HSSA: Religion (H) (RELG)

Introduces students to central beliefs and practices in several traditions widely recognized as religious. Historically influential theories about the best way to define religion will also be considered.

Examines religious and cultural beliefs, texts, and practices relating to the natural world, focusing primarily on historical transvaluations of the concept of nature.

Explores how people make meaning out of being in the world, ordering experience, interpreting texts, musing about lives and afterlives. Studies books, films, and music that lean on religious traditions, beliefs, and practices, as well as forms of religiosity that invoke narrative and poetic patterns.

Examines a selected topic in one of the HSSA disciplines in depth. A particular offering may require a prerequisite.

Allows for individual study of an HSSA topic selected by the instructor and the student(s). A plan of study, regular meetings with the instructor, and a major term project are required.