Not knowing how near the Truth is,
People seek it far away: what a pity.-
Hakuin
Class Electronic Discussion
Lists: Section 201: rst205a-0101-list@marshall.edu
Section 202: rst205b-0101-list@marshall.edu
Class Electronic Discussion Lists Archives: Section 101 and Section 102
RST 205, Section 201:
MWF 9-9:50, Harris Hall 445 / RST 205, Section 202:
MWF 11-11:50, Harris Hall 445
Office hours:
MW 10-11, 12-2; T/Thr 11-12:30; F 10-11
Office Email:
Student email will be responded to within 24 hours of reception
Text/Resources: The
Illustrated World's Religions, Smith
The Religions of the World, CD-ROM
Pure Heart, Enlightened Mind, O'Halloran
Spirituality and World Religions, Saint-Laurent
World-Wide Web Sites
Course_Description
Course_Objectives
Computing
in this Course
Writing
Across the Curriculum
Attendance
Policy
Drop
Policy
Course
Evaluation
Semester
Schedule
Most of the course is an
introduction to the major religions of the world: Hinduism, Buddhism,
Taoism, Judaism,
Christianity, Islam.
The content of primal religions, such as American Indian traditions,
will also be viewed. The
problems, issues and dynamics
of interreligious dialogue form an ongoing contemplation in the course.
Such topics as
God/Ultimate Reality, cosmology,
evil, suffering and death, ethics, myth, ritual, doctrine, freedom, love,
mysticism,
community, Afterlife, the
sacred, etc. will be integrated into the discussion.
A feature of this course
this semester will be an experience / experiment in incultural dialogue
and collaboration as
learners in this RST 205
course communicate and collaborate with Japanese students in a "Comparative
Cultures" class
at Kanzai University in
Osaka, Japan. This project will involved interculture and interreligious
discussions and writings
with a Kansai
students web site and a Marshall
students web site.
A major focus in the study
will be upon interreligious dialogue and learners are encourage
to reflect upon the theories
and practices of such dialogue.
The following web sites are recommended to you:
Interfaith
Calender
Relations
Among Religions
United Communities
of Spirit
Ontario
Consultants on Religious Tolerance
World
Scriptures: A Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts
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Course
Objectives
By the end of this study
it is hoped and expected that each student will be able to formulate a
foundational understanding
of the meaning and role
of religion today. Each student should gain an introductory, but
insightful, comprehension of the
major world religions, as
well as the problems and possibilities of interreligious dialogue and the
relationship between
religion and contemporary
science and culture. This can all serve to encourage students in
their quest for meaning,
understanding, compassion
and wisdom.
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Computing
in this Course
Each student needs to have
the basic ability to use email that is web-sensitive such as Netscape Messenger
or Microsoft
Outlook and to be able to
find and utilize world-wide-web resources that are available for the study
of religion and religions
through use of a web browser
such as Navigator (4.0 or higher) or Internet Explorer (4 or higher).
The course will include
sending and receiving email,
web site readings and research, an electronic discussion list (with web
archive) and electronic publication of student writings, both individual
and collaborative.
The educational use of telecomputing
will facilitate ongoing asynchronous discussion, submission and revision
of student
writings, peer review of
student writings, collaborative group writings and projects, individual
communication with the
professor, or among students,
and publication of an electronic course journal with student contributions.
Telecomputing
tutorials are available as is guidance on how to engage
in respectful communication on the Internet
(netiquette).
In using web sources, please refer to documenting
sources from the World Wide Web.
The purposes of the using of computer technology in this study are as follows:
*
Collaborative Initiatives for Course Journal Issues *
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All writings, presentations,
discussion list postings need to be given on time to receive full evaluation.
"Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established,
that, unless we love the truth, we canot know it." -
Pascal