the complex encounters among religious ideas, practices, and communities, and the past and present cultures which have shaped and been shaped by religion . Courses therefore expose students to leading concepts in the field of religious studies such as god(s), sacrifice, ritual, scripture, prophecy, and priesthood; to approaches developed over the past century-including the anthropological, historical, psychological, philosophical, and phenomenological-that open religion to closer inspection and analysis; and to major questions, themes, developments, features, and figures in the world's religious traditions. The department encourages and supports the acquisition of languages needed for engagement with sacred texts and interpretive traditions. View more details on Stanford University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Religious Studies courses.