Interreligious Studies Minor

The Interreligious Studies minor is a multi-disciplinary minor located within the Religious Studies department that focuses on historical and contemporary encounters between and interactions among distinct religious communities and/or traditions. It provides students the background to analyze the character of interreligious encounter, to think critically about interfaith dialogue, and to function effectively in multi-religious and multi-cultural contexts. Students majoring or minoring in Religious Studies are not eligible to this minor.

Minor Requirements

Required courses: 8 sh

REL 110RELIGION IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT

4 sh

REL 311BEYOND CONFLICT AND TOLERANCE: INTERRELIGIOUS ENCOUNTER AND SOCIAL CHANGE

4 sh

Select two courses from the following: 8 sh

REL 201BUDDHIST TRADITIONS

4 sh

REL 202HINDU TRADITIONS

4 sh

REL 203ISLAMIC TRADITIONS

4 sh

REL 204CHRISTIAN TRADITIONS

4 sh

REL 205JEWISH TRADITIONS

4 sh

Select eight semester hours from the following: 8 sh

ARH 210ART HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD

4 sh

ARH 211ART HISTORY OF THE MEDIEVAL AND PREMODERN WORLD

4 sh

ARH 333JEWISH, CHRISTIAN, & ISLAMIC CULTURES: CONTACT & CONFLICT

4 sh

ENG 385MIDDLE EASTERN LITERATURE

4 sh

GER 324GERMANY IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM

4 sh

GBL 232ETHIOPIA AND TANZANIA: AN EXPLORATION OF HISTORY, CULTURE AND THE NATURAL WORLD

4 sh

GBL 286INDIA'S IDENTITIES: RELIGION, CASTE AND GENDER IN CONTEMPORARY SOUTH INDIA

4 sh

HST 339A HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST

4 sh

REL 211THE HEBREW BIBLE (OLD TESTAMENT)

4 sh

REL 212INTRODUCTION TO THE NEW TESTAMENT AND EARLY CHRISTIAN LITERATURE

4 sh

REL 312RELIGION GOES GLOBAL: FANATICS, FRAUDS, AND PEACEMAKERS

4 sh

REL 325THE APOCALYPTIC IMAGINATION, ANCIENT AND MODERN

4 sh

REL 327MESSIAHS, MARTYRS AND MEMORY

4 sh

REL 338JEWISH-CHRISTIAN ENCOUNTERS

4 sh

REL 339GOD AND POLITICS

4 sh

REL 350SILK ROAD: THEN AND NOW

4 sh

REL 358SITES AND RITES: SACRED SPACE AND RITUAL IN WORLD RELIGIONS

4 sh

REL 384MODERN JEWISH THOUGHT

4 sh

SPN 359COLONIAL ENCOUNTERS

4 sh

SPN 455RELIGION, IDOLATRY AND CONQUEST: FROM MEDIEVAL SPAIN TO THE NEW WORLD

4 sh

IRS 481INTERNSHIP IN INTERRELIGIOUS STUDIES

1-4 sh

IRS 499RESEARCH IN INTERRELIGIOUS STUDIES

1-4 sh

At least one 300-400 course is recommended. 

Other courses may be submitted for approval by the Department Chair. 

Total Credit Hours: 24

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