UVA’s MA in Religious Studies allows students to critically examine diverse religious traditions, sacred texts, ethics, and modern spiritual movements. With strengths in Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and South Asian religions, students analyze religion’s role in shaping society, politics, and individual identity. The program prepares students for doctoral study or careers in education, public service, and interfaith dialogue.
Comparative theology of suffering in Buddhism and Christianity
Gender dynamics in medieval Islamic jurisprudence
Environmental ethics in Indigenous spiritual traditions
Philosophy of the self in Advaita Vedanta and Western metaphysics
Scriptural interpretation across Abrahamic religions
Religion and nationalism in modern South Asia
Digital pilgrimage and the virtualization of sacred space
Syncretism in Afro-Caribbean religious rituals
Religious pluralism in urban interfaith communities
Asceticism and mental health in monastic practice
Moral theology and bioethics in Catholic healthcare institutions
Sacred architecture and symbolic design in East Asia
Liberal theology’s influence on U.S. civil rights activism
The role of myth in intergenerational cultural transmission
Study belief systems and their global influence through UVA’s MA in Religious Studies.
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