Religious Studies courses help you develop the following abilities:
- Understanding how religions and other world-views shape culture and individuals, and are shaped by them.
- Gaining insights of how hidden assumptions, value systems, and world-views affect thought and action.
- Having a critical ability to evaluate world-views and ideologies.
- Applying issues connected to religions and other world-views to any setting (personal, social, and political).
- Speaking with confidence and insight on hot-button religious issues in current events.
- Articulating subtle, complex, abstract thinking and detecting unspoken assumptions.
- Understanding the rationales and practices of ethics and ethical systems.
- Persuading and detecting persuasive tactics being used.
- Gaining sensitivity to the views of others and the ability to relate honestly, compassionately and effectively.
- Understanding the relationship of the individual to the group.
- Preparing and making presentations.
- Effectively conducting research, evaluating data, and creating systems for evaluation.
- Gaining self-discipline, self-awareness and focus.
- Taking leadership in small and large ways towards improving the world.
- Taking ownership of your value system, world-view and conduct.