RELI 350 - Comparative Studies in Religion

Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)

(Same as ASIA 350) Topic for 2019/20a: Religious Responses to Suffering and Death. This course examines ways in which various religious and spiritual teachings and traditions understand and address suffering and death, and goes on to focus on existential encounters with dying through contemporary issues such as euthanasia, hospice care, responses to the aids epidemic and natural disasters, terrorism, near death experiences, shamanic journeys, life after death, and the impact of non-Western religious perspectives on our own views of death and dying. The course includes a number of films and guest speakers who are specialists in their fields. On occasion, if speakers cannot be scheduled during class hours, sessions are scheduled on Tuesday evenings. All students are expected to attend. E H Jarow.

One 2-hour period.

Course Format: CLS