B.A. in Philosophy & Religion

The major in Philosophy and Religion will help students thoughtfully and critically understand a complex landscape of competing worldviews and how those worldviews are lived out in practice. Majors will tackle big questions about how we should live, how we should organize our communities, how we should pursue justice, and how we make sense of our place in an increasingly polarized society. In a globalized planet full of clashes between religious and ethical worldviews, being able to navigate challenging conversations is an essential skill–one that a Philosophy and Religion major will hone. Students will develop skills in critical argumentation and in dealing constructively with religious, racial, and ethnic difference: the ability to respectfully converse across differences of worldview and understanding those differences without being doctrinaire. Paying close attention to historical and contemporary answers to life’s fundamental questions, a major in Philosophy and Religion gives students a deep understanding of the views of peoples from across the globe and helps them develop their own answers along the way.