Contends that the study of religion will illuminate the ways in which people have tried to make moral, spiritual, and intellectual sense of the world. Discusses the problems faced by scholars and instructors in gaining a consensus for a definition of religious study, and in developing a set of methods for pursuing this discipline. (SLM)

Reports on five National Endowment for the Humanities seminars held in Texas to exchange ideas concerning a law mandating a core curriculum in the state's college and university system. Questions centered on the ramifications for the curriculum, selection of courses for revision, and the role of the humanities in such a curriculum. (KO)