宗教学文学士

宗教可以说是世界上最强大，最普遍的力量。研究宗教可以帮助人们理解宗教与政治，经济学和社会结构之间复杂而有时是不稳定的关系。在我们这个日益相互依存的全球社区中，对宗教生活过去和现在的各种特征（事件，文本，人物，仪式，仪式，信念，神学，视觉表现形式，人工制品）的意识可以为对当代信息进行明智和周到的分析奠定基础生活。这种分析对于考虑国际问题以及国内问题（例如堕胎，进化，基于信仰的倡议，同性恋，死刑，干细胞研究，婚姻，民权和学校祈祷）都非常重要。因此，对宗教的研究有助于我们理解数百万人的信仰，世界观和生活方式。当
Religion is arguably the most powerful and pervasive force in the world. Studying religions can help one understand the complex and sometimes volatile relationships between religion and politics, economics, and social structures. In our increasingly interdependent global community, awareness of various past and present features of religious life?events, texts, personages, ceremonies, rituals, convictions, theologies, visual representations, artifacts?can lay the foundation for informed and thoughtful analysis of contemporary life. Such analysis is important in considering international issues and also domestic ones (such as abortion, evolution, faith-based initiatives, homosexuality, capital punishment, stem-cell research, marriage, civil rights, and school prayer). The study of religion thus helps us to understand the faiths, world views, and ways of life of millions of people. And of course, the study of religion can be a path to self-understanding.