SpTp Comp St Judaism-Christian

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This course will compare and contrast the basic tenets of Judaism to Catholicism, Lutheranism, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism. We will ask ourselves how to evaluate the commonalities and the differences and will ask many more questions: What are the different types of comparisons and dialogue? Do we worship one God? Are there overlaps in covenant, monotheism, revelation and ethics? Can our sacred texts and rituals be compared? Is there a difference between comparative religion, interfaith and multi-faith? Does a chart showing a variety of religions do justice to any of them? Most of the class will focus on the comparisons between Judaism and Catholicism. <b> The objective of the class is to learn to explain religious commonality and differences in our pluralistic world. </b>