Majoring and Minoring
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102 Food and Religion in America
104 Religion and Violence
105 Apocalyptic Imagination
106 Religion, Spirituality, and Medicine
201 History and Theory
224 Jewish Origins
225 Christian Origins
228 Power, Politics, and Scripture
241 Religion and Culture of Hindu India
242 Religions and Cultures of East Asia
243 Buddhism: Theory, Culture, and Practice
244 Practicum
251 Medieval Christianity
253 Prophets, Seekers, and Heretics: U.S. Religious History from 1492 to 1865
254 Religion in Modern America, 1865 to Present
255 American Religion Through the Small Screen: Religious Themes in Contemporary Television
262 Judaism Encounters Modernity
273 Islamic Origins
274 Islam in the Modern World
299 Independent Study
330 Jesus: History, Myth, and Mystery
333 Apocalyptic Imagination
335 Gender, Sex, Jews, and Christians: Ancient World
340 Gender in American Religious History
341 Religions of the Northwest
342 Mormonism in the American Religious Context
350 Social and Religious World of Early Judaism and Christianity
357 Family, Gender, and Religion: Ethnographic Approaches
358 Mysticism and Religious Experience
359 Asceticism
362 Zen Buddhism
373 Reformations of the 16th Century
376 Religious Fundamentalism
441 Religions of the Northwest
450 Seminar: Social and Religious World of Early Judaism and Christianity
451 Seminar in American Religion
452 Seminar in Asian Religions
453 Seminar in Islamic Studies: Islamic Law
455 Themes in History of Religions
458 Mysticism and Religious Experience
462 Zen Buddhism
490 Senior Thesis
499 Independent Study
Lewis & Clark’s Department of Religious Studies focuses on the study of religion as a historical, social, and cultural phenomenon. Using this approach, our curriculum emphasizes four specific areas:
- Jewish and Christian origins
- The history religious traditions of Western civilization (including America)
- The history of religious traditions Asia
- The religious traditions of Islam
Because we take a socio-cultural approach, the Religious Studies Department is heavily involved in interdisciplinary study. We share three faculty members with the history department and regularly interact with those in other departments dealing with the phenomenon of culture, in particular sociology/anthropology, art and music, and literature.
The international emphasis at Lewis & Clark also dovetails nicely with our program. Religious Studies faculty frequently lead programs in India, Japan, Morocco, and elsewhere. Such opportunities offer students firsthand experience with cultures and religious traditions quite different from their own.
Religious Studies majors, like majors from any department in the humanities, pursue a wide variety of occupations following graduation. Recent graduates have found employment in everything from social work to journalism, from banking to politics. Many go on to graduate or professional schools, especially in the field of law. A few seek professional training in religious vocations.
Religious Studies is located in room 2nd Floor of John R. Howard Hall on the Undergraduate Campus.
MSC: 45
email religion@lclark.edu
voice 503-768-7450
Department Chair Susanna Morrill
Religious Studies
Lewis & Clark
615 S. Palatine Hill Road MSC 45
Portland OR 97219