Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
University of Toronto. Department for the Study of Religion
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Description area
Dates of existence
1975-current
History
Established in 1975 as the Department of Religious Studies. Religion is taught in three distinct contexts at the University of Toronto: at the UTSG (the downtown campus), where both undergraduate and graduate units are located; in the Department of Historical Studies at UTM, responsible for undergraduate teaching; and in the Department of Humanities at UTSC, with a religion undergraduate minor program.