ClassInfo - Spring 2018 Communication Classes

Spring 2018 | COMM 1913 Section 001: Religious Arguments (67783)

Instructor(s): John Nordin
Class Component:: Discussion
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: Student Option
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:: Freshman Seminar
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018

Tue, Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PM

UMTC, East Bank

Ford Hall B53
Enrollment Status:: Open (13 of 25 seats filled)

Course Catalog Description:: Religious arguments feature in a wide spectrum of global conflicts. We will focus on the role that sacred texts play in justifying positions that religious groups take on such issues as the role of women, violence, the presence of evil, sexuality, attitude to other religions, and the ultimate future of the earth. To examine these questions we must gain familiarity with standard analytical techniques and the assumptions, often unexamined, that both scholars and ordinary people use to amass sacred texts as evidence for their views. While centering on the role of the Bible in the major branches of Christianity, we will also discuss issues in Islam, the Sikhs and the polytheistic religion of ancient Greece.
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