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210 COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS
tory of the world. Its courses are planned in accordance with the same standards
of authoritative scholarship recognized in other departments of the University.
Through these courses, the University seeks to develop an understanding of
the nature and processes of religious thought and experience, and to relate these
to the problems of our time. The courses are also intended to meet the needs of
students whose major work in other fields fits them for positions of leadership,
and who can become effective and influential in the religious and spiritual life of
their communities through a better understanding of the power of religion in men's
lives and in the destiny of civili2.ation.
LOWER-DIVISION COURSES
*R 201, 202, 203. Great Religions of the World. 3 hours each term.
Study of Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Zoroastrianism,
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, according to their basic scriptures. Special
attention to the origins, organization, and philosophy of these religions;
analysis of their world views and conceptions of God, man, ethics, and human
destiny.
R 224,225,226. The Bible and Civilization. 3 hours each term.
Survey of the social and religious history of Israel through the time of Jesus.
The growth of ethical and religious ideas, the origin and teachings of major
Old and New Testament books; the historical background of Christianity,
and the life and teachings of Jesus.
CL 231, 232. New Testament Readings. 4 hours each term.
For description see page 161.
UPPER-DIVISION COURSES
*R 301, 302, 303. Religions of Mankind. 3 hours each term.
Major living and historical religions of mankind. Fall: pnmltlve religion,
the national religions of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece and Rome; winter:
Oriental religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism,
and Shinto; spring: Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Attention
to origins, religious ideas, organization, and sacred literature.
Eng 306, 307. The Literature of the English Bible. 3 hours each term.
For description see page 154.
UPPER-DIVISION COURSES CARRYING GRADUATE CREDIT
R 405. Reading and Conference. (g) Hours to be arranged.
R 407. Seminar. (g) Hours to be arranged.
Buddhist Philosophy in India. Bloom.
Religious Philosophy of China. Bloom.
Religions in Japan. Bloom.
R 419, 420. Philosophy of Religion. (g) 3 hours each term, fall and winter.
Concepts of reality and human nature within a religious perspective. Fall:
major ideas of Deity, patterns of reasoning concerning God as personal being,
the problem of evil; winter: idea of man as spiritual, moral, and religious
being in the light of other philosophies of man. R 419 prerequisite to R 420.
R 421. Contemporary Social Problems and Religion. (g) 3 hours spring.
The idea of ethical duty in a religious perspective; the New Testament and
ethical problems, the ethics of the family, of race, of the political and economic
orders; the concepts of history and human destiny in Judeo-Christian thought.
R 422. Psychology of Religion. (g) 3 hours.
Contributions of psychology to the understanding of various forms of religious
behavior.
• Students who have taken R 201, 202, 203 may enroll for R 301 hut not for R 302, 303.