3 courses with the subject RS, 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.
RS 103WORLD RELIGIONS3
World Religions provides an introduction to the major living world religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Chinese religious tradition, Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. The course will compare and contrast key concepts found in the various religious traditions.
A study of the relation between religious thought and practice and the personal and social dimensions of human experience. The course will also elaborate on the content of religion especially in its role to communicate between immanence and transcendence. Issues include: the meaning and existence of God; faith and reason; the problem of evil and moral choice; the function of myth, symbol, and ritual.
Students will explore ideas on human religious experience as interpreted through contemporary discoveries in neuroscience. Prerequisite: Any 100 or 200 religion course.