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We help professionals better understand religion in the lives of those they serve by:

•	Supporting ground-breaking research on how religion impacts people and encouraging its use by the appropriate professionals;
•	Creating resources and training to improve the religious literacies among professionals;
•	Developing and testing curriculum in religion for all disciplines;
•	Presenting public forums and other activities to increase the visibility of religion in the public sphere.

Our Mission What we do Why is it important? What is a professional? Religion's impact on professionals Affiliations • National board • On campus • Affiliated faculty Current projects Past projects Future projects Getting involved Staff Supporting us Contact us

We support MU’s core values. Read about these values and initiatives here.

Resources

The Center helps professionals and students become more aware and respectful of religious and cultural beliefs among co-workers, clients or patients, and be aware of how religion affects their perspectives.

To help, resources include: Course syllabi, links to pertinent journals, daily headlines and an online journal showcasing appropriate work.

Our web site also provides a wealth of resources linking religion and more than 40 professions.

Physics? The Arts? Nursing? Law? Agriculture? Business?

Our resources help you understand religion as it impacts lives and the world we share.

• 300 Pages of resources
• 41 Disciplines with summaries of ways religion relates to each discipline
• 2 Blogs including “God, Media & More,” on religion and media, and “ReligiousLife@MU,” about religious life at the university
• 44 updated surveys and polls related to religion
• 183 faith-related professional associations and groups organized by discipline
• 127 Syllabi from courses around the country that explore religion as it relates to 36 disciplines
• 188 Journal abstracts
• 190 Scholarly and professional journals linked to 32 disciplines.
• 50 Journals purchased by the Center and held at the MU Library

Also check out our new film lending library here.

Updated July 2008

A blog about faith, values and spirituality in the media, from CORP faculty, staff and friends.

ReligiousLife@MU
A blog about religious life at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Curious about how religion affects your profession? Click on your discipline for some ideas.

Read the latest surveys and polls on religion, beliefs, trends and current events here.

See list of professional and faith organizations here.

Read scholarly and professional journals about religion and medicine, journalism, political science and more here.