REL 100 : IntroductiontoReligion.pdf
Document Summary
This is a course about the world"s religions, focusing on their expressions in the modern world. Because it is a survey we will be studying the religions that cover the largest areas of geography and extend deepest into time. We will especially be interested in studying the challenges facing religious belief in the contemporary world. In the past 100 years the world has emerged into an age of communication that allows persons from all parts of the globe to be connected. This has produced a situation in which people are searching for a common basis for life together. The great religious traditions of the world each put themselves forward as the solution to the need for a common foundation. However, the western world has been attempting to avoid religious wars and divisions by agreeing to keep religion private and out of the public sphere.
