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Religious Studies Degree Information
Religion is a pervasive, powerful, multifaceted, and enduring dimension of human experience. Religions and religious phenomena have shaped complex cultures and countless individual lives. They are influential in the world today and will continue to be so in the future. The academic study of religion is multidisciplinary, drawing upon approaches from history, literary studies, philosophy, and the social sciences. It is multicultural, exploring the beliefs, practices, and developments of particular religious communities in many different cultures. The critical study of religion fosters the education of mature and responsible citizens.
Students can major in Religious Studies. The B.A. in Religious Studies is a liberal arts degree, providing graduates with the knowledge base and intellectual, communication, and interpersonal skills essential to success in any career. More specifically, knowledge of religion - and the ability to think clearly and communicate effectively about it - is valuable in fields that involve public affairs, international and cross-cultural relations, religious issues and groups, or interaction with diverse individuals and populations. While it provides insights into the role of religion in personal, group, and societal identity and conflict, studying religion does not require any particular religious back ground or commitment.
For additional information, please contact:
Dr. Claudia Schippert
Department of Philosophy
PSY 241
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL 32816-1352
407-823-4624
cschippe@mail.ucf.edu
Religious Studies Lecture Series:
Previous Lectures in the Religious Studies Lecture Series:
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4/14/2004 Arne Grøn, Ph.D. - Religion and Identity |
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3/26/2004 Jane Compson, Ph.D. Buddhist Concepts of Self |
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2/20/2004 Harry Coverston, Ph.D., J.D. Religious Identity and the Death Penalty |
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11/4/2003 K.C. Walpole - Engaged Buddhism: Prison Ministry in Florida |
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10/2/2003 Dennis Duermeier JDPSN - Engaging Buddhism |
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11/30/2004 Bon Haeng - Zen in the 21st Century |
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02/02/2005 Dr. Van Hook - Seeing Jesus as a Deconstructionist |
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Religious Studies Faculty
- Dr. Claudia Schippert, Associate Professor of Humanities and Director, Religious Studies Program
- Dr. John Burris, Visiting Instructor
- Dr. Jane Compson, Instructor of Humanities, Philosophy, and Religion
- Dr. Harry Coverston, Instructor of Humanities
- Dr. Sabatino DiBernardo, Instructor of Religion, Philosophy, and Humanities
- Dr. Doug Evans, Instructor of Humanities
- Dr. Bruce Janz, Associate Professor of Humanities
- Dr. Ronnie Hawkins, Associate Professor of Philosophy
- Dr. Husain Kassim, Associate Professor of Philosophy
Religious Studies Advisory Committee
- Dr. Kristin Congdon, Film & Digital Media and Philosophy
- Dr. Richard Crepau, History
- Dr. Sheri Dressler, Cooperative Education
- Dr. Walter Gaudnek, Art
- Dr. David Gay, Sociology & Anthropology
- Dr. David Jones, Sociology and Anthropology
- Dr. Donald Jones, Philosophy
- Dr. Moshe Pelli, Judaic Studies
- Dr. Joanne Stephenson, Music
Minor in Religious Studies
The minor in Religious Studies provides students with the opportunity to receive a foundational knowledge in religious studies and to study particular issues within their major in interdisciplinary conversation with the academic study of religion.
Requirements for Minor in Religious Studies
- Admission to the program is by approval of the director.
- All students must:
- take REL 2300 (World Religions)
- complete six additional courses from among the following (additional courses may qualify with prior approval by director of the program)
Religion, Humanities, Classics, and Philosophy courses
REL 3131 Religion in America
REL 3162 Healing: Culture, Art, and Praxis
REL 3115 Religion, Philosophy and Film
REL 3111 Religion, Spirituality, and Popular Music
HUM REL 4110 Religion and the Arts
HUM 3320 Contemporary Multicultural Studies
HUM 3401 Asian Humanities
HUM 3417 Hindu Thought and Culture
REL 3432 Roots of Western Mysticism
REL 3XXX Buddhist Thought and Culture
HUM 3419 Islamic Thought and Culture
HUM 3552 Christian Thought
HUM 3553 Moses, Jesus, and Mohammed
HUM 4303 The Spiritual Ideal
HUM 4330 Performance Theory
HUM 4554 Religious Quest and the Human Dilemma
CLA 3850 Classical Mythology
CLA 3851 Comparative Mythology
PHI 3033 Philosophy, Religion, and the Environment
PHI 3638 Ethical Issues in the 21st Century
PHI 3700 Philosophy of Religion
PHI 4321 Philosophy of Embodiment: Mind/Body/Self
PHI 4341 Ways of Knowing
PHI 4804 Critical Theory
PHP 3786 Existentialism
PHI 3033 Philosophy, Religion, and the Environment
PHI 3638 Ethical Issues in the 21st Century
PHI 3700 Philosophy of Religion
PHI 4321 Philosophy of Embodiment: Mind/Body/Self
PHI 4341 Ways of Knowing
PHI 4804 Critical Theory
PHP 3786 Existentialism
Courses offered through other Departments
AML 3615 Harlem, Haiti, and Havana
ANT 3241 Magic, Ritual, and Belief
ANT 3245 Native American Religions
ASH 3222 Islam and its Empires
ASH 3223 The Modern Middle East
JST 3401 The Jewish People I
JST 3402 The Jewish People II
JST 3550 Introduction of Modernism into Judaism
JST 3701 History of the Holocaust
JST 3751 Literature of the Holocaust
JST 3810 The Jewish National Movement and Roots of Zionism
LIT 3202 Death and Dying
LIT 4374 Literature of the Bible
SYO 4200 Sociology of Religion
See the Minor Requirements in the UCF Catalog
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