REL 35924 EXPLORING RELIGION

Through videos, classroom discussions, lectures, demonstrations, projects, text readings, and visits to spiritual centers, explore questions such as: What is a spiritual quest? What does holy mean? How do individuals and groups encounter the holy? How does one use religious language, stories and scripture? What is the purpose of rites and how do they work? What problems arise with various ideas about God, good and evil, sex, healing, and human destiny? What is the future of religion?