Major World Religions.

Catalog description

A survey of the world’s major religions. Students will acquire understanding of the complex category of “religion,” become familiar with the basic methodological approaches employed in religious studies, and gain an overview of knowledge of the histories, beliefs, and practices of the major religions discussed. Students not only gain a working knowledge of various religious beliefs and practices, but they will develop a Christian theological perspective that accounts for the existence and growth of non-Christian religious traditions.