RELI101

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Introduction to Religious Studies

Subject Code

RELI

Course Number

101

Department(s)

Course Title

Introduction to Religious Studies

Course Description

Explores the human phenomenon of religion via the interdisciplinary perspectives and methods of religious studies. Seeks to gain understanding of a wide range of cross-cultural human religious experiences such as ritual, the sacred, the divine, religious community, religious ethical norms, mysticism, myth and doctrine. An emphasis on analysis of gender, power, privilege, and justice in religion. Provides a foundation for understanding religious studies as a discipline. 4 SH. CC: Diversity, Ethics.

Course Types

Standard (STAND), Diversity (DVERS), Ethics (ETHCS)

Semester Hours

4