14 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 100Introduction to the Study of Religion3
Explores various religious perspectives and ways of thinking about religious themes and religious experience.
Surveys books of the Old Testament, with emphasis on prophetic historical books. Examines the historical and geographical setting and place of the Israelites in the ancient Middle East as background to the writings.
Studies the major themes in the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Gospels, and examines the events of his life in light of modern biblical and historical scholarship.
Introduces the major religions of the world: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism. Attention given to origins, history, basic beliefs, values and practices. May extend to exploring other religions or religious movements such as Sikhism, Religion in China, Indigenous Religions, New Religious Movements or others.
Studies Islam in its historical, religious, and political dimensions and assists in the understanding of its contemporary vitality and attraction as a faith, a culture and a way of life.
Studies major religious traditions originating in India and East Asia, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Confucianism, Daoism and Shinto. Attention given to origins, values, teachings, and practices.
Studies major religious traditions originating in the Near East, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Attention given to origins, values, teachings, and practices.
Surveys various manifestations of religion in the American experience. Emphasizes concepts, problems, and issues of religious pluralism and character of American religious life.
Examines the origins and historical development of Christianity, its basic metaphysical and theological assumptions, its essential doctrines, and the present state of the church in the modern world.
