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SiMON FRASER
MEMORANDUM
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HUM. 230-3 - INTRODUCTION TO RELIGIOUS ?
OCTOBER 1,
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Acting under its delegated authority at its meeting of October 6,
1981, the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies approved change in the
General Studies course with movement to the Faculty of Arts into the
Humanities Minor Program, including change of course designation and course
description, as follows:
From:
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C.S. 230-3 - Introduction to Religious Studies
The purpose of religious studies is the critical and appreciative
understanding of religious phenomena as they are expressed in
• religious traditions and in the varieties of social and cultural
forms available to scholarly investigation. Disciplines and methods
that are literary, historical, philosophical, theological, and of the
nature of social and behavioral sciences, are used to accomplish that
end. At the same time, there Is sensitivity to affective levels of
understanding.
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HUM. 230-3 - Introduction to Religious Studies
The examination of religion as expressed in the religious and
humanistic traditions available through the investigation of
primary textual sources. A critical and appreciative approach to
religious phenomena will be emphasized through the theological,
literary, historical, philosophical and behavioural backgrounds
that influence our understanding of religion.
(Note: It is intended that this change be effective for Spring 82-1.)
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