Overview

In our increasingly interdependent global community, awareness of various past and present features of religious life—events, texts, personages, ceremonies, rituals, convictions, theologies, visual representations, artifacts—can lay the foundation for informed and thoughtful analysis of contemporary life.

Key Features

Such analysis is important in considering international issues and also domestic ones (such as abortion, evolution, faith-based initiatives, homosexuality, capital punishment, stem-cell research, marriage, civil rights, and school prayer).

The study of religion thus helps us to understand the faiths, world views, and ways of life of millions of people. And of course, the study of religion can be a path to self-understanding.

The Department of Religious Studies at Duke University offers introductory courses in all the major religious traditions, notably Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism.

Other courses offer additional study of these or other traditions and their texts, often focusing on specific features -- such as gender, ethics, visual modes, mysticism -- or historical periods. Many other courses examine theoretical or comparative aspects of religious phenomena, especially as they are manifest in the modern world.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Religious Studies

Religion, Race, Gender, and Power

Sanskrit Language and Literature

Self, Society and Art in Modern Hinduism

Religious Freedom in America: A Legal History

Buddhism

Scribes and Scriptures: The Transmission of the Bible in Antiquity

Judaism

Judaism Through Film

The Old Testament/Hebrew Bible

Christianity

Christian Orthodoxy and Heresy

The New Testament

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Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-05 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Durham, United States

Disciplines

Theology and Religious Studies View 869 other Bachelors in Theology and Religious Studies in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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130

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Duke will consider official scores as well as scores that are self-reported on the application. Submitting essay scores from the ACT and/or SAT is optional.

If you are a non-native English speaker or if you are not currently studying in an English-medium curriculum, Duke recommends but do not require that you take an English proficiency test.

Duke requires three letters of recommendation for each applicant: one from your school counselor and two from teachers who have taught you in major academic courses (English, mathematics, social studies, sciences, foreign languages), preferably within the last two years of secondary school.

Both the Common Application and the Coalition Application include a one-page personal essay as well as short essay questions specific to Duke.

Application Fee: $85.

Tuition Fees

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70265 USD / year

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Living costs

Durham

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990 - 1670 USD / month

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Key Features

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

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Tuition Fees

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Durham

Funding

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