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RELIG PERSPECTIVE HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS

Course Code:
RLST 255
Course Group(s):
REASON AND FAITH
Active Term:
Fall Term
/ All Years
Course Description:
This course will examine the many ways religious and cultural traditions have interpreted the dynamics of human relationships, including (but not limited to): concepts of relating to oneself, to others (or, friendship), relationships with divine, sexual relationships, the status of one's gender in relation to others, as well as definitions of marriage and family. The course offers descriptive, comparative and critical analyses of the teachings of individual theorists (religious, cultural, and/or philosophical) in order to better understand how religious and cultural perspectives bear on the questions and controversies about human relationships in the modern world.
Credit:
3
Instruction methods:
Lecture
Total hours: 45
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