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Religion is a collection of ideas, practices, and systems that are organized and shared. It is most common for these ideas to refer to a belief and worship of an external controlling force, such as a god or supernatural entity. Philosophy (from Greek, meaning "love of wisdom"), in its simplest definition, is the study of existence, reason, knowledge, values, and the mind.The B.A. program in Philosophy and Religion is designed to accommodate students who want to concentrate in either philosophy or religion.The program is designed to engage the student in an examination of the chief rival philosophical and religious approaches to life (including their historical, cultural, social, and practical imports) to develop within the student an enlarged capacity for logical, reflective, and coherent reasoning and to encourage the student to work out a conceptual framework for their life commitment.The program is preparatory for advanced training in other fields, such as law, education, international relations, statecraft, intellectual history, philosophy, religious studies, and theology.Philosophy literally means ''the love of wisdom'' and philosophers engage with a vast range of subject areas such as metaphysics (the nature of reality) epistemology (the study of knowledge), value theory (ethics, political philosophy, aesthetics), and logic (reasoning and arguments).Religion is a collection of ideas, practices, and systems that are organized and shared. It is most common for these ideas to refer to a belief and worship of an external controlling force, such as a god or supernatural entity.A faith or belief system can usually be characterized by practices, sacred texts, sermons, rituals, prayer, meditation, prophecies, and revelations, as well as holy places, symbols, and feasts. In turn, these factors can significantly impact worldviews, morals, and cultural norms and beliefs.Students will study the origins, functions, techniques, and experience of religion in a cross-cultural perspective.
