Tougaloo college catalog 2013 2015

Humanities Division be an exploration of what happens when religion and artistic expression intersect, i.e., when faith risks art. Questions central to this course will include: What are the fruitful comparisons between improvisation and divine creativity? How do art and the role of imagination challenge our conventional understandings of meaning and revelation? Special attention will be given to the African American experience of creativicy and music as a means of engaging the Divine. Artistic expression is welcomed but not required as part of the student’s assigned work. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS. RLS 348: COMPARATIVE RELIGIOUS ETHICS. This course will be a theological engagement of the practice of non-violence as an example of comparative religious ethics. Special attention will be given to the comparative religious ethics of Martin Luther King, Jr. and his vision of prophetic nonviolence. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS. RLS 350: REVEALING RELIGION IN AMERICA TODAY. A capstone course that examines the methods and theories of religious studies as well as how religion is understood and practiced in contemporary America.

Attention will also be given to the relationship between relig10n, race, and social power. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS PHI 101: INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY. An introduction to the continuing problem of understanding the universe, God, the nature of human beings, and the nature of knowledge and values. The aim is to help students work out a satisfactory philosophy of life for themselves. Offered every year. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS. PHI 103: LOGIC AND EFFECTIVE THINKING. The development of sound and valid reasoning. Includes inductive and deductive reasoning, propaganda analysis, argument analysis and evaluation, detection of fallacies and psychologica1 factors that affect the thinking process. Offered each semester. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS. PHI 202: ETHICS. The issues and principles underl)jng problems of choice and value judgments will be studied. Emphasis will be on applying critical thinking to ethical decisions. Offered every year. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS. PHI 302: PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION. A philosophical investigation of some of the main concepts of religion such as salvation, God, faith, and Page 169