HISTORY OF RELIGION SYLLABUS

1. INTRODUCTION
I. Definition of religion: presupposition; experience; reason; meaning; faith; levels of reflection; basic beliefs.
II. Concept of history: development; fullness; outworking of implications; unity and diversity; internal and external changes.
III. Definition of ‘God’: theism; deism; naturalism (atheism); pantheism (monism); dualism; polytheism; shamanism.
IV. Concept of man:  origin and destiny – theistic and naturalistic interpretations
V. Popular religion: eclecticism; animism; secularism; mysticism; Christianity.
 

2. HINDUISM  readings; discuss basic ideas and historical development
3. JUDAISM  readings; discuss basic ideas and historical development.
4. BUDDHISM  readings; discuss basic ideas and historical development.
5. CHRISTIANITY  readings; discuss basic ideas and historical development.
6. ISLAM  readings;  discuss basic ideas and historical development.
 
 
 

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