2023SU World Religions (REL-111-ON)

REL 111: World Religions 3 credit hours; CTC-NW credit This course introduces students to the world's great religions (Indigenous religions, Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Confucianism, Daoism, Shinto, the Religion of Ancient Israel, Judaism, Christianity and Islam) so that they will discover what all religions share in common (and how vastly different they are), how each religion seeks to provide guidance in solving fundamental human problems, offers a wonderful window onto a culture's great art, science, medicine, cuisine, literature, architecture, and music, both shapes a culture and is shaped by it, helps a culture articulate its values, morals and aspirations, helps us to understand ourselves, provides people orientation to life and a map of reality, and binds people together. Students will read primary as well as secondary texts. Offered fall and spring. 07/10/2023-07/28/2023 Distance Learning Days to be Announced, Times to be Announced, Room to be Announced