“International relations will not stay like it is whether in theory or in practice, whether for scholars and students or for citizens and practitioners. Religion will play a role in that.”
- Mariano Barbato, Pilgrimage, Politics, and International Relations: Religious Semantics for World Politics, 2013
The Diplomacy and Religion concentration provides a foundation for those interested in pursuing work in the foreign service, interfaith contexts or advanced studies in international relations. Students will bring the study and practice of diplomacy in to conversation with the disciplines of geography, history, Islamic studies, peace studies and religious studies.
Students in the Diplomacy and Religion concentration will be required to take REL 260: Religion and Political Conflict, before choosing five additional courses from the following list.
| Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Choose six from the following, at least two must be taken at the 300-level: | 24 | |
| RELIGIOUS DIMENSIONS OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA | ||
| INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION | ||
| DIGITAL MEDIA LAW AND ETHICS | ||
| MINDFULNESS AND ACTIVISM | ||
| LEADERSHIP AND DIPLOMACY | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS | ||
| RELIGIOUS GEOGRAPHY | ||
| THE MUSLIM WORLD, 1400-1920 | ||
| FAITH,REDEMPTN,& TRANSCENDENCE IN INTERNATIONAL CINEMA | ||
| TOPICS IN PEACE, JUSTICE AND RELIGION | ||
| RELIGION AND POPULAR CULTURE | ||
| ISLAMIC CULTURES AND SOCIETIES | ||
| RELIGION IN CHINESE HISTORY, SOCIETY AND CULTURE | ||
| HINDU THOUGHT AND CULTURE | ||
| BUDDHIST THOUGHT IN CULTURAL CONTEXT | ||
| RELIGION IN JAPANESE HISTORY, SOCIETY, AND CULTURE | ||
| TRADITIONS OF CHINESE POPULAR CULTURE | ||
| LITERATURE AND RELIGION IN CHINA | ||
| FORGIVENESS AND RECONCILIATION | ||
| RELIGION AND POLITICAL CONFLICT | ||
| RELIGION AND POLITICS IN THE MIDDLE EAST | ||
| LATINX LIBERATION TRADITIONS | ||
| LIBERATION THEOLOGIES | ||
| SHI'ITE ISLAM | ||
| THEORY AND METHOD IN THE STUDY OF RELIGION | ||
| THEORIES OF CULTURE AND RELIGION | ||
| THEORIES OF RELIGION AND ETHICS | ||
| TOPICS IN RELIGION AND CULTURE | ||
| ZEN MIND | ||
| YOGA AND TANTRA | ||
| ETHICAL THEORIES | ||
| PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION | ||
| AESTHETICS | ||