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The Master of Arts in Religion offers comprehensive training in analyzing religious movements, including marginalized and transnational perspectives, grounded in rigorous academic theory. This program helps students: prepare for competitive divinity or doctoral programs, build skills for non-PhD career paths, or pursue personal and professional interests. Graduates will demonstrate the ability to: Apply critical analytical frameworks to religious studies using interdisciplinary theories and methods. (Critical Skills for the Study of Religion: Theory, Method and Interdisciplinarity) Analyze religions as historical, social, and cultural phenomena, with consideration of globalization, migration, colonialism, and cross-cultural exchanges. (Historical, Social, and Multicultural Dimensions of Religion) Examine the personal aspects of religion through psychological, philosophical, and cognitive approaches. (Psychological, Philosophical, and Cognitive Dimensions of Religion) Investigate diverse religious expressions, including historically suppressed or overlooked traditions. (Religious Diversity and Marginalized Movements) Acquire proficiency in reading academic literature in foreign languages and interpreting religious texts in their original languages when relevant to research. (Foreign Language Competency).