LARTS 247 Western Religions
This introductory course in the academic study of religion overviews the religious beliefs and practices of three central religious traditions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The course covers basic methods in the academic study of religion, and it invites students to study a number of general questions: What are the fundamental concepts and practices of these traditions? What patterns and differences can be observed across the major western religious traditions? The course examines the basic historical developments, significant texts, rituals, philosophical dimensions, cultural expressions, and central religious practices of these western religious traditions from their historical beginnings to the present.