The University of Pennsylvania based in Philadelphia, PA offers a fully funded PhD in Religious Studies. The PhD is a unique research opportunity for students to become first-class scholars, teachers, and expositors in the field. The main areas of research and expertise, include American Religions, Ancient Mediterranean Religions, Asian Religions, Buddhism, Childhood-Gender and Sexuality Studies, Christianity, Intellectual History, Islam, Judaism, Material and Visual Culture, Modernities-Secularism-and Science, Politics and Publics. The PhD in Religious Studies is funded over a five-year period, over which students are expected to engage in coursework, complete teaching assistantships.