Are you the kind of person who:
- searches for meaning in life?
- asks questions about God?
- reflects upon faith, religion and reason?
- is interested in the Catholic tradition?
- seeks qualification for leadership positions in his or her faith community?
- examines the role of religion in the world?
- wants to make informed ethical choices?
- asks what it means to be a human being?
- seeks to understand different religions?
- is surprised by the complexities of religious beliefs and practices?
- cares about just and peaceful societies?
- likes to engage in theological discussions?
- is fascinated by the interplay of religion and culture?
- would like to understand the Bible and other Christian classics?
- wonders about ritual, myth, and mysticism?
- likes to explore history?
- is concerned about human life and dignity and the common good?
- is invested in sustaining the life of the planet?
- contemplates the spiritual dimensions of life?
We invite you to join fellow students in exploring these and related questions with the faculty of the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at Villanova University!
See which careers await you with a degree in Theology and Religion.
Our department grants undergraduate students a Bachelor's degree and a minor. Both programs offer introductory and advanced courses that enable students to reach the four goals of the academic study of theology and religion for undergraduate students at Villanova.
Our Students...
- engage theology and religious studies as academic disciplines, each with their own methods of analyzing religious phenomena;
- investigate the central beliefs and practices of the Christian tradition with a particular emphasis on Roman Catholicism;
- analyze the phenomenon of religion as it operates in human history as well as in contemporary culture; and
- evaluate the significance of religion for personal and collective ecological, political, economic, social, and cultural life.
To reach these goals our programs emphasize a broad understanding of Christian and non-Christian theological and religious traditions that invites students to participate in what Augustine calls the restless search for wisdom.
Villanova students embark on an academic journey to recognize Christian theology as a living, ongoing tradition that continues to be refined as it engages the contemporary world. Discerning the relevance of Christian theology for their own lives and values, they seek to understand those whose values and senses of the sacred differ from their own.
Our students appreciate Christianity's contributions to the development of Western culture and recognize the complexity and diversity of religious beliefs and practices in pluralistic societies.
They clarify and articulate moral convictions, deliberate and form judgments both about
everyday theological and ethical issues and the implications of moral principles for building a more just, sustainable and peaceful world.
The Theology and Religious Studies Program at Villanova
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