{"id":40802219748,"date":"2022-06-09T16:31:13","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T20:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/department-of-history-and-anthropology\/?page_id=40802219748"},"modified":"2024-06-19T14:36:43","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T18:36:43","slug":"minor-in-religious-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/department-of-history-and-anthropology\/programs-of-study\/minor-in-religious-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Minor in Religious Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"about-the-program\">About the Program<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Critically and thoughtfully engage with religion throughout history and in the world today with a Minor in Religious Studies. Given religion\u2019s traditional and ongoing power to shape individuals and societies, religious literacy is imperative to responding to the diverse religious perspectives and phenomena that impact local and global contexts, both past and present.<\/p>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"core-courses\">Core Courses<\/h3>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Introduction to Philosophy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Introduction to Religion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-in-page\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.monmouth.edu\/undergraduate-catalog\/wayne-d-mcmurray-humanities-social-sciences\/history\/religious-studies-minor\/\">View Curriculum &amp; Sequence Charts<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mu-contact has-image\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"imageWrapper\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"306\" height=\"336\" style=\"object-position: 50.495% 40.87%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2017\/10\/Manuel20Chavez.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photo of Manuel Chavez, Ph.D.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2017\/10\/Manuel20Chavez.jpg 306w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2017\/10\/Manuel20Chavez-273x300.jpg 273w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/476\/2017\/10\/Manuel20Chavez-280x307.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"nameAndTitle\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"name block-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/directory\/profiles\/manuel-chavez\/\">Manuel Ch\u00e1vez, Ph.D.<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title component-title\">Assistant Professor;<br>Director of Philosophy and Religious Studies Program;<br>ISP Faculty Coordinator<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bioText\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"dept\">History and Anthropology<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"office\">James and Marlene Howard Hall, 324<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"phone\"><a href=\"tel:(732) 263-5738\">732-263-5738<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a href=\"mailto:mchavez@monmouth.edu\" title='Email Manuel'>mchavez@monmouth.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the Program Critically and thoughtfully engage with religion throughout history and in the world today with a Minor in Religious Studies. 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