• The concentration in the  Comparative Study of Religion at  Harvard  invites  students to explore the most  consequential and momentous questions  relevant to the understanding of individual and communal human life.
  • Concentrators  consider topics such as the significance of ritual and practice;  differing  conceptions  of human  nature and the nature of the divine; and comparative study of how people understand the meaning of life, suffering  , and  death. 
  • Competency in religious studies indicates the ability to think critically and with historical and cultural learning about the complicated place of religious history, imagination, motivation, and memory in national and international affairs.