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Body Rice University Department of Religion School of Humanities Login Menu Search Form Main Navback About Why Study Religion at Rice? Welcome Our Mission Special Focus Apprenticeship Model Areas of Study GEM Certificate Home of Three Jourals Rankings and Placements Religion Matters Why Religion Matters Get Smart About Religion Religion Matters Magazine Contact Us Meet Our Alumni People Faculty Affiliated Faculty Adjunct Faculty Emeriti Faculty Graduate Students Staff In Memoriam Azizou Atte-oudeyi Academics Academics Courses Current Courses Course Catalog Program Information General Announcements Affiliate Programs Undergraduate Majors Undergraduate Overview Degree Requirements Senior Project Minor Minor in Religion Course Requirements Policies for the Minor Resources Distribution Credit Learning Objectives General Announcements Professions Prizes and Awards Distinction Saba Prize Aparicio Prize Graduate Graduate Studies in Religion Areas of Specialization M.A. in Religion About the M.A. How to Apply Degree Requirements M.A. Learning Objectives Request for Information Ph.D. in Religion About the Ph.D. How to Apply Degree Requirements Ph.D. Learning Objectives Request for Information Resources General Announcements Graduate Handbook Important Dates Conference and Research Travel Awards Forms Placements GEM Certificate Information GEM Certificate What is GEM? GEM Requirements GEM Recipients Events Upcoming Events Rockwell Events Event Videos News Publications Religious Studies Review About Issue Archive Subscribe Books Available for Review Gnosis: Journal of Gnostic Studies Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft Give Close Truly Unconventional Wisdom In 1968, our department was established to critically study religion at a time when it was standard to think about religion only as the study of theology and ethics in philosophy departments. Body Religion Matters Whatever you think of it, whether you are devoutly religious or are somewhere in-between, religion is a very big deal. It shapes the people we are and the communities we live in. It influences how we interact with our sexualities and the natural environment. While religion can fill our personal lives with meaning, it can also foster intolerance, ignorance, and even hatred and violence on a social level. It affects our sensibilities around ethnicity, class, and race; our attitudes about medicine, contraception, and the end of life; and our approaches to poverty, immigration, social justice, and war. Religion is everywhere. Religion matters. Welcome to the Department of Religion! We are a community of scholars whose critical investigations and articulations put us on the cutting edge of innovative scholarship, grounded in critical research, textual study, phenomenology and historiography. We deploy a methodological pluralism and work in diverse areas, which include: historical and text-critical analyses of culturally and regionally diverse religious traditions; psychological and sociological analyses of religious and spiritual phenomena; and cultural and theological analyses of religious ritual and thought. Read moreDepartment of Religion EVENTS PUBLIC EVENTS ALL EVENTS View More About People Academics Events News Giving6100 Main St., Houston, TX 77005-1827 | Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1892, Houston, TX 77251-1892 | 713-348-4994 | Privacy Policy | Campus...