REL 203 Religions of the Middle East

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REL 203 Religions of the Middle East Fall 2015

Getting Started Login to Moodle at classes.lanecc.edu or by following the Quicklink on lower right corner of the LCC home page

Getting Started Login to Moodle at classes.lanecc.edu or by following the link on the lower right corner of the LCC home page Login and post to the Personal Introductions forum by THURSDAY 3PM to avoid being dropped on Friday Read the syllabus Pick up the text at the LCC Bookstore, Religions of the Middle East, 6th Edition

Course Delivery Live in the studio Live Cable-TV Live Streaming on the internet Video archives on YouTube (links mailed out a few hours after class) Reading and exam schedule in Moodle

Course Requirements Three multiple choice, true/false exams taken in a campus testing lab (30% each) Faith Interview/Religious Service Report (10%) Read the syllabus for important details!

Methodology Scholarly vs. devotional Secular vs. sectarian Historical Anthropological (including archeology) Sociological Comparative Understanding vs. Truth (though some Truth issues discussed)

Methodology Hermeneutical Hermeneutics = the science of textual interpretation Exegesis vs. Eisegesis Exegesis = bring the meaning out of the text Eisegesis = read meaning into the text

Western vs. Eastern Religion Western Religion Judaism Christianity Islam Eastern Religion Hinduism, Sikhism, Bah’ai Buddhism Taoism Confucianism, Shinto

Western vs. Eastern Religion Western Religion God is personal (Father, King, Judge, He) Yahweh Christ, The Holy Spirit Allah Eastern Religion God is impersonal (Force, Principle, It) The Brahman Dharma The Tao

Western vs. Eastern Religion Western Religion Monotheism Eastern Religion Pantheism (all-godism) Monism (one-ism)

Western vs. Eastern Religion Western Religion Worship Prayer Eastern Religion Harmony or union with the Divine Meditation

Western vs. Eastern Religion Western Religion God is describable, knowable through revelation Focus on scripture, doctrinal beliefs Eastern Religion God ineffable, knowable through experience Focus on meditation, spiritual experiences

Western vs. Eastern Religion Western Religion Human problem = sin Solution = sacrifice, forgiveness, obedience Eastern Religion Human problem = ignorance, attachment Solution = enlightenment, detachment

Western vs. Eastern Religion Western Religion Persons are real, important Persons will be judged, forgiven or punished Eastern Religion Persons are unreal, unimportant The ego is an illusion, false self The Truth Self is God

Western vs. Eastern Religion Western Religion Death and Judgment Heaven or Hell Eastern Religion Reincarnation Moksha, Union with God Nirvana

Western vs. Eastern Religion Western Religion History is linear It ends in the Apocalypse, Day of Doom, Judgment Day Eastern Religion History is cyclical No ending, endless repeating

The Bible Not one, book 66 Written by different authors or centuries Old and New Testaments In Hebrew, a little Aramaic and Greek “The Bible has been translated and retranslated.”