World religions

Required Text:

The World’s Religions, By Huston Smith, Harper/San Francisco, 1991

ISBN:0-062-50811-3

GOALS:

The purpose of the course is introducing the student to the world’s major

religions: Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and the

“primal religions”.

Write a 3-5-page review of each to the following two movies: Little Buddha,

Gandhi. Please do not just describe the plot of the movie. Try to write about

the religious ideas that you have been learning about from the Smith

textbook. You should be able to find these videos at a video store such as

Hollywood Video.