Courses

This course is an introduction to the major religious traditions of today's world.Attention will be given to the origins, founders, and basic teachings of these religions and to the interrelationship of religions and cultures of people.

This course is an introduction to the religions of the world. It is divided into three basic units: Indigenous Religions (of Africa, North America, and Oceania); Eastern Religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, Jainism) and Western Religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam). The emphasis is on grasping the core principles of each tradition, seeing the ways in which religion meets basic human needs, and religion as a cultural artifact that borrows, adapts, and changes over time.

This course is an introduction to the religions of the world. It is divided into three basic units: Indigenous Religions (of Africa, North America, and Oceania); Eastern Religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, Jainism) and Western Religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam). The emphasis is on grasping the core principles of each tradition, seeing the ways in which religion meets basic human needs, and religion as a cultural artifact that borrows, adapts, and changes over time.

This course is an introduction to the religions of the world. It is divided into three basic units: Indigenous Religions (of Africa, North America, and Oceania); Eastern Religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, Jainism) and Western Religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam). The emphasis is on grasping the core principles of each tradition, seeing the ways in which religion meets basic human needs, and religion as a cultural artifact that borrows, adapts, and changes over time.

This course is designed to help participants gain an in-depth understanding of world religions and to equip them with skills and resources for meaningful engagement with adherents of these religions or spiritualities. Participants gain deeper appreciation of diverse cultures and how diversity enriches all human interactions.

Discusses the founding, history, and teachings of tribal animism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and other religions. An in-depth study of major Black thinkers in America, particularly the thoughts of James Cone and Martin Luther King, Jr. will be examined. Attention will also be given to other liberation theologians, Third World theology, and other writers who address human oppression in the light of biblical teaching.

This course explores the three major religions of the world: Christianity, Judaism and Islam, and their association with war and terrorism. Emphasis will be on the radical sects of all three religions. Emphasis on current conflicts and its relationship to homeland security.

A comparative survey of major world views such as Humanism, Marxism, and Christianity as each relates to such areas as theology, ethics, sociology, economics, and history. (General Education/Humanities)

A study of World War I, to include its origins, its military aspects, and the social, economic, political, and intellectual consequences of the conflict. The focus is on Europe and the United States. Concurrent with 4060.

The war to end all wars," from the European crises culminating at Sarajevo in 1914 to peacemaking at Versailles in 1919, with emphasis on the western and eastern fronts and on the war at sea. PW: Global Engagement