299 Special Topics RELS 100 Introduction to Religion Introduction to the ways religious concerns are expressed, to religious values as a basis for human action, and to a spectrum of ethical styles. A survey of the classical stories, rituals, and symbols of religious culture in Western civilization from ancient times to the present. A study of religious life in America.
Emphasis is placed on the role of religion in the development of American life and character.
An introduction to the origin and major tenets of Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Old Testament A study of the religious, political, and social history of ancient Israel as reflected in the Hebrew Bible. An overview of the developments in the primitive Christian community as reflected in the New Testament. RELS 238 Christianity in the Modern World A survey of Christianity from the Protestant Reformation to Vatican II, with an emphasis on the influence of Protestantism, responses to the Enlightenment in Christian theology, and twentieth-century challenges. Attention to basic human activities such as love, faith, marriage, sexuality, death, and grief.