{"id":625,"date":"2023-02-02T01:10:09","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T01:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/religion\/?page_id=625"},"modified":"2026-08-07T00:03:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T00:03:41","slug":"christian-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/religion\/graduate-study\/christian-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <div class=\"html-content\">\n<p>The faculty of Christian Studies trains students in the vast global range of historical and contemporary Christian traditions. Doctoral students study the social, cultural and material dimensions of religion as applied to plural Christianities. Although students may choose to focus on a particular version or historical moment of Christianity for their dissertations, we challenge them to frame their research in transnational and transhistorical terms.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 2px; border-width: 0; color: #ffcc00; background-color: #ffcc00;\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mandatory courses include <strong>REL 535<\/strong>, <strong>635<\/strong>, and <strong>651<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--link-list \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--link-list\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Language Requirement\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Students are required to demonstrate advanced ability in two languages other than English in order to enable comparative research. Given the temporal and global span of Christian traditions, the specific languages will be determined on a case-by-case basis by the student\u2019s mentoring committee. Customarily the committee will select one or two ancient languages and one or two modern languages. The following are the languages most frequently studied in the Christian Studies Track, but the mentoring committee can select others as needed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ancient:\u00a0<em>Hebrew, Greek, Syriac, Latin,<\/em>\u00a0as well as medieval vernaculars<\/li>\n<li>Modern: French, Spanish, Italian, German, Portuguese, Korean<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  \n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--spacer \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--spacer\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n                \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--link-list \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--link-list\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Faculty in Christian Studies\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n              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