The situation of religion is highly complex. Other than the main subsets of Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism, there exist issues of modern new emerging religions and folk belief. It is extremely significant to study religion in relevance to philosophical thinking. The seminars and lectures of this major offer the most detailed learning of the abovementioned individual issue subsets. This major is open to students who intend to both comprehend and study culture and literature of the world from the wide-ranging angle of language.
Language is the closest form of expression to the whispers of the mind.
This will also provide an opportunity for soulsearching and pondering on how humans have led their lives in relation to the world surrounding them. Students can probe and study the language and linguistic culture that has developed in one language bloc, such as Japanese literature, English and American literature, and French literature. Students who wish to further accumulate their knowledge of language and its historical and cultural backgrounds may explore that course. With the progress of cultural exchange in the modern to contemporary times, poets and writers have spread their creative activity within an intertwined interaction from an increasing number of cultural spheres. Story patterns also exist transcending language barriers.