REL 357 - Seminar.Issues in Comparative Religion

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Wellesley College

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Kodera NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. Promises and challenges in the evolving debate over how different truth claims and faith communities might seek tolerance, respect, and coexistence. How to reconcile tradition with innovation, doctrine with practice, contemplation with action, glo-balism with tribalism. Impediments of monotheism and ?revealed scripture.? The role of religion in prejudice and discrimination; and yet also for peace and justice. The rise of Buddhism in the West and of Christianity in the East. Readings include works by Wilfred Cantwell Smith, John Hick, Uchimura Kanzo, Endo Shusako, Raimundo Panikkar, Thich Nhat Hanh, the Dalai Lama, and Diana Eck . Prerequisite: At least one unit in religion. Distribution: Historical Studies or Religion, Ethics, and Moral Philosophy Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wellesley.edu

Phone Number:

(781) 283-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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