What Can You Do With A Major In Religious Studies?
What Can You Do With A Major in Religious Studies?
A program that focuses on the nature of religious belief and specific religious and quasi-religious systems. Includes instruction in phenomenology; the sociology, psychology, philosophy, anthropology, literature and art of religion; mythology; scriptural and textual studies; religious history and politics; and specific studies of particular faith communities and their behavior.
Some Related Career Titles
- Biblical Studies Professor
- Divinity Professor
- Philosopher
- Philosophy and Religion Instructor
- Religion Department Chair
- Systematic Theology Professor
- Chaplain
- Religious Educator
- Teacher, Theology
Typical Employers/Work Settings
- Churches
- Private Educational Institutions
- Post-Secondary Educational Institutions
- Missionaries
- Child Day Services
Beginning Salary Range:
Beginning salary for a chaplain is $50,000-$70,000.
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Links To Professional Associations
Professional Associations are important to explore because many offer student memberships and can give you access to other professionals and their experiences, research, convention or workshop opportunities, professional development and most importantly job databases.
American Academy of Religion
Association for the Sociology of Religion
International Association for the History of Religions
Religious Research Association
Society of Biblical Literature
Job Search Information
Catholic Jobs.com
ChristiaNet: Christian Jobs
Church Staffing.com: Church Jobs for Christian Employment
Ministry Jobs.com
Ministry Search.com
National Association of Church Business Administration Career Opportunities
Graduate School Resources
Florida State University
University of South Florida
Florida International University
New York University
Indiana University (Bloomington)
University of Florida
Link To UNF Academic program
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