宗教哲学博士

哈佛的宗教研究资源十分丰富。我们提供包括古代琐罗亚斯德教传统到现代基督教解放运动，伊斯兰和犹太哲学，佛教社会运动以及印度教艺术和文化在内的所有宗教传统课程。尽管这些方法的界限从来都不是很牢固的，但有些教师主要以历史学家的身份工作，另一些则以文本学者的身份工作，另一些则以人类学家的身份工作。一些人是宗教传统的信奉者，其他人则根本不信奉宗教。宗教研究之所以令人兴奋且充满挑战，恰恰是因为涉及学科，传统和知识承诺的复杂性而进行的对话。<br> <br>宗教研究的博士学位课程始于1934年，当时艺术与科学学院确定了
Resources for the study of religion at Harvard are vast. We offer courses in the whole range of religious traditions from the ancient Zoroastrian tradition to modern Christian liberation movements, Islamic and Jewish philosophies, Buddhist social movements, and Hindu arts and culture. Some faculty work primarily as historians, others as scholars of texts, others as anthropologists, although the boundaries of these methodologies are never firm. Some are adherents of a religious tradition, others are not at all religious. The study of religion is exciting and challenging precisely because of the conversations that take place across the complexities of disciplines, traditions, and intellectual commitments. The PhD program in the study of religion dates from 1934, when the Faculty of Arts and Sciences established a degree of PhD in the history and philosophy of religion. Its purpose, as stated by the faculty, was ''to make possible a course of studies which shall enable the candidate both to lay a broad and sufficient foundation for teaching and study within the field of religion, and to do individual research at some point in that field.'' In accordance with that expressed intention, the faculty voted in 1963 to name the program the Study of Religion. This program is jointly offered by the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the Harvard Divinity School and administered by the Committee on the Study of Religion. Faculty from both schools advise PhD students and offer classes in the program. Students enroll in and receive their PhD from GSAS though they may study primarily with faculty from Harvard Divinity School.