Studies in Religion
People live and die in the name of religion. What could be more important to study as an undergraduate?
Studies in Religion is an interdisciplinary program that brings together faculty, courses, and students from around Brooklyn College who are interested in the study of religious ideas, behaviors, values, rituals, texts, institutions, and communities. The program is taught and advised by faculty from departments around the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, including Africana Studies, American Studies, Art, Anthropology/Archeology, Classics, English, History, Judaic Studies, Modern Languages and Literatures, Philosophy, Political Science, Puerto Rican and Latino Studies, and Sociology. It features classes on major world religions such as Islam or Hinduism, and also classes on age-old religious movements that are less widely studied, such as Zoroastrianism or Syriac Christianity. But the Studies in Religion program is not just for those interested in the theology or rituals of a particular faith; it is also for those interested in how religions have contributed to and complicated the politics, cultures, ethics, literatures, histories, questions, and societies of the world of the past and that of today. As an interdisciplinary program, it features classes and faculty who teach topics in religion in a variety of different ways, including historical, ethnographic, philosophical, textual, ethical, journalistic, psychological, artistic, and sociological approaches. The wide, comparative, and interdisciplinary perspective of the Studies in Religion program is one that will allow you to understand religious histories, conflicts, and perspectives; that will help you to develop your skills as a reader, writer, researcher, and thinker; and that will inspire you to deepen your understanding of what it has meant (and still means) to be human.
Contact Information
Program Coordinator: Lauren Mancia
Location: 1123b Boylan Hall
Phone: 718.951.2810
