THE GDR IS ORGANIZED INTO TEN COURSES OF STUDY.  Each has its own distinctive focus, but all work collaboratively.  In the GDR, interdisciplinary work is at the heart of our common life.

Collaborative.

At Emory, you will find scholars across the university working together on projects as diverse as

  • religion, conflict, and peacebuilding
  • Christian, Jewish, and Islamic law
  • religions and health
  • Jewish, Islamic, and Christian ethics
  • religions and sexuality
  • theologies of African and African-derived religions
  • religions and science
  • Judeo-Arabic language and culture

Interdisciplinary.

At Emory, the virbrancy of our intellectual life can be seen in the kinds of investigations undertaken by both faculty and students, ranging from the effects of Buddhist contemplation on mind and emotions to moral imagination in the book of Job, from ethnographic study of a female Muslim folk healer in India to the history of pastoral care, from the study of funeral practices in the United States to theological reflection on LGBT identities, and from the political role of denominational offices in Washington, D.C. to questions of the relationship of theology and science.