Educators recently have been emphasizing interdisciplinary education and research. We recognize that, although disciplinary specialization is required, it is not sufficient preparation for the challenges of the “real world.” It is hoped, for example, that interdisciplinary studies will lessen the shock of the graduating economics major who quickly discovers that reality is not compartmentalized. Actual economic activity involves people who have hearts, cultures, families, faiths, and histories, variables ignored in the abstractions of textbook graphs and formulas at the core of economics course work. To provide students with an opportunity to transcend academic boundaries, the authors, taught as a team an interdisciplinary course on economics and religion.
