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Religious Studies Department

Explore Belief. Embrace Dialogue. Understand the World.

Starting Fall 2025, Valpo’s Religious Studies major offers a dynamic curriculum that explores global religious traditions through a lived, cross-cultural, and comparative lens. Students examine Christianity and other world faiths while deepening their understanding of their own beliefs and building meaningful connections across cultures and communities.

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Religious Studies Department

Explore Belief Across Borders

Beginning fall 2025, Valpo’s Department of Religious Studies is introducing a new major and curriculum that expands students’ view of the world. The religious studies major sparks curiosity of religions globally, encompassing Christianity and other religious traditions. Our students explore and engage with religion as a lived, cross-cultural, and comparative discipline. You’ll broaden your understanding of your own beliefs while also gaining deeper insight into those of others – helping you better connect with your neighbors across the street and around the world.

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