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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
The philosophy of religion, considering such problems as religious experience, human freedom, good and evil, belief in God and immortality.
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An exploration of such theological problems as the authority of the Bible, the reality of God, the meaning of Christ, the nature of humanity, and the end of history in the light of the biblical heritage and contemporary thought.
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An interpretation of stories as modes of religious discernment as well as means of religious communication, with special attention to selected narrative forms such as myth, fairy tale, novel and autobiography.
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3.00 Credits
An exploration of the major attitudes and institutions that define the Hindu tradition, with attention to ideology, social organization, and ritual in light of both historical development and contemporary practice.
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Communal rituals, practice, ethics, and political involvement of the Buddhist community ( sangha) as it has taken form in five cultural areas: India, South Asia, Tibet, East Asia, and America.
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An examination of the relationship between moral reasoning and Christian belief. An analysis of various Roman Catholic and Protestant theories of religious ethics and of specific questions of personal conduct and social policy.
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This course will examine bioethics from a Christian ethical perspective with special attention to different methodological approaches to the significant themes and realities involved (e.g., life, health, suffering, death), and to the most important issues faced today.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to scientific ways of thinking about the social, cultural and psychological aspects of religious life. Attention is given to major thinkers and theories dealing with religion in the disciplines of anthropology, psychology, sociology and the social-scientific study of religion.
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An examination of a particular topic or theme as expressed in a variety of religious traditions, Eastern and Western, ancient and modern. Topics will vary from term to term.
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An examination of the impact of religious belief and ethical thought, as well as social, cultural and psychological factors, on the involvement of religious people in the political sphere. The course introduces the social-scientific study of religion to aid in the analysis of current and recent case studies, ranging from the conservatism of the "Far Right" to the revolution of the "Left," and involving Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist tradition
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