Course overview
The principal goal of this course is to help the students become acquainted with the basic lines
of Christianity and World Religions. Topics will include a Christian Catholic Worldview: Creation,
Incarnation, Redemption, Social Ethics. Specifically, the course will consider various
contemporary trends such as peace and justice, internationalism, Vatican II statements, women
in the church.
The course also exploresthe roots of differentreligions: Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism.
The course includes time in class, tutorial time and on‐site visits to temples and mosques, as
well as independent research.