Department of Religious Studies (REL)
College of Arts & Sciences

109 Foust Building
(336) 334-5762
http://www.uncg.edu/rel

REL Courses Index | Religious Studies Major BA | Religious Studies Second Major | Religious Studies Minor

Faculty

Charles D. Orzech, Associate Professor and Head of Department
Professor Levinson; Associate Professors Krueger, Ramsey; Assistant Professor Grossman; Lecturers Headington, Sopper

The Department of Religious Studies investigates a variety of religious traditions, movements, and expressions that play important roles either historically or in contemporary cultures.

Courses are organized in four concentrations:

1. Traditions
2. Historical Studies
3. Critical and Evaluative Studies
4. Cultural Studies.

The Department teaches courses on such traditions as Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Shinto, and Taoism. Historical studies include courses about religions in African, Asian, Middle East, European, and American (especially United States) history. Critical and evaluative studies include courses on religious philosophies, religious ethics, and theologies, as well as political, social, and psychological accounts of religious life. Cultural studies include courses that investigate the role religion plays in politics, economics, social movements, arts, sciences, as well as diverse forms of personal conduct.

Religious Studies Courses Meeting All-University Liberal Education Requirements (AULER) and College of Arts and Sciences Liberal Education Requirements (CLER)

Analytic and Evaluative Studies (AE, CAE) REL 104, 107, 109, 110, 207, 232, 251, 309, 326, 328

Historical Perspectives on Western Culture (HP, CPM) REL 202, 204, 210

Historical Perspectives on Western Culture (HP, CMO) REL 131, 212, 215

Nonwestern Studies (NW, CNW) REL 111, 211, 218, 220, 221, 225, 250, 351