The Religious Studies Department educates students in religious and theological disciplines, including the study of religious texts, histories, beliefs, practices, and ethics. Rooted in Santa Clara’s mission and identity as a Jesuit Catholic University, the department seeks to engage Catholic faith in critical dialogue with the world’s religious traditions and conduct Christian theology in conversation with a full range of religious studies methodologies.

The department thus aims to educate students in the knowledge and skills they need (1) to think in a multidisciplinary and contextualized way about religion and matters of Christian faith, (2) to reason critically and ethically about personal beliefs and institutional religious practices, (3) to explore how religions are lived and practiced in local communities and global contexts, and (4) to cultivate a sense of solidarity with poor and marginalized communities informed by the study of theology and religion.

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Submissions from 1993

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Augustine on the Couch: Psychohistorical (Mis)Readings of the Confessions, Diane Jonte-Pace

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Psychoanalysis after Feminism, Diane Jonte-Pace

Submissions from 1992

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Printing and Religion in China: Some Evidence from the Taishang Ganying Pian, Catherine M. Bell

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Presidential Address: The Rise of Atheism and the Religious Epoché, Michael J. Buckley S.J.

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Catholicity, Inculturation and Newman’s Sensus Fidelium, Paul G. Crowley

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Foreword: Notes on a Friendship, Diane Jonte-Pace

Maternal Absence, Castration and the End of the World: A Freudian Reading of the Notion of Self as Endangered Species, Diane Jonte-Pace

Situating Kristeva Differently: Psychoanalytic Readings of Woman and Religion, Diane Jonte-Pace

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Which Feminism, Whose Freud?, Diane Jonte-Pace

Submissions from 1991

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The Church and Its Responsibility to Foster Knowledge, Michael J. Buckley S.J.

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Instrumentum Divinitatis in Thomas Aquinas: Recovering the Divinity of Christ, Paul G. Crowley

Praxis and Humanism, Paul G. Crowley

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Technology, Truth and Language: The Crisis of Theological Discourse, Paul G. Crowley

Submissions from 1990

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The Ritual Body and The Dynamics of Ritual Power, Catherine M. Bell

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Religion and Science: Paul Davies and Jolm Paul II, Michael J. Buckley S.J.

Submissions from 1989

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Religion and Chinese Culture: Toward an Assessment of "Popular Religion", Catherine M. Bell

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Ritual, Change, and Changing Rituals, Catherine M. Bell

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Experience and culture: a point of departure for American atheism, Michael J. Buckley S.J.

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Quest for the Religious Freud: Faith, Morality, and Gender in Psychoanalysis, Diane Jonte-Pace

Submissions from 1988

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Ritualization of Texts and Textualization of Ritual in the Codification of Taoist Liturgy, Catherine M. Bell

Submissions from 1987

Discourse and Dichotomies: The Structure of Ritual Theory, Catherine M. Bell

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Introduction: "This Damnable Paradoxe", Michael J. Buckley S.J.

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Object Relations Theory, Mothering, and Religion: Toward a Feminist Psychology of Religion, Diane Jonte-Pace

Submissions from 1986

From Prophets to Perception: The Origins of Rorschach's Psychology, Diane Jonte-Pace

Submissions from 1985

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The Charism and Identity of Religious Life, Michael J. Buckley S.J.

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Religion: A Rorschachian Projection Theory, Diane Jonte-Pace

Submissions from 1984

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Reflections on the Document, 'Essential Elements .. .', Michael J. Buckley S.J.

Submissions from 1983

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Jesuit, Catholic Higher Education: Some Tentative Theses, Michael J. Buckley S.J.

Submissions from 1982

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The University and the Concern for Justice: The Search for a New Humanism, Michael J. Buckley S.J.

Submissions from 1979

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Atheism and Contemplation, Michael J. Buckley S.J.

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Mission in Companionship: Of Jesuit Community and Communion, Michael J. Buckley S.J.

Ego Functions in a Variety of Dream States, Diane Jonte-Pace

Submissions from 1978

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Toward the Construction of Theology: Response to Richard McKeon, Michael J. Buckley S.J.

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Transcendence, truth, and faith: the ascending experience of God in all human inquiry, Michael J. Buckley S.J.

Submissions from 1976

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Jesuit Priesthood: Its Meaning and Commitments, Michael J. Buckley S.J.

Submissions from 1975

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The Confirmation of Promise: A Letter to George Ganss, Michael J. Buckley S.J.

Submissions from 1971

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Philosophy and the Liberal Arts, Michael J. Buckley S.J.

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The Catholic University as Pluralistic Forum, Michael J. Buckley S.J.

Submissions from 1970

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Philosophic Method in Cicero, Michael J. Buckley S.J.

Submissions from 1963

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Saint Justin and the Ascent of the Mind to God, Michael J. Buckley S.J.

Submissions from 1961

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A Thomistic Philosophy of History, Michael J. Buckley S.J.

Submissions from 1960

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The Spirituality of the Human Ego, Michael J. Buckley S.J.