DIRECTOR OF THE PROGRAM: Associate Professor Zito
DIRECTOR OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES: Associate Professor Zito

The Program in Religious Studies explores religious practices as important aspects of social life. We include three related approaches: examination of primary texts and artifacts; analysis of the ideas and activities that have contributed to the development of various religions; and interdisciplinary exploration of the theories and methods used in the study of religion. It should be stressed that the program is oriented toward the academic analysis of religious phenomena and is not intended to promote or endorse either religious belief itself or the views and practices of any particular religious tradition. The program utilizes resources from several areas of study, including anthropology, classics, English, Hebrew and Judaic studies, history, medieval and Renaissance studies, Middle Eastern and Islamic studies, music, and philosophy.

Faculty

Professor:
Peters

Associate Professors:
Pellegrini, Zito

Assistant Professor:
Becker

Associated Faculty:
Carruthers, Chelkowski, Fleming, Haykel, Hull, Ivry, Johnson, Kaplowitz, Katz, Klein, Krabbenhoft, Levine, Marshall, Rubenstein, Schiffman, Smith, Vitz, Wells