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What is Religion about?

What is Religion about?

• "The academic approach to religion includes studies of civilization and society, history, language and texts, culture, music, and many other subjects…Some programs are devoted to a particular tradition, like Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, or Judaism, or to an aspect of a tradition, like the Bible or Islamic law. Other programs specialize in theoretical approaches (such as ethics, psychology, philosophy, anthropology)."

- College Board Book of Majors, 2nd edition

• "Religious studies majors learn about the nature of religious belief and traditions. Courses focus on specific religions such as Hinduism, academic fields used to study religion such as anthropology, and religious history and politics."

- The College Board

• "People interested in religious versus secular work possess deep faith, want more than filling own personal needs, and want to make a difference…Obtain general knowledge of practices, procedures, guidelines and doctrine of one's faith…Possess understanding of human spiritual and social needs."

- The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

• "…Religion affects your life. Your religion, your neighbor's religion, the religion within yoru culture, the religions in other cultures that interact with your culture—they all play an important role in how people view the world and their place in it and how they interact collectively and individually with other people."

- Religion for Dummies by Rabbi Marc Gellman and Monsignor Thomas Hartman

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