Program Overview
Religion
Our interdisciplinary coursework for the religion major explores traditional, modern cultural, and region-based approaches to the discipline. Together, these methods give religion majors a substantial understanding of the history, practices, literature, social ethics, and belief systems of various ancient, classical, and modern civilizations.
Why Study Religion at Oberlin?
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Associated Faculty
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First-Year Seminars
8
Study Away Programs
Sample Courses
- RELG 109 - Jerusalem: Negotiating Sacred Space 4 credits
- RELG 229 - Religious Rituals in East Asia 4 credits
- RELG 347 - Seminar: Virtue, Religion, and the Good Life 4 credits
- RELG 402 - Capstone Colloquium 4 credits
Religion Faculty
Our faculty are both scholars and teachers who devote their careers to making important contributions to their disciplines through writing and research. Faculty areas of expertise include religious texts, the history of Christianity, medieval philosophy of religion, comparative religious ethics, Islamic studies, modern Judaism and American religions, and other fields.
Explore Faculty within ReligionReligion Faculty
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Joyce Babyak
Associate Professor of Religion -
Emilia Bachrach
Assistant Professor of Religion and Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies -
Corey Barnes ’98
Robert S. Danforth Associate Professor of Religion -
Cynthia (Cindy) Chapman
Adelia A.F. Johnston and Harry Thomas Frank Professor of Religion -
Cheryl Cottine
Assistant Professor of Religion -
David Kamitsuka
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences -
Andrew Macomber
Assistant Professor of East Asian Religions -
Mohammad Jafar Mahallati
Presidential Scholar in Islamic Studies -
Shari Rabin
Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies and Religion
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