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Rutgers University
Department of Religion.
Southern Methodist University
Department of Religious studies offers B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees in Religious Studies; minor in Religious Studies.
Stanford University
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/relstud/
The purpose of Religious Studies is to understand and interpret the history, literature, thought, and social structures of various religious traditions and cultures. The department offers courses at the undergraduate and graduate level in the fields Asian Religions, Christianity, Judaism, Ethics and Philosophy of Religion, and Religion, Cultures, and Comparative Studies. The department offers programs in bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D. degrees.
Syracuse University
The study of Religion at Syracuse is distinctive. From the introductory level through the Ph.D., the range of courses, developed within the College of Arts and Sciences, in contradistinction to a theological seminary, opens conversations with historians, literary critics, novelists,poets, philosophers, linguists, sociologists, psychologists, and anthropologists.
University of Bridgeport
http://homepages.msn.com/librarylawn/profstephenhealey/index.html
The Program in World Religions at the University of Bridgeport grants the B.A. in World Religions. The study is non-sectarian and publicly inclined. All the major religions of the world are given attention.
University of California, Riverside
http://religiousstudies.ucr.edu/
The Department of Religious Studies provides an opportunity to study diverse religious traditions of the world. Students are able to examine texts, symbols, myths, rituals, ideas, values, institutions, and intellectual (theological, philosophical, and ethical) systems of many traditions, such as Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, African and Native American religions. Religion is studied empathetically, descriptively, and critically with the aid of historical, exegetical, literary, philosophical, theological, and social-scientific (e.g. anthropological, socio-logical, and psychological) methods of inquiry.
University of California, Santa Barbara
Programs for the Study of Religion Worldwide, Religious Studies Department. Over 750 programs in Religious Studies/Theology listed, from colleges and universities across the world. Listed alphabetically and geographically.
University of Colorado
http://www.colorado.edu/ReligiousStudies/
The Department of Religious Studies offers comprehensive programs leading to the Bachelor of Arts and the Master of Arts degrees in religious studies. The program aims to provide students with a broad knowledge of religion as a dimension of human culture, familiarity with a variety of approaches to the academic student of religion, training in advanced research skills.
University of Dayton
http://www.udayton.edu/~relstudy/
Department of Religious Studies. Presented from within the Catholic tradition, a major in Religious Studies at UD develops a broad scope of basic areas including biblical studies, moral questions, the teachings and history of Christianity and other religious traditions. There are also courses in the teachings of religion, religion and culture, and pastoral questions.
University of North Carolina
http://www.unc.edu/depts/rel_stud/index.html
The UNC Department of Religious Studies is dedicated to the study of the world's religions as historical and cultural phenomena. Students and faculty explore religious traditions and their history, sacred texts, belief systems, rituals, and institutions. The UNC Department of Religious Studies is one of the oldest departments of its kind at an American public university. It was ranked third among the nation's undergraduate programs in religious studies, according to the 1993 Gourman Report.