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  • Alumni Stories: Steve Ripp '97

    March 23, 2016

    As a double major in comparative religion and government, I studied the two great shapers of societies around the world. History, philosophy, literature, and art history all weaved throughout my religion classes, inspiring and enriching me. Thanks to my studies, upon graduation I felt I could engage meaningfully with individuals from anywhere in the world. Studies have shown that successful leadership starts with empathy, a quality in dwindling supply in an increasingly polarized world.

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  • Alumni Stories: Jennifer D. Molinar '98

    March 23, 2016

    I graduated from Dartmouth with a double major in Religion and Government, concentrations in Philosophy of Religion and Political Theory, respectively. The Government major I undertook in order to appease my parents, who felt strongly that I needed to 'be able to find a job after graduation'. The Religion major started after I took a randomly selected 'Religions of India' class with Professor Hans Penner. I could not have been more amazed when, as we dove into the course, a window was opened and suddenly I started to understand what a liberal arts education might mean for me.

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  • Alumni Stories: Steve Mayer '72

    March 23, 2016

    I had no idea I would study or major in religion before taking a survey course to fulfill distributive requirements my freshman year. My only previous exposure was the requisite Sunday school and Bar Mitzvah training. To this day, I feel the need to explain to people that it wasn't preparation to become a rabbi! But it did expose me to the thinking of Kierkegaard, Sartre and Spinoza, to the quest for the historical Jesus and the contrast between Purusha and Prakriti in Hinduism. I had some inspiring professors and found it to be an exciting field of study.

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  • Alumni Stories: Daniel B. Isaacs '83

    March 23, 2016

    I was a Religion major...and it has served me well both personally and professionally. I entered Dartmouth with advanced placement credits in Math and Physics but took Rel. 1 as an elective freshman year and was hooked on religion as a study of cultures, people and different ways of thinking. I have worked in the investment business for most of my career and some have asked me how religion prepared me for this career.

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  • Alumni Stories: Betty P. Guttag Whitewolff '00

    March 23, 2016

    When I was faced with choosing a major, I froze. What was the use in specializing? Wouldn't I need a graduate degree to pursue a chosen professional path? Wouldn't I specialize then? I wanted a broad knowledge base, not to become an expert by the age of 21. Yet, I had to choose a major. Choosing to study religion gave me exactly what I wanted. The study of comparative religion is the study of history, from ancient civilizations to current events. It is the study of literature and art. It is the study of language and geography. It is the study of psychology and sociology.

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