Religious Studies

REL 200 (3)
Native American Religions
This course is designed to give a brief overview of the history, experiences, and religious traditions of the Native Americans of the Americas. The survey provides a sufficient knowledge base upon which to build further study and will familiarize students with basic patterns and issues in the study of Native religious traditions.  Three lecture. May be taken for S/U credit.

REL 201 (3)
Comparative Religions
Study of the world's major religions including religious and philosophical concepts pertaining to the existence and nature of the Absolute. Indigenous religions, Native American Religions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. General Education: Arts and Humanities. Special Requirements: Contemporary Global/International Awareness OR Historical Awareness. Three lecture.

REL 206 (3)
American Religions
This course will introduce the student to religions in America through the consideration of four thematic approaches to a description of American religions as a whole. These thematic approaches cut across religious traditions and attempt to characterize some of the ways in which the extraordinary variety in the American religious imagination shares characteristics by virtue of its common environment and its common history. The four thematic descriptions of American religions that we will examine are Natural Religion, Disestablished Religion, Constitutional Religion, and Antebellum Religions. There are other themes that could be chosen and we will from time to time note those other themes as they touch on our work. Three Lecture.

REL 241 (3)
Asian Religions
A cross analysis of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Zoroastrianism, Islam and Shintoism including religious and philosophical contents pertaining to Divinity, rituals, doctrines, beliefs and geographic Locations. General Education. Contemporary Global/International Awareness OR Historical Awareness.

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