RELIGIOUS STUDIES

This is an article that explains the job that I obtained after I graduated with degree's in History and Religious Studies.

People trained in Religious Studies don't all end up as Reverends. There are plenty of career opportunities for degreed people in Religious Studies. You just need to know where to look.

The northeast is home to numerous universities that offer students the opportunity to pursue the study of religion.

The Department of Religious Studies at Yale University has published two excellent courses in Biblical Studies

A person does not have to believe in the religion they are studying. That is the difference between the academic study of religion and the religious study of religion.

Atheism has many preconceived ideas about what it can and can't do from religious people that I thought I should confront a few popular ones

Jonathan Z. Smith, one of the most prominent religious theorists, proposes the theories associated with the most primitive of societies to determine if religion is indeed an innate trait common to all men.

An endorsement of more ethnic and Asian--American studies, and a reduction in tuition at American universities.

A national poll has found, that the majority of Americans want a "religious person" to be president. They are not as concerned about the specific religious affiliation, but desire a man of values and principles.

When people hear that there are Christians in the Middle East, most are not familiar with the fact they align their beliefs with the Eastern Orthodox Christian Church.

Continuing from last time, we confont saying "God bless you" when people sneeze as well as the supposed Christian nation America is and whether atheists can be patriots

A synopsis of religious persecution of the past and present, including how the Islamic faith in the Middle East is repeating a pattern of Europe's past where religious persecution lasted for centuries.

This is part one of a five part series. Religions abound in Japan: from Buddhism to Shinto, new religions and even Western faiths. But why do so many Japanese people claim that Japan is "not religious"?

16th century Europe was torn apart by religious violence and warfare. This lesson gives students visuals to make this violence more concrete. It asks them to write a story about what they have seen.

Using a religious studies class I attended, I consider whether Democratic Party Presidential candidate Barack Obama is The Devil.

Do you have a religious dad? Sick of getting him ties, Bibles, and crosses? Get great ideas here!

This article provides an overview of major religious influences and addresses the question of whether or not a person who joins a mostly white church is helping to destroy the African-American community.

Brief overview and analysis of religious traditions of St Birgitta

Religious studies help you to not only understand your own views and beliefs more fully, but also to understand the cultural and religious backgrounds of people you encounter.

A group called Answers in Genesis has spent $27 million to build a museum to show that life began 6000 years ago; this is another attempt to make religious beliefs appear to be scientific fact.

The Country Wife is no exception to the general rules of Satire of its age, exhibiting wit, rhetorical finesse, typed characters, and religious language. In is in this last that there seems to be a difference of opinion in modern criticism.

When a sick child needs treatment and his parents refuse for religious reasons, should the courts consider if the child shares those religious beliefs?

Critics interpret the green girdle's religious symbolism in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in two principal ways. Some contend that it symbolizes Gawain's spiritual shortcomings; others claim that it acts as a teaching tool for Gawain, improving his Christian worldview.

The Bible code was founded by the mathematician Eliyahu Rips at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Rips then took up the study together with his religious studies partner Doron Witztum and several others.

A look at differences of opinion in how to include religious study in home school curricula.