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Religious Studies Program

WORLD RELIGIONS

In the spirit of leadership, Monmouth University promotes the research, study, and teaching of world religions to:

• teach our students and the community to understand different faiths and their cultural heritage;
• help foster a harmonious social unity in which members of all religions or ideologies may interact openly;
• study different religions with scholarly objective analysis and scientific criticism;
• analyze the sacred texts, doctrines, and teachings of world religions;
• highlight religious/philosophical questions with reasoned consistent, coherent, and integrated investigations, while respecting cultural and gender differences and sustaining the freedom of every personal faith and ideology;
• deepen the understanding of religious differences which often lead to military and sectarian conflicts; and
• search for common ground(s) from which world peace can flourish, encouraging the awareness that religions offer ethical and moral codes.