Introduces religion in India, China and Japan; also the movements of Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Humanism. Also offered
Explores religious issues in social ethics, literature, and culture; e.g., liberation, sexuality and gender, the Holocaust, the environment, and the...
Introduction in the light of the political, cultural, and religious history of ancient Israel and Judah.
Similarities and differences in the myths of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia will be explored on the basis of material remains (e.g., the pyramids and...
As religious literature expressing the witness to Jesus; and as source for the history, trends and problems of early Christianity.
Beliefs, doctrines and practices characterizing Roman Catholicism both historically and in the present.
Introduction to Christianity as a religious tradition through its texts, its history and its contemporary forms.
Developments through 3,000 years of Indian history; the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, Yoga and Vedanta, mythology of Vishnu and Shiva, and recent...
Buddhism in India, the life and teaching of Gautama the Buddha, and the growth of the Theravadin and Mahayanist traditions.
The philosophy, worldview, spirituality and ethics of Taoism, China
Shinto, Buddhism, and new religions in contemporary Japan, examined in terms of their central features and historical development.
Historical and topical survey of Islam, its development through the study of its rise, institutionalization of its beliefs and practices, formation of...
Features of and theories about religious life in small-scale traditional societies. Includes Canadian Indians and Inuit.
The religious institutions produced by the Jews from the second to the seventh centuries. This course will explore in critical fashion the principal...
The philosophy, worldview, spirituality and ethics of Confucianism in its classical, modern and contemporary forms.
An introduction to the self-definition of Judaism through an analysis of the concepts of God, Torah and Israel past and present. Also, a preliminary...
Examines how religious traditions shape human values and behaviours towards the environment and how environmental problems are shaping the evolution...
Views of and attitudes toward sexuality in selected world religions; the place of sexuality in religious traditions; relationship between sex and the...
How religion is portrayed in film; particularly the depiction of religious belief, practices, practitioners, and institutions, and the use of...
Religious dimensions and meanings of modern and contemporary