Religion Schools

Detailed profiles of schools for Religion from the EdRef college search portal.

Religion programs give students the opportunity to practice ministering, ask new questions about faith, and examine a variety of ideas. They represent the intersection of faith and academic learning. Many programs focus on cultural change and the changing nature of global relationships. Students are encouraged to make new discoveries about themselves, their faith, and the relationship between their faith and other traditions. The curriculum of religion programs depends largely on the particular faith to which they subscribe.

These programs typically combine faith-based learning with practical scholarship, spirituality with intellectual exercise. Students learn about the great thinkers and mentors in their faith of the past as well as the present. They receive rigorous challenges through courses that expand their mind academically and spiritually. Students are given the chance to become transformed and mature within their ministry. Some examples of graduate degrees in this field include the Master of Arts, master of Arts in Ministry, Master of Arts in Counseling, Master of Divinity, Master of Ministry.