This course in comparative religions encompasses several spiritually profound issues. These include, among others:
- death
- the meaning of life
- the existence of evil and suffering
- the relationship of mankind to the divine.
The lectures focus primarily on the Judeo-Christian tradition, but the religions of ancient Sumeria and Egypt and two major Eastern religions, Hinduism and Buddhism, are also discussed.
The course concludes with an exposition of the Puritan worldview, which is arguably at the heart of what has been described as an American “civil religion.”
The sweeping conceptual scope of the course makes the case for both the unity and diversity of religious approaches to life.