Cultural Studies in Religion (Minor)

You will gain an understanding of how religion impacts life in a variety of cultures from different regions and ethnic groups, focusing specifically on one culture in depth.​

Course Requirements

• REL 300 THEORIES OF CULTURE AND RELIGION
• Choose one course from the following list:
• REL 202 ETHICAL WORLDS: MORAL ISSUES ACROSS CULTURES
• REL 220 PSYCHOLOGY AND RELIGION
• REL 221 RELIGION IN SOCIETY
• REL 223 LITERATURE AND THE SACRED
• REL 224 RELIGION AND POLITICS IN THE UNITED STATES
• REL 225 RELIGION AND THE ARTS
• REL 264 COLONIZATION, RELIGION AND RESISTANCE
• REL 324 ISLAMIC LAW (SHARIAH) AND AMERICAN CULTURE
• Four courses in one particular cultural area, at least one of which must be at the 300 level

Area Studies

Asian Religions

• REL 142 HINDU EXPERIENCE
• REL 143 BUDDHIST EXPERIENCE
• REL 241 RELIGION IN CHINESE HISTORY, SOCIETY AND CULTURE
• REL 242 HINDU THOUGHT AND CULTURE
• REL 243 BUDDHIST THOUGHT IN CULTURAL CONTEXT
• REL 245 RELIGION IN JAPANESE HISTORY, SOCIETY, AND CULTURE
• REL 246 TRADITIONS OF CHINESE POPULAR CULTURE
• REL 247 LITERATURE AND RELIGION IN JAPAN
• REL 248 LITERATURE AND RELIGION IN CHINA
• REL 341 TAOISM: CHINA'S INDIGENOUS HIGH RELIGION
• REL 342 ZEN MIND
• REL 343 MORAL PHILOSOPHY AND ETHICS IN CHINA
• REL 344 YOGA AND TANTRA
• REL 305 TOPICS IN RELIGION AND CULTURE (when applicable)
• REL 320 TOPICS IN RELIGIOUS ETHICS (when applicable)
• REL 340 INQUIRIES IN WORLD RELIGIONS (when applicable)
• REL 392 FOREIGN STUDY IN RELIGION (when applicable)

Religions of North and South America 

• REL 111 THE AMERICAN RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE
• REL 113 THE LATINO RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE IN THE UNITED STATES
• REL 161 INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF NORTH AMERICA
• REL 162 POPULAR AND INDIGENOUS RELIGIONS OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA
• REL 264 COLONIZATION, RELIGION AND RESISTANCE
• REL 266 ISLAM IN THE UNITED STATES
• REL 268 MODERN JUDAISM
• REL 291 LOOKING FOR GOD IN LATIN AMERICA
• REL 342 ZEN MIND
• REL 360 SACRIFICE AND TIME IN ANCIENT MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA
• REL 382 RELIGION IN THE CONTEMPORARY UNITED STATES      
• REL 384 THE CULTURE OF AMERICAN CATHOLICS
• REL 305 TOPICS IN RELIGION AND CULTURE (when applicable)
• REL 320 TOPICS IN RELIGIOUS ETHICS (when applicable)
• REL 340 INQUIRIES IN WORLD RELIGIONS (when applicable)
• REL 351 LIBERATION THEOLOGY (when applicable)
• REL 392 FOREIGN STUDY IN RELIGION (when applicable) 

European and Middle Eastern Religions 

• REL 109 THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE
• REL 110 THE CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE
• REL 113 THE LATINO RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE IN THE UNITED STATES
• REL 116 THE ISLAMIC EXPERIENCE
• REL 180 INTRODUCTION TO CATHOLICISM
• REL 213 CHRISTIAN THOUGHT IN CLASSICAL AND MEDIEVAL TIMES
• REL 214 TRANSFORMATION IN CHRISTIANITY: THE REFORMATION TO THE PRESENT
• REL 217 ISLAM IN GLOBAL CONTEXTS
• REL 222 CONTEMPORARY MORAL ISSUES
• REL 232 ANCIENT ISRAEL: HISTORY, LITERATURE, AND RELIGION
• REL 233 THE NEW TESTAMENT
• REL 234 VARIETIES OF EARLY CHRISTIANITY
• REL 235 PAUL AND HIS INFLUENCE IN EARLY CHRISTIANITY
• REL 236 VARIETIES OF JUDAISM IN THE GREEK AND ROMAN WORLD
• REL 238 THE HISTORICAL JESUS
• REL 263 RELIGION AND POLITICS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
• REL 264 COLONIZATION, RELIGION AND RESISTANCE
• REL 265 REFORM MOVEMENTS WITHIN ISLAM      
• REL 268 MODERN JUDAISM
• REL 269 JUDAISM IN ANTIQUITY
• REL 270 WOMEN IN THE BIBLE
• REL 271 THE QUR'AN AND ITS INTERPRETERS
• REL 272 MUSLIM WOMEN IN TEXTS
• REL 275 COMMUNITY AND AUTHORITY IN MEDIEVAL JUDAISM
• REL 278 WOMEN AND RELIGION
• REL 280 ROMAN CATHOLIC THEOLOGICAL THINKING
• REL 281 ROMAN CATHOLIC LITURGY
• REL 282 ROMAN CATHOLIC SPIRITUAL LITERATURE
• REL 295 SECTARIAN MOVEMENTS WITHIN ISLAM      
• REL 363 CLASSICAL TEXTS IN JUDAISM
• REL 365 TEXTS, HISTORY, AND ISLAM
• REL 305 TOPICS IN RELIGION AND CULTURE (when applicable)
• REL 320 TOPICS IN RELIGIOUS ETHICS (when applicable)
• REL 340 INQUIRIES IN WORLD RELIGIONS (when applicable)
• REL 392 FOREIGN STUDY IN RELIGION (when applicable)

Religions of Africa and the African Diaspora

• REL 115 THE AFRICAN AMERICAN RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE
• REL 144 THE AFRICAN RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE
• REL 264 COLONIZATION, RELIGION AND RESISTANCE
• REL 266 ISLAM IN THE UNITED STATES
• REL 272 MUSLIM WOMEN IN TEXTS      
• REL 305 TOPICS IN RELIGION AND CULTURE (when applicable)
• REL 320 TOPICS IN RELIGIOUS ETHICS (when applicable)
• REL 340 INQUIRIES IN WORLD RELIGIONS (when applicable)
• REL 351 LIBERATION THEOLOGY (when applicable)
• REL 392 FOREIGN STUDY IN RELIGION (when applicable) 

Students majoring in Religious Studies (BA) or minoring in Religious Studies , Women, Religion and Spirituality or Religion: Specialized are restricted from earning this minor.