RELI 240: Death and the Afterlife in Religion

RELI 240-001: Death/Afterlife World Religions
(Fall 2014)

03:00 PM to 04:15 PM TR

Planetary Hall 212

Section Information for Fall 2014

How do different world religions address the universal experience of death? This course explores the diverse beliefs, rituals, and customs that attempt to respond to the most basic question about human destiny—how to face death and transcend it.

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Credits: 3

Explores how selected world religions address the universal experience of death and express their beliefs in an afterlife. Focuses on the scriptures, beliefs, rituals and customs of selected world religions as they reflect each tradition's response to the most basic question about human destiny - how human beings face death and attempt to transcend it. Offered by Religious Studies. Limited to three attempts.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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