The study of world religions opens doors to global understanding, empathy, appreciation for other perspectives, and much more. Yet, in most schools, it is not part of the regular curriculum. Seth ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—After over 50 years as Western Michigan University’s Department of Comparative Religion, the department has a new name that reflects its diverse course offerings: the Department of ...

The Master of Arts in comparative religion at Western Michigan University is designed to provide students with a strong foundation of knowledge of at least two religious traditions, the principal ...

IN certain parts of Palestine there used to dwell a savage people who were called 'Ibhrim, or Hebrews, whose customs show that they were originally slaves to the same crude and cruel semireligious ...

I am a senior lecturer in the Department of Studies in Religion - and so have some vested interest in keeping the critical study of religion alive. Global developments in tertiary education suggest ...