{"id":24677,"date":"2019-10-07T21:38:40","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T21:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/religion\/?page_id=24677"},"modified":"2022-06-24T19:43:44","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T19:43:44","slug":"why-study-religion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/religion-and-philosophy\/why-study-religion\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Study Religion?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are often asked why it is important to study Religion. What does it all mean? We like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/gary-laderman\/the-religion-pitch_b_7921450.html\">five reasons shared by a professor<\/a> at Emory University:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It will blow your mind<\/li>\n<li>It can be used to make the world a better place<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s a <em>social magnet<\/em>: people love more than ever to talk about Religion<\/li>\n<li>Knowledge is power<\/li>\n<li>It will help you get a job and make lots of money (this may not be universally true)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition, studying Religion at Augsburg will inspire and equip you to be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>an <span class=\"_Tgc\">informed citizen<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"_Tgc\">a thoughtful steward<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"_Tgc\">a critical thinker<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"_Tgc\">a responsible leader<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our diverse student body and our location in the heart of a bustling urban neighborhood make Â̲èÖ±²¥ an ideal setting for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>talking about life&#8217;s big questions<\/li>\n<li>building inter-faith friendships<\/li>\n<li>developing and deepening your own faith commitments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are often asked why it is important to study Religion. What does it all mean? We like the five reasons shared by a professor at Emory University: It will blow your mind It can be used to make the world a better place It\u2019s a social magnet: people love more than ever to talk &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":432,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-24677","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/religion-and-philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/religion-and-philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/religion-and-philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/religion-and-philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/432"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/religion-and-philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24677"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/religion-and-philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25031,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/religion-and-philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24677\/revisions\/25031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/religion-and-philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}