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Does anyone know anything on what school to go to if you want to major in Religion? I intend to eventually teach at a university.

Any ideas? Anybody?

Thanks

By Manofdayear2013 (Manofdayear2013) on Monday, August 16, 2004 - 11:50 am: Edit

Princeton for sure

By Alexandre (Alexandre) on Monday, August 16, 2004 - 12:10 pm: Edit

Some schools that are good at both both:

Arizona State
Brown
Cal-Santa Barbara
Colorado-Boulder
Duke
Harvard
Indiana-Bloomington
North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Northwestern
Penn
Princeton
Stanford
Syracuse
Virginia
Yale

Schools that are excellent in Philosophy:
Arizona
Brown
California-Berkeley
California-Los Angeles
Chicago
Columbia
Cornell
Harvard
Michigan-Ann Arbor
MIT
New York University
North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Notre Dame
Pittsburgh
Princeton
Rutgers
Stanford
Texas-Austin
Yale

Top Religious Studies departments:
Arizona State
Brown
Cal-Santa Barbara
Colorado-Boulder
Duke
Harvard
Indiana-Bloomington
Iowa
North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Northwestern
Penn
Princeton
Stanford
Syracuse
Temple
Vanderbilt
Yale

OVERALL:
Brown
Chicago
Columbia
Princeton
Yale

Excellent LAC-Type schools:
Amherst
Bowdoin
Carleton
Colgate
Dartmouth
Davidson
Haverford
Oberlin
Pomona
Swarthmore
Vassar
Wesleyan
Williams

By H_Thealogian (H_Thealogian) on Monday, August 16, 2004 - 01:20 pm: Edit

What about UNC-Wilmington? They look as though they have a good religious department.

Thanks for all the help!

I WISH I could get into Princeton.

By Carolyn (Carolyn) on Monday, August 16, 2004 - 01:47 pm: Edit

Anyone interested in philosophy should read the report on how to evaluate undergrad philosophy departments at http://www.philosophicalgourmet.com/undergrad.htm

Much of the same thinking holds true for evaluating religion departments as well.

Good luck.