Religious Studies helps you develop tools to understand the complex ways that people across history and around the world oppose oppression, justify violence, understand their bodies, and give meaning to their lives. Our curriculum is among the most international on campus and many majors study abroad, bringing their experiences to capstone seminars and mentored research projects. We prepare you for a diverse world and a variety of professional paths including law, medicine, and non-profit leadership.
Department News
Harvard Professor to Discuss Book "The Path"
A guest of religious studies, Gates Lecturer Michael Puett, Harvard College, will present "Ritual, Sincerity, and Human Flourishing: What Chinese Philosophers Can Teach us About the Good Life" in Rosenfield Center, Room 101, at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020.
Author of "American Sutra" to Discuss Book
When the FBI began mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, Buddhist priests were among the first to be incarcerated. "American Sutra" tells the story of Japanese American Buddhists (the largest group of Buddhists in the United States at that time) in the context of anti-Japanese sentiment during World War II and draws parallels to contemporary challenges to religious freedom facing Americans today.
Adam David Wert
Power and God-Talk: Apophaticism in Pseudo-Dionysius and Rowan Williams
