世界宗教旨在向学生介绍犹太教的一些主要基础元素, 基督教, 伊斯兰教, 印度教, 佛教, 道教, 和耆那教. 为此目的, students will approach work with five aims: 1) to become familiar with a broad outline of each tradition’s historical circumstances; 2) to explore a portion of each tradition’s sacred texts; 3) to understand the roots and “core” of each religion so as to better identify corruptions within the tradition; 4) to engage the way in which each tradition defines the word “community” as a means of exploring its approach to ethics; and 5) to understand the way that the tradition expresses its faith tenets through the arts.