WHY STUDY RELIGION? WHAT IS RELIGION? SOME MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT STUDYING RELIGION PRESSING CONCERNS IN THE STUDY OF RELIGION WHAT WILL I STUDY? WHERE CAN I GO WITH IT? WHERE DO I START?
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Why Study Religion?
-It is a persistent feature of human experience
-It is a thriving field of study
-It leads in many directions
What Is Religion?
-Religion and Nature
-Religion and Divinity
-Religion as Ultimate Concern
-Religion and the Sacred
-Religion and Meaning
-Religion and Profound Experience
-Religion as Psychological
-Religion and the Social
-Religion and Power
-Religion and Science
Some Misconceptions About Studying Religion
You have to be religious to study religion
Professors will try to make you become religious when you study religion
Studying religion will make you become less religious
Studying religion involves a lot of wild speculation and probably leads to muddy thinking
Studying religion is impractical
Pressing Issues in the Study of Religion
Purpose and Meaning
A Sense of Belonging
A Wide Open Field
In The Name of Religion
Everywhere We Turn
Who We Are, Where We Are Going
In The Great Beyond
Living and Doing
The Spectacle
What Will I Study?
What different schools have to offer when it comes to studying religion
What professors do in specific religion courses, especially introductory courses
What it's like to be a religion major
Students of religion reflect on their studies
Where Can I Go With It?
The preperation religious studies offers for a wide variety of jobs and careers
Graduate study and teaching careers (in high school and college)
Graduate study and careers in religious professions
Where Do I Start
General Reference
Theory and Method
Buddhism
Chinese Religions (Confucianism and Taoism)
Christianity
Indian Religions (Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism)
Indigenous Traditions and Ancient Religions
Islam
Japanese Religions (Shintoism)
Judaism
Religion in America / New Religious Movements
Zoroastrianism

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