FYSM 228 - How Religion Drives Politics in Current World Events

Institution:

Trinity College

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This course will survey the history of spiritual ideas and practices which have sustained human beings in their various environments. When studying World Religions, "he who knows one, knows none." The non-confrontational, objective study of religion attempts to gather the relevant facts--the customs, rituals, and beliefs--and then offers theories to account for them. In this course, the major World Religions will be considered in their doctrinal and philosophical, ethical and legal, social and institutional, and material dimensions. Students will cull the N.Y. Times every day for reports of how religion drives politics in various regions of our secular global village. By the end of the course, the student "will have to decide whether the various religions of the world are hyphens that unite, or dashes that divides, and in doing so will determine the grammar of religious discourse in times to come." (Sharma, Arvind, Our Religions, xi). 1.00 units, Seminar

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3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.Trincoll.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 297-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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