Seminar in Israel

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Media, history, even our own faith communities, tend to provide us with simple narratives that boil down complex cultures, religions and conflicts into simple headlines and tweets that leave much invisible. To understand the role of religion in democracy, to understand the philosophy and approach of pluralism, we must understand the faiths themselves, but not in simple ways. In partnership with Hebrew Union College, both in Cincinnati and Jerusalem, the Philosophy, Politics and the Public program will travel to Israel to accomplish these learning goals. This course is a required preparation for that trip, as well as covering the academic work on the trip itself. Prerequisites: THEO111 and PHIL100 Restrictions: May not be enrolled as the following Classifications: Freshman Course Attributes: ERS Focus Elective, Philosophy Perspectives, Theology Persp / Explorations, Theology - Spirituality College of Arts & Sciences Theology