RELS 103 - Death and the Afterlife

Institution:

College of Charleston

Subject:

Religious Studies

Description:

This course will survey how multiple religious traditions, both eastern and western, understand death and the afterlife. Topics include the ritual treatment of the body, beliefs about the soul or consciousness, varying conceptions of survival after death (including reincarnation, resurrection, and divine judgment), the geography of the afterlife and experiential accounts of the afterlife. The course may explore mediumship and shamanic experience, past life memory, near death experience, and the paranormal.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.cofc.edu

Phone Number:

(843) 953-5500

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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