Cave art of Lascaux
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    Rel 198.  Fall 2002

     Religious Studies Honors Seminar
       Instructor:  Michael Horace Barnes, Ph.D.
        Office:   HM 347.   Phone 229-2034  [home 223-3300]
         Hours:  MWF 1-2, M  3-3:30.  TTh 9:30-12:30; 

 other times by appointment     barnes@udayton.edu    
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This is a University of Dayton Humanities Base course, addressing the theme of what it means to be human, through study and seminar discussion of major types of religions in history, as well as various academic theories of the origin, nature, and functions of religion.  This will include a study of major religious practices, values, beliefs, historical development, and theological reflection, including the Catholic tradition, and a study of evolutionary stages in the development of religion. 

This course is open only to first year students in the Honors Program.



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