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What is Comparative Religious Studies?
The field of Religious Studies is populated by numerous rich cultural traditions and a diversity of perspectives. Through comparative studies, students encounter and seek to understand a multiplicity of traditions and their relationships to one another.
Through such studies, one may explore the commonalities and differences that serve to define religious systems and their communities. While students may seek to investigate the Christian movement as a part of their study, significant emphasis will be placed upon the examination of traditions outside the Christian community, as well.
The Course of Study
Texas Wesleyan offers a major and a minor in Comparative Religious Studies. Courses which all majors in the field would be expected to take include: Ways of Being Religious, An Introduction to Asian Religions, and An Introduction to Mediterranean Religions.
Plans are being made for Study Abroad opportunities in Ireland and India for 2010. To read more, see the Study Abroad page.
2008 Wesleyan Ethics Bowl team finishes second in regional competition, readies for national compatition in Cincinnat, Ohio in 2009. Read more.
