Arts & Humanities
Arts & Science
McMaster University, Canada
- Degree
- Bachelor's
- Next intake
- September; application deadline January 15, 2027
Arts & Humanities
Religion is of critical importance for understanding society, and the Department of Religious Studies engages in intensive and broad-ranging research across Asian and Western traditions in their historical and modern expresssion.
Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences | Duration: 2 years | Study mode: full-time / part-time | Intake: September | Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Areas of research include: Asian Field (Buddhism, East Asian) Biblical (Early Judaism, Early Christianity) Western (Religion and Politics, Religion and the Social Sciences).
Since 1964, the department of Religious Studies has offered graduate programs dealing with religion and human religious experience, past and present, East and West. The department has no confessional ties; it seeks, rather, to cultivate a positive appreciation of the world’s religious traditions in a spirit of free, open enquiry, critical reflection, and solidly-grounded judgment. The department draws on a wide variety of methodological resources, especially philosophical, philloogical, literary, historical, and social scientific, in the effort to understand religion and religious phenomena. Required credentials: Honours Bachelor or equivalent in religious studies
Graduate programmes accept applications for September, January and May admit terms; programmes listed without open/close dates do not accept applications for that term.
Graduate application open and close dates differ for domestic (Canadian citizens/permanent residents) and international applicants and vary by programme and admit term.
Apply through the official page: https://gs.mcmaster.ca/how-to-apply/
Arts & Humanities
McMaster University, Canada
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