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Apr 16, 2024
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2019-2020 Hill Book (Class of 2023) [ARCHIVED HILL BOOK]
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RST 100/120 - Deviance and the Divine (Core/First-Year Seminar)Three or Four Credits
Offered Periodically
This course will use the concept of deviance as the lens through which we will study the three major monotheistic traditions of the world - Islam, Judaism and Christianity. What are the major tenets and beliefs of each? What do they share and where are the conflicts? What does each consider normative and why? When does a belief or practice cross the line in deviance? Ultimately, are they all simply deviants of one another? In our investigation, we will also look to some lesser known religious traditions as foils, such as Scientology, Raelianism, the Nation of Islam, Jews for Jesus, Mormonism, and Christian Science.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): RST 120 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 110, for 4-credits, fulfills the First-Year Seminar and Religious Studies Cornerstone
Note: Formerly offered as REL 100/120 (F.2019). Students may not take both RST 100/120 & REL 100/120.
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