VCU Religious Studies

<body> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="550" id="AutoNumber1" height="317" align="left"> <tr> <td width="550" colspan="3" bgcolor="#808080"> <p align="left" style="word-spacing: -4"> <font style="font-size: 30pt; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: -3pt" face="Century Gothic" color="#C0C0C0"> <a style="font-family: Century Gothic; color: #C0C0C0; font-weight: bold; text-decoration:none" href="http://www.vcu.edu">vcu</a></font> <span style="letter-spacing: -1pt"> <a href="mainpage.html"><font size="6" color="#333333" face="Century Gothic">religious studies</font></a></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="125" bgcolor="#808000" rowspan="2">　</td> <td width="285" bgcolor="#808000"><font face="Century Gothic" size="2"> <a href="http://www.has.vcu.edu" style="color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none">College of Humanities and Sciences</a></font></td> <td width="140" bgcolor="#808000"><font face="Century Gothic" size="2"> <a href="http://www.vcu.edu" style="color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none">VCU </a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="425" colspan="2" bgcolor="#808000" align="left" valign="top"> <p><font face="Century Gothic" size="2"> <a href="information.html" style="color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none">information</a> <font color="#800000"> | </font> <a href="courses.html" style="color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none">courses</a> <font color="#800000"> | </font> <a href="faculty.html" style="color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none">faculty</a><font color="#800000"> | </font> <a href="students.html" style="color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none">students</a><font color="#800000"> | </font> <a href="activities.html" style="color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none">activities</a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="410" bgcolor="#E8E8E8" colspan="2" height="239"> <p align="left" style="margin-left: 15"> 　<p align="left" style="margin-left: 15; margin-right:6"> <font face="Century Gothic" size="2" color="#800000">Our <font color="#800000">mission</font></font><font face="Century Gothic" style="font-size: 9pt"> is teaching, learning, and creative research which explore the many forms of religious expression in a global context.  This exploration of religion in its particularity and diversity seeks understanding and appreciation of the nature of the religion and its interactions with other aspects of the human experience, including literature, the arts, politics, and value systems.  Sensitivity to religious expressions and their critical implications, and skills in critical thinking, reading, and writing are goals set before our students.  Global concerns and ethical dimensions at the focus of our courses are intended to serve students in every school of our university as well as the diversity of our wider community.</font><p align="left" style="margin-left: 15; margin-right:6"> 　</td> <td width="140" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#C0C0C0" height="239"><p style="margin-left: 7">　<p style="margin-left: 7"><font face="Century Gothic" size="2"> <font color="#800000">Department of Religious Studies </font> <br> Stark House<br> PO Box 842025<br> 915 W. Franklin St.<br> Richmond, VA 23284<br> 804.828.1224<br> 　</font></td> </tr> </table>