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Apr 19, 2024
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2019-2020 Hill Book (Class of 2023) [ARCHIVED HILL BOOK]
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RST 100/116 - Abrahamic Faith (Core/First-Year Seminar)Three or Four Credits
Offered Periodically
This course is an investigation of the religious dimension of human experience, especially as it has been lived, understood and cherished among the three Abrahamic traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Its guiding focus is the centrality of “faith” as a relational response to God who, in line with Abraham’s foundational claim, is experienced as living. The course considers significant questions in conversation with some of the most important writings in the tradition of Western religious thought, as well as some of the basic questions that arise in the academic investigation of religion: What is the nature of religious experience? How does religion provide motivation and direction for the life of individuals and communities? How does religion nurture or inhibit human development and well-being?
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): RST 116 is a First-Year Seminar and open to First-Year Students only.
General Education Attribute(s): RST 100, for 3-credits, fulfills the Religious Studies Cornerstone.
RST 116, for 4-credits, fulfills the First-Year Seminar and Religious Studies Cornerstone
Note: Formerly offered as REL 100/116 (F.2019). Students may not take both RST 100/116 & REL 100/116.
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