â??I often say that if I headed back to college today, I would major in comparative religions rather than political science â?¦ because religious actors and institutions are playing an influential role in every region of the world â?¦â?
This quote from Secretary of State John Kerry has been posted to my office door since last fall, when it appeared in an op-ed he wrote in America: The National Catholic Review. Of course, the idea of understanding religion and religious individuals resonated strongly with me, a professor of religious studies at a liberal arts college. But I believe the reasons for this sentiment are lost in the public discourse around both education and religion in the contemporary United States.
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