The Truth of It: World Religions and the Nature of Belief
Looking in depth at five major world religions, students will examine different approaches to religious belief, culminating in a class discussion in which students assume the respective roles of a religious exclusivist, inclusivist, and pluralist.
Class Creator
Danielle Green (BA in Philosophy and French).
Workshop One: Why Does Climate Change?
In this first workshop, students will encounter some of the reasons why climate changes and learn about geological timescales with the aid of a very, very long piece of string. They will then use the example of a simple tin of baked beans, to discover just how complicated and carbon intensive it can be to get even the most everyday objects to our supermarket shelves and into our kitchens.
Workshop Two: Religious Belief & Plurality
In this second session, students will look in greater depth at the nature of religious beliefs, and the reasons why different people hold different beliefs. The session ends with a group discussion on the question: “‘If I had been born in a different time and place, I would likely have held a different religion.’ Does this make it irrational for me to hold the religion I do?”
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