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Religious Studies

Courses

The Department of Religious Studies offers courses that reflect the research expertise of the faculty. Many religious studies seminars are small, limited to 15 students, allowing for deep exploration of the material and low student-to-professor ratios.

The University of Oregon course catalog offers degree plans and a complete list of courses in the Department of Religious Studies.

Featured Courses

Atheism

REL 359 Religion After Atheism 
Instructor: Jeff Schroeder

Atheist critiques of religion, analyses of secularism from multiple disciplinary perspectives, and responses to atheism and secularism by modernist Christian, Muslim, and Buddhist writers.

Mysticism

REL 355 Mysticism 
Instructor: Rick Colby

The experiential or mystical dimensions of the three major Abrahamic faiths. Exploration of the original writings of men and women from each spiritual tradition.

Dark Self

REL 353 Dark Self, East and West 
Instructor: Mark Unno 

Comparative examination of selfhood in Eastern and Western religious thought and cultural contexts. Focus on dark side or problematic dimensions of Buddhist, Christian, Daoist, Jewish, and other thought.