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.
