For students planning to continue the academic study of religion at the graduate
level. Requirements: 101 and 102, three distribution courses, one in each of the
three areas in religious studies listed below, and three courses in a single area.
Students electing the graduate studies track must register for a directed study
in their senior year for advanced research.
Areas in Religious Studies at Albion
Biblical and Jewish Studies
121, History, Literature and Religion of the Old Testament; 122, History, Literature,
and Religion of the New Testament; 215 Jewish Life and Thought; 221 The Dead
Sea Scrolls and the Origin of Christianity; 320, Gender and Biblical Interpretation;
321, 322; Colloquia in Biblical Studies. (Sarianna Metso is the principal instructor
in this area).
Theology and Ethics
131, Introduction to Christian Thought; 231, History of Christian Thought;
232 Faith and Reason; 234 Philosophy of Religion; 242 Christian Ethics; 289
(270) Liberation Theology. (Ron Mourad is the principal instructor in this area).
Asian and Comparative Religion
210, The Feminine in World Religions; 211, Hinduism; 212 Buddhism; 271, Religion
and the Arts; 311, Religion and Ecology; 313, Death and Dying in World Religions;
363, Myth, Symbol, Ritual. (Selva Raj is the principal instructor in this area).
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