Chair: Christopher White (2024/25), Kirsten Wesselhoeft^b (2025/26 fall semester), Michael Walsh^a (2025/26 spring semester)  ;

Professors: Marc Michael Epstein, Jonathon S. Kahn, Michael Walsh^a, Christopher White;

Associate Professor: Kirsten Wesselhoeft^b;

Lecturer: Agnes Veto;

Visiting Assistant Professor: Nell Hawley;

Adjunct Assistant Professor: Klaus Yoder;

^a  On leave 2025/26, first semester

^b  On leave 2025/26, second semester

Programs

Major

• •  Religion Major

Correlate Sequence in Religion

• •  Religion Correlate Sequence

Courses

Religion: I. Introductory

• •  RELI 100 - Introduction to American Studies
• •  RELI 101 - JudaismS: An Introduction
• •  RELI 102 - Religion, Media & American Popular Culture
• •  RELI 107 - This Buddhist Life
• •  RELI 108 - Climate Change and the Apocalypse
• •  RELI 110 - Great Understanding is Broad & Unhurried: Sage Voices from China’s Past and Rethinking the Good Life
• •  RELI 111 - Christian Theology and the Body
• •  RELI 113 - Religion, Violence, and Peacebuilding
• •  RELI 140 - China Reimagined
• •  RELI 147 - Trances, Visions, Meditative States and Altered States of Consciousness
• •  RELI 150 - Jews, Christians, and Muslims
• •  RELI 152 - Buddhists, Daoists, and Confucians
• •  RELI 154 - Jesus: A Radical Life
• •  RELI 180 - Yoga: A Twisted History

Religion: II. Intermediate

• •  RELI 200 - Regarding Religion
• •  RELI 207 - Christian Ethics and Modern Society
• •  RELI 208 - Religion, Revolution, and Reaction
• •  RELI 209 - The Devil You Know: Personifying Evil in the West
• •  RELI 211 - Islam in Europe and the Americas
• •  RELI 230 - Jewish Law in Action
• •  RELI 233 - The Buddha in the World
• •  RELI 241 - The Land of Israel Before the State of Israel
• •  RELI 242 - From Anti-Judaism to Anti-Semitism
• •  RELI 249 - Unlocking the Bible
• •  RELI 250 - Across Religious Boundaries: Understanding Differences
• •  RELI 254 - A Hundred Gospels and the Confusing, Conflicted Life of Jesus
• •  RELI 255 - Western Mystical Traditions
• •  RELI 256 - Theology of the Prison
• •  RELI 264 - Controversies in Science, Technology & Religion
• •  RELI 270 - Research on Religion and Pop Culture
• •  RELI 280 - Gender and Genre in Hindu Literature
• •  RELI 290 - Community-Engaged Learning
• •  RELI 298 - Independent Work

Religion: III. Advanced

• •  RELI 300 - Senior Seminar
• •  RELI 301 - Senior Thesis
• •  RELI 315 - Jews, Jewish Identity and the Arts
• •  RELI 330 - Religion, Critical Theory and Politics
• •  RELI 333 - The Question of Palestine and Israel: A Dialogical Approach
• •  RELI 345 - Violent Frontiers: Colonialism and Religion in the Nineteenth Century
• •  RELI 350 - Comparative Studies in Religion
• •  RELI 355 - The Politics of Sacred Space
• •  RELI 360 - Religion, Sex, and the Modern State
• •  RELI 382 - Radical Religion on the Right and the Left
• •  RELI 385 - American Gurus
• •  RELI 399 - Senior Independent Work