RELG 153 - Introduction to Religion: Purity and Pollution

FC ARHU CD

4 credits
The concepts of purity and impurity are important to much religious thought and affect the basics of daily life in profound ways, even as they can confound or even infuriate contemporary observers. In this course, we will focus on three sites of potential pollution: the body, food, and the land. We will also examine ways in which these concepts remain operative, both explicitly and implicitly, in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Course Last Offered/Scheduled: Fall 2016