Religion Program

Religion is a candle inside a multicolored lantern. Everyone looks through a particular color, but the candle is always there.

Mohammed Neguib

Religion concerns itself with that which is beyond the known, the natural, and the expected. It acknowledges the mysterious, the supernatural, and the transcendent. Religion helps people deal with the inexplicable elements of human existence and gives them a context within which to relate to and understand the world and their place in it. Members of a religion share a common object of devotion, code of ethics or behavior and a frame of reference within which they understand life and death. Students study religion to learn the teachings, beliefs and ethics of religious traditions throughout the world and throughout history. The study of religion at Lansing Community College does not presuppose the truth of any one religious tradition but looks at many different faith traditions in an attempt to understand the commonalities and differences in individual religions as part of humankind’s ongoing search for meaning.