6 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.
This course will introduce students to the study of religion through an examination of various religious phenomena that come from the ongoing search of humanity for meaning. The course will explore major religious ideas and practices, from tribal religion to major religious traditions of the world today.
A study of selected Old and New Testament writings. the aim of the course is to inform the student of the context in which Biblical literature emerged as well as the theological and social ideas contained in the 605
This course examines the origins of the American national character, the religious and secular roots that have nourished it, and the myths-especially those of being a chosen people, of progress, and of unlimited freedom. The dominant Protestant traditional in its Calvinist, Evangelical, and Fundamentalists forms will be examined, as well as the religious "outsiders" who came to be Americans: Catholics, Jews, Native Americans, Blacks, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, and East Asians. The secular tradition will be explored as a religion of possessive individualism and consumerism as a new way of being religious. Finally, the apocalyptic strain in American thought will be considered as feeding the desire for an American world empire.
A survey of the major world religions, primarily Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The course will cover the origins, development, major religious beliefs and practices, and the contemporary status of each of these religions. students will also reflect about the encounters between these religions, especially the prospect for inter-religious dialogue.
This course explores the relationship between theology and science with the goal of equipping the student with appropriate tools for evaluating and clarifying views of real-world situations that appear to present disparate theological and scientific viewpoints. Are they in conflict, in conversation, or dynamically integrated in human beings' pursuit of truth? The first part of the course will explore questions concerning science and theology through an examination of the distinct approaches and goals of each discipline, the philosophical tools that have facilitated their interaction throughout history and selected primary readings in ancient and medieval thought. In the second part of the course, we will analyze how, considering developments of modern science, specific contemporary contributions (e.g., cosmology, evolutionary theory, and neurobiology) are engaged with theological contributions (e.g., doctrine of God, revelation, creation, grace, theological anthropology, and eschatology). While theological emphasis will be on Christian theology, other theological disciplines will be incorporated as appropriate.
Source: Rosemont College's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
