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2007-2008 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2007-2008 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Interdisciplinary Curricula: Religious Studies


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Traditionally, questions about the ultimate meaning of human existence have been posed in the form of religion. Today we live in a world in which religion and religious ideas are often in serious conflict; it is thus also important to understand some of the problems connected to religion. Courses included in the religious studies curriculum are designed to help students understand what these questions are, what kind of answers people have found to them, and how societies have given institutional form to the world-views which emerge from the answers. A student who elects this curriculum should develop an awareness of the broad range of religious phenomena and an ability to analyze and elucidate the significance of such phenomena.

For complete information about Religious Studies, visit the coordinator at 330 Stevens Hall, phone (207) 581-1918 or contact Prof. Jay Bregman at jay_bregman@umit.maine.edu.

Required


All Religious Studies students must complete the following:

Option A: Religion in the Development of Western Civilization


Students must select five of the following courses (15 credits):

Option B: Theoretical Perspectives on Religion


Students must select five of the following courses (15 credits):

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