Introduction to Religious Studies
This course is an introduction to the contemporary field of religious studies, focusing on both the theoretical investigations of religious traditions, as well as on the study of selected religious texts and practices (such as creation stories, sacred biographies, sacred scriptures of a religious tradition(s) rituals, ritual taboos, religiously motivated behaviors.
Outcomes: Students will be able to analyze and interpret various ways in which religious traditions intersect with contemporary issues.
This course is an introduction to the contemporary field of religious studies, focusing on both the theoretical investigations of religious traditions, as well as on the study of selected religious texts and practices (such as creation stories, sacred biographies, sacred scriptures of a religious tradition(s) rituals, ritual taboos, religiously motivated behaviors.
Outcomes: Students will be able to analyze and interpret various ways in which religious traditions intersect with contemporary issues.
Foundational Theological Knowledge
Interreligious and Interfaith Studies
This course will be an introduction to the study of religion through the lens of story and storytelling. The central questions that will guide the course for the semester is what is ¿religion¿ and what can the stories that come out of different faith traditions tell us about the communities they grow out of? The objective of the course is for students to be able to identify, understand, and critically engage with the stories found both in ancient and contemporary texts, films, and other medias. This work will be done through examinations of major themes found in stories including (but not limited to) creation, gender, politics, and popular culture (with an understanding that these categories often overlap with one another).
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