Religious Studies

Highlights

• Beyond the Conventional

  Religious Studies Highlights

  Beyond the Conventional

  While much of the program's curriculum focuses on the world's major religious traditions, many courses examine the cultural, artistic and even technological facets of religious belief. Courses on parables, environmentalism, social movements, sacred spaces and the relationship between religion and politics all reveal the ways that the religious impulse shapes nonreligious experience.

  Native American Perspectives

  Indigenous religions are often deeply concerned with the environment, with personal responsibility and strong communities, and with the immanence of the sacred. Those qualities make courses in Native American religions popular and resonant part of the religious studies program.

  Cinema and the Sacred

  We don't usually think of Hollywood and religion as natural partners, but the film industry has often tried – with mixed results – to explore myth and divinity. Two courses, Religion in Film and The Celluloid Savior, examine the implications and effects of movies about religion and religious figures.

• Native American Perspectives

  Religious Studies Highlights

  Beyond the Conventional

  While much of the program's curriculum focuses on the world's major religious traditions, many courses examine the cultural, artistic and even technological facets of religious belief. Courses on parables, environmentalism, social movements, sacred spaces and the relationship between religion and politics all reveal the ways that the religious impulse shapes nonreligious experience.

  Native American Perspectives

  Indigenous religions are often deeply concerned with the environment, with personal responsibility and strong communities, and with the immanence of the sacred. Those qualities make courses in Native American religions popular and resonant part of the religious studies program.

  Cinema and the Sacred

  We don't usually think of Hollywood and religion as natural partners, but the film industry has often tried – with mixed results – to explore myth and divinity. Two courses, Religion in Film and The Celluloid Savior, examine the implications and effects of movies about religion and religious figures.

• Cinema and the Sacred

  Religious Studies Highlights

  Beyond the Conventional

  While much of the program's curriculum focuses on the world's major religious traditions, many courses examine the cultural, artistic and even technological facets of religious belief. Courses on parables, environmentalism, social movements, sacred spaces and the relationship between religion and politics all reveal the ways that the religious impulse shapes nonreligious experience.

  Native American Perspectives

  Indigenous religions are often deeply concerned with the environment, with personal responsibility and strong communities, and with the immanence of the sacred. Those qualities make courses in Native American religions popular and resonant part of the religious studies program.

  Cinema and the Sacred

  We don't usually think of Hollywood and religion as natural partners, but the film industry has often tried – with mixed results – to explore myth and divinity. Two courses, Religion in Film and The Celluloid Savior, examine the implications and effects of movies about religion and religious figures.

After Hamilton

Hamilton graduates who concentrated in Religious Studies are pursuing careers in a variety of fields, including:

• Jewish Chaplain, Bard College
• Consultant, Children's Defense Fund
• Pastor, Springfield Presbyterian Church
• Clinical Associate Professor of Law, Northwestern University
• Vice President of Operations, Valora Technologies, Inc.
• Software Chief Engineer, GE Inspection Technologies
• Supervisor of Data Processing, NYS Office of Mental Health
• Family Nurse Practitioner, Hudson River Community Health
• Air Traffic Controller, Federal Aviation Authority
• Business Development Manager, Forrester Research, Inc.