RELI 636: Religion and the Natural Environment

RELI 636-001: Religion and the Natural Environment
(Spring 2016)

04:30 PM to 07:10 PM W

Section Information for Spring 2016

The course explores views on the relationship of human beings to the natural environment from the perspective of the major world religions as well as the relationship between religious and scientific views of the natural world, examining the ways in which religion may both help and hinder contemporary attempts to achieve global sustainability.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Explores contemporary religious thought on the morality and ethics of environmental responsibility. Begins with an exploration of this issue in Western Christian thought and examines religious approaches to the environment in the traditional and contemporary thought of other major world religions, including Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and the Chinese traditions. May not be repeated for credit.
Registration Restrictions:

Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.

Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.

Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.

Schedule Type: Seminar
Grading:
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.

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