GLS220 World Religions
Religion as an effort to make sense of a chaotic world and to shape it into something predictable and manageable, has been around in many and widely varied forms since the earliest times in human history. This course is intended to help students explore human religiosity by engaging with current religious traditions, in terms of their histories, cultural contexts, and varied expressions, all with the goal of developing the ability to understand, engage, and effectively carry the Gospel of Jesus Christ into a highly diverse and constantly changing world.
Credits: 3
Student learning outcomes
- Summarize how the basic tenets of various religious traditions form the philosophical and theological foundation of religious practices.
- Evaluate the impact of basic tenets on the cultures that embrace them as seen in various cultural and geographical settings.
- Assess how each of the major world religions view sin, Christ, and salvation and compare these beliefs with the claims of Scripture.
- Engage with the areas of agreement between various religious traditions and Biblical teaching as gateways for carrying the Gospel into the lives of adherents of those traditions.
- Develop a strategy for a redemptive relationship that is contextually effective in introducing a follower of a particular world religion to Jesus Christ.