2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
3510 Department of Religious Studies
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17th floor, 25 Park Place
404-413-6110
religiousstudies.gsu.edu
Molly Bassett, Chair
Ashlyn Strozier, Director of Undergraduate Studies
Offerings in religious studies are taught from a non-sectarian perspective using an applied approach. Courses are taught on specific religious traditions including Buddhism, Hinduism, Shinto, Taoism, Confucianism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, in addition to topics that evaluate religion’s role in the world around us. Students in religious studies learn how religion can be applied, engaged, and articulated through courses in religious thought, religious ethics, mysticism, women and religion, and other topics. Many courses explore specific contexts, such as the American South, disability, social change, religious movements, or social movements. Students majoring in religious studies are encouraged to explore interests that may engage other majors, and many courses may be crosslisted in other departments and programs, including Africana studies, anthropology, art history, history, music, political science, and sociology. Courses in religious studies contribute to an understanding of the beliefs and actions of diverse peoples and cultures, while contributing to students’ understanding of themselves. Students can apply religious studies to interdisciplinary conversations and concerns in addition to producing creative projects outside of traditional academic output. Religious studies courses are designed for students to apply religion in ways that make them marketable through the development of various types of writing (oral histories, memoirs, op-ed, position papers, and more). Equally important are the digital humanities application through podcasting, children’s books, docuseries, and Tedtalks.
ProgramsMinorCoursesJewish StudiesReligious Studies
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