AP/HUMA 1860 6.00

The Nature Of Religion

Explores the nature of religious faith, religious language (myth and symbol) and clusters of religious beliefs through an examination of the primary texts of several major world religions. Methodologies for the study of religion will also be examined. Course credit exclusions: AP/HUMA 1865 6.00, AP/HUMA 2800 9.00 (prior to Fall 2014), AP/SOSC 2600 9.00 (prior to Fall 2014).

HUMA 1860 6.0 A SU2021
This course is a survey of the origins, beliefs and contemporary practices of some of the more well-known world’s religions: Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Taoism, Shinto, Sikhism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity and Confucianism. Emphasis is given to the believers’ own accounts of their religion and its practice in the contemporary world. We are interested in seeing the broader aspects of what religion may be or may not be. The visible attributes and characteristics of individual religions often lay hidden in the multiple levels of assumptions, practices and beliefs of a different religion. Learn to see beyond the obvious.