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Course Description:
This course explores the origins, ideas, practices, art and rituals of major religious
traditions. We will examine the role of religion in everyday life as well as
the enduring philosophical issues that religious traditions grapple with. We
will explore the ways in which religion changed as humans made the transition
from pre-agricultural to urban ways of living, the impact on religion of such
developments as writing and philosophy (in ancient times), printing and
literacy (in modern times), and the more recent impact of science,
liberalism, and secularism. We will study "primitive" and
"tribal" religion, some extinct ancient urban religions, and the
major living traditions of the East and West: Hindu, Buddhist, Confucian,
Taoist, Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Islamic.
Recommended: eligibility for ENGL 100 or 105
Transfer Credit: UC; CSU (C2)
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