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Class Notes for 07-100
Religion and Culture
This course is being revised for when it is next offered
University of Windsor
Dr. B. L. Whitney, B.A., Ph.D.
Office Hours: 7104 Lambton Tower, TBA
Email: whitney@uwindsor.ca: Type "07-100" in the subject area

RELIGION AND CULTURE discusses the 'cultural warfare' among the three competing worldviews in North American culture: Christian Theism, Atheism (including Secular Humanism and Naturalism), and New Age Alternative Spiritualities (an aspect of Postmodernism)

WEEKLY OUTLINE of TOPICS AND ASSIGNED READINGS

INTRODUCTION
Week 1: Introduction
PART ONE: RELIGION AND CULTURE BASICS and THE THEISTIC WORLDVIEW:
Week 2:
Week 3:
Week 4:
Week 5:

PART TWO: THE THEISTIC AND ATHEISTIC WORLDVIEWS COMPARED
Week 6:
Week 7:
Week 8:
Week 9:

PART THREE: THE NEW AGE WORLDVIEW, COMPARED WITH THEISM AND ATHEISM
Week 10:
Week 11:
Week 12:
Week 13:

Final Exam: Week 15

 

DETAILED OUTLINE of TOPICS and ASSIGNED READINGS

PART 1: COMPETING WORLDVIEWS: CULTURAL WARFARE

PART 2: TWO WORLDVIEWS COMPARED: ATHEISM AND THEISM

PART 3: THREE WORLDVIEWS COMPARED: NEW AGE RELIGION/POSTMODERNISM, ATHEISM and THEISM

December 15, 2006