Objective
The student will be able to:
Objective
Define key concepts from the worlds great religious traditions
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Summarize the beliefs and explain the practices of the members of different faiths
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Discuss controversial religious subjects courteously but critically, interpret passages of religious writing carefully, appraise the ideas expounded therein, and develop their own responses to them
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Compare and contrast the positions taken by different religious groups on a number of ethical and metaphysical issues
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Compose interpretative and argumentative papers critiquing course material covered
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Clarify some of their own beliefs and justify some of their basic values by putting to use the knowledge and skills that they have developed in this course