Comparative World Religions 12

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INDEPENDENT STUDY

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CREATIONISM RUBRIC

This course has seven units consisting of an introductory unit and a unit for each of the world’s major religions: Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam. The final unit will be an independent study on a religion of your own choosing.

For each of the major world religions we will explore:

• Historical Origins
• Founders and Architects
• Sacred texts
• Practices, Rituals and Ceremonies
• Influence on Canadian Culture

We will also explore seminars on the following Ethical and Philosophical Topics:

• the problem of evil
• life after death
• creation
• science and technology (the problems of cloning?)
• cults
• prayer (power of suggestion or divine intervention?)

As time permits, we will also include studies of:

• Greek and Roman Mythology
• Bahá'í faith
• Paganism and Neopaganism