AQRS 1006J  - Introduction to Religious Studies

Aquinas Programme section "Justice & Globalization"

Course Information

AQRS 1006J is a course within the Aquinas section of "Justice & Globalization" which is scheduled for Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm in ECG 12 (with a break for lunch).   Some days we will be using the time from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm for common tasks and activities that link Religious Studies, Economics and Sociology.  Other days we will divide into separate discipline-based serminars.  The AQRS 1006J Introduction to Religious Studies seminar will take place on these "other days" from 10:00 - 11:20 am during the fall semester.  If you are enrolled in this Aquinas section, it is important that you don't schedule any other classes or activities (job, volunteer work, care giving, dentist appointments) between 10:00 am and 4:00 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. 

Course Outline

Prompts for First Semester 2007

Thursday 27 September 2007
What is Religion?
Tuesday 2 October 2007
The Long Search - Buddhism
Thursday 4 October 2007
Field Trip to Falls Brook Centre
Tuesday 9 October 2007
The Long Search - Christianity
Thursday 11 October 2007
The Long Search - Dimorphism
Tuesday 16 October 2007
Power and Authority - Islam
Thursday 18 October 2007
Power and Authority - Religious Nationalism
Tuesday 23 October 2007
Evil and Suffering - Why Do Bad Things Happen?
Thursday 25 October 2007
Evil and Suffering - Judaism
Tuesday 30 October 2007
Religious Activists

Prompts for Second Semester 2008

Discipline seminars for AQRS 1006J Introduction to  Religious Studies for the second term will (usually) take place from 2:00 - 3:20 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays in ECG 12.  They will run from February 12, 2008 to March 13, 2008.

Tuesday 12 February 2008
Justice - Sacred Texts
Thursday 14 February 2008
Justice - Christian Principles of Social Justice
Tuesday 19 February 2008
Justice -  Haitian Vodou, Women and Poverty
Thursday  21 February 2008
Justice - Zen Buddhism and Community
Tuesday 26 February  2008
Gender & Sexuality - Social Construction of the Body
Thursday 28 February 2008
Gender & Sexuality - The Hijras of India 
Tuesday 11 March 2008
Gender & Sexuality - Islam and Homosexuality
Thursday 13 March 2008
Religion and Ritual



Justice & Globalization Prompts