TH 266 - Christian Theology and World Religions

(3.00 cr.)

Prerequisite: TH 201 . Jews and Christians have long dealt with what modern people call "other religions." They have sometimes talked and worked with such religions; they have sometimes debated with them, or gone to war; and, perhaps most often, they have ignored them. This course studies a narrative of the interaction of Christian theology and other religions from the early Church (Jews and Greeks) through the Middle Ages (Islam) and Catholic Reformation (the Jesuit missions to China) to the rise and demise of "religion" in our own time. Course focus is placed on contemporary debates, particularly the issue of "truth" as it arises in Buddhist-Christian conversation and debate. IA/IC