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The study of religion offers a critical lens into culture. Check out classes such as Native American Science-fiction, Multicultural Medical Ethics, Religion and Economics, Greco-Roman architecture, Religion in Latin America, Arab Uprising, Multi-modal Anthropology, Jain Philosophy and Ethics, and Religious Dialogue, among many others!

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Events

News

UCI women's basketball player Diaba Konaté
The Study of Religion in Action: UCI Basketball Star Barred from '24 Olympics due to Hijab
UCI women's basketball player Diaba Konaté is one of many French athletes who wear a hijab. As France bans athletes from wearing the head scarf at the 2024 Olympics,…
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Professor Brianne Donaldson wins the Ninth Helen Crovetto Award for Excellence in the Study of New Religious Movements
Professor Brianne Donaldson has won the Ninth Helen Crovetto Award for Excellence in the Study of New Religious Movements with Ties to South Asia for her article…
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Trista Lara '26 Wins UCI New Approach Methodologies Research Grant
Congrats to Trista Lara '26 who has won the 2024 UCI New Approach (non-animal) Methodologies in Research Summer grant.   Trista will complete an…
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F21 student temple visit

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F22 Meaning of Life lunch

Student Experiences

Students explore the wooden temple at the Jain Center of Southern California, Fall 2021 (top), Students and faculty complicate the "Religion vs. Atheism" split during Meaning of Life Lunch conversation, Fall 2022 (bottom)