World Religions

Catalog description

This is an introduction to the religions of the world with particular emphasis on the religions of first world peoples (especially those of New England), Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In addition to gaining core knowledge about these traditions in the classroom, students will be given opportunities to encounter them through first-hand narratives, meetings with religious representatives invited to class, readings from sacred texts, and field trips to sacred sites and rituals.