11 courses with the subject REL, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
REL 1305Introduction to Religious Studies3
Credits: 3 hrs This course prepares students for more advanced coures in religion by studying competing and complementary approaches prevalant in the contemporary academic study of religion. These approaches will include, but are not limited to: (1) Theological Approaches, (2) Historical Approaches, (3) Social-Scientific Approaches, (4) Literary Approaches, and (5) Critical Approaches. Students will cultivate critical reading skills.
Credits: 3 hrs This course is a survey of the religious ideas, literature and personalities of the Old Testament with the purpose of introducing students to the fundamentals of the Hebrew faith and of preparing them to understand and evaluate the significance of the Old Testament.
Credits: 3 hrs This course introduces students to the five major religious traditions of the world: Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Credits: 3 hrs This course will map out the transplantation and development of African religions in the Americas. It will include an introductin to Santeria, Vodoun, Candomble’, and various revivalist movements with African connections.
Credits: 3 hrs This course provides a brief introduction to the major religious traditions originating in India. The class will include the study of primary texts, data from fieldwork, films and guest speakers.
Credits: 3 hrs This course is a critical examination of the history, beliefs, rituals, and ways of thnking reflected in some of the major denominations of the Black church and religious expressions in music, the arts, preaching, theater, and film.
Credits: 3 hrs This course is designed to explore some of the major questions that intersect religion and ethics. The majority of the course examines religious views on six (6) topics in ethics: sexual intimacy and marriage, abortion, genetic engineering and cloning, euthanasia and assisted suicide, the death penalty, and war and terrorism.
Credits: 3 hrs This course is a comprehensive study of the principles underlying religious education and the application of these principles to concrete and practical problems in the home, the community and the school.
