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American University · Religious Studies

12.5% of American University's Religious Studies course descriptions are framed from the left. Across all 100 schools' Religious Studies departments, it is 4.6%.

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American University: 12.5% Religious Studies at all 100 schools: 4.6% each other school in the comparison

Where Religious Studies courses fall

0%Far left92–100

83%Left75–91

0%Center-left59–74

0%Center42–58

0%Center-right26–41

17%Right9–25

0%Far right0–8

6 plotted courses (the ones with a political subject). 100 = far left, 50 = the average American, 0 = far right. Subject places what a course studies, not the side it takes.

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Framing Subject

Subject places what a course studies, not the side it takes. A course on slavery or the Holocaust lands far right and a course on Marx or the Soviet Union lands far left, whether the course praises, criticizes or simply describes it.

Furthest-left subjects

RELG 240 · Global Religious Ethics83

Religious Studies

Oppressive systems tied to colonialism are often embedded in the study of religious ethics, where the dominant canon taught in most universities is composed of Western or Judeo-Christian ethics. This course confronts that injustice, reading…

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RELG 486 · Topics in Religious Discussion83

Religious Studies

Topics vary by section. Examination of important problems, thinkers, and issues in classical and contemporary religious thought. Topics include liberation theology, religion in the African Diaspora, Hispanic spiritual traditions, and spirit…

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RELG 676 · Religion and Black Bodies of Resistance83

Religious Studies

This course explores religion as it is embodied in the styles, rhythms, and practices of people of African descent in the Americas. Students examine African American encounters with systematic attempts to deny their humanity, and the manner…

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Furthest-right subjects

RELG 675 · Religion and Global Violence17

Religious Studies

This course explores the religious dimensions, both ideological and cultural, of political and military conflict. Themes include sacred geography and literature as grounds for bloodshed; the sanctity of race; martyrdom/terrorism; and…

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Why this number, in plain words

Share of courses described from the left. Percent of all courses in the group whose Framing reading is leftward: the description frames its subject one-sidedly to the left.

Counted: all courses in the group, including N and I. No interval is published for this number.

Readings are of catalog description text, not of teaching, syllabi or individual professors.

Details: exact rows, definitions and method

Name	Metric	Value	95% interval	n	scored
American University · Religious Studies	bias_left_share	12.5	—	24	—
Religious Studies	bias_left_share	4.6	4.1 – 5.1	7,282	—

Formula: 100 * count(bias_cat = 'L') / n
Interval: Wilson score 95% (wilson_interval)
Model / prompt / snapshot: gpt-5.6-sol · r12 (2026-10-16-le49-r12) · 6df50b10
Metric caveats: Right-framed courses are almost absent (33 of 124,290); this run cannot tell catalog reality from model sensitivity. Compare schools with adjusted_ratio, not this raw share, because department mix differs.

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