The Department of Religion offers a curriculum that explores the variety and depth of religious experiences and expressions. Inseparable from the fabric of liberal arts generally, the Religion Department shares in the task of cultivating a humane literacy that is responsive to the mystery and the meaning of human life. Crosscultural, interdisciplinary, and critical perspectives inform a wide spectrum of courses that study systems of belief and patterns of religious behavior, the history of religious traditions, the function of religion in society, and forms of religious expression such as sacred narrative, scripture, theological, and philosophical reflection.