Best undergraduate program for Religious Studies???

hsmomstef
Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:40:29 +0000

great info!!! thanks!!!

warblersrule – can you elaborate on why you haven’t found Duke accomodating?

Trina – thanks for the info on Vanderbilt – that is exactly what he is trying to avoid.

paying3tuitions – I will have him take a look at Oberlin, it was on his list at one time. We have already experienced the long and draining conversations at home!!! he kept kosher for six months, strictly observed the sabbath (including no electricity), wore a kipa every day of the week (everywhere!) and prayed daily – and we are not Jewish, nor have anyone Jewish in our family. Just what he does to learn a religion from the inside out. Neighbors thought we were crazy. He did the same for Islam and he is currently practicing Tibetan and Zen Buddhism. Our eyes just glazed over when he starts talking!

boysx3 – his biggest concern was that Emory seemed to have an approach to religions from a Christian standpoint. He loved the study abroad program there in Dharamsala. Does you son find the approach to be an overview of “all religions are correct in and of themselves” or do they interpret them through Christian viewpoints?

sly – I will have him look at those schools. NYU seems to bombard him with literature!