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World Religions

A historical investigation of the nature of religion by examining the chief theories and practices of some of the worlds major, non-Christian religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, and Islam. Emphasis is placed on each traditions analysis of the basic human problem and the solution that it offers to the problem. Some attention is also paid to new, emergent religious movements and their relationship to older established traditions

Units: 3.0