REL 221 - Varieties of Religious Experience

3 credit hours
This course will examine the nature of religious experience, religious faith, religious beliefs and religious expression. Students will be exposed to the religious experiences of people across the centuries; will look at the values and commitments, the mind, and the will of human beings that make up what we call faith; will become aware of the beliefs of major world religions and Christian denominations, and the relationship between beliefs and experience; and finally, will examine the ways in which religion is expressed, i.e., rite, ritual, worship services, cultic behavior, sacraments, practices of piety, etc.
Meets Foundations of Faith General Education Requirement. or General Education Goal 8a: World Religion and Christianity
Course Delivery Methods: TRA
College: CBASE