Georgetown University to offer doctorate in religious pluralism

Published: 2005-10-18

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Georgetown University's theology department will launch a doctoral program in religious pluralism, combining the fields of theological and religious studies, beginning in the fall of 2006. Gerald M. Mara, interim dean of Georgetown's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, said the new program "provides the university with a unique opportunity to address a vitally important question in academically serious ways." Doctoral candidates will investigate the themes of religious pluralism, including how various religions have dealt with diversity. Each student will conduct course work in two specific religious traditions, one of which typically will be Christianity.

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