FYE 1520 Religion through the Lens of Big History
Throughout the history of humankind, Homo sapiens have developed a variety of religious responses to the human experience: complex systems of beliefs, doctrines and theologies; rituals and liturgical practices; and religious institutions based on cultural, ethnic, and regional worldviews. As a second semester Big History course,
FYE 1520 will delve more deeply into four time periods-the Paleolithic Era, the Agrarian Era, the Industrial Era, and the near future-to explore how religious responses to each of these epochs has consistently and continuously enabled individuals to ponder their place in the universe. Prerequisite:
FYE 1001 or
FYE 2000.