Religion Studies Minor Requirements (6 courses)

Breadth in the Study of Religion2 courses
Students must take at least two courses intended to introduce the diversity of religious experience globally.  
List A (1 course):
  • Religions of China
  • Religions of Japan
  • The Good Life in Buddhism
  • Islamic Traditions
  • Zen Buddhism
  • Death and Desire in Tibetan Buddhism
  • Islam in America
List B (1 course):
  • Monotheism
  • Paths in Jewish Thought
  • Judaisms
  • Christians and their Communities
  • Hebrew Bible
  • New Testament
Depth in the Study of Religion3 courses
Students select three courses among all the courses listed in the Areas of Thematic Concentration within the major requirements (see course list below). Students will work closely with their Religion Studies minor advisor to select courses that allow them to develop their academic and intellectual interests.
  • Religion and Popular Culture
  • It’s The End of the World
  • Gender and Sexuality in Buddhism
  • Hebrew Bible
  • Gender and Sexuality in Judaism
  • Power and Piety in Ancient Christianity
  • Gender and Sexuality in Islam
  • Animals and the Sacred
  • Sacred Stories
  • Myth, Religion, and Creation
  • Pilgrimage: Rites of Way
  • Mapping Religion
  • Reading the Rabbis
  • Scrolls, Scribes & Scriptures
  • Death and Desire in Tibetan Buddhism
  • Gender and Sexuality in Religion
  • Religious Migrations
  • Speaking with the Divine
  • Ecology and Religion
  • Religions and their Monsters
  • New Religious Movements
  • MILA: Conflict, Culture & Community Development in South Africa
  • MILA: Ecology and Religion in Japan
Theory and Method in the Study of Religion1 course

 

NOTES

Religion Studies minors may count a maximum of two courses from either study abroad programs or cognate departments or programs, subject to approval from their minor advisor and the department chair.

Religion Studies minors who are majoring or minoring in a cognate department or program may double count a maximum of two courses in fulfillment of the Religion Studies minor, subject to approval from their minor advisor and the department chair.

Religion Studies minors may choose to take a Culminating Undergraduate Experience (CUE) Seminar.

 

Address Muhlenberg College Religion Studies Moyer 226 2400 Chew Street Allentown, PA 18104