Hello Scholars! Welcome to our virtual online classroom for Comparative World Religions

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About the Course
HIST 3255 is a course designed to lay a firm foundation for further work in the comparative world religions curriculum. It is designed to teach concepts and methods required: to analyze the comparative structure of an religion from an international perspective, to analyze the theological attributes comprehensively, and to develop a comprehensive understanding.

The course will center on text studies and a research paper in which you will use the methods and concepts learned in the course in analyzing real situations.

HIST 3255 is a practical introduction to the field of comparative world religions and strategic thinking. While there will be important concepts covered, the emphasis will be on applying those concepts to 'real world' situations in which reality is not quite 'textbook' clear.

The first lesson provides a course introduction, overview of religions, and some basic concepts.

Sessions 2-6 focuses on analyzing the comparative structure of a religion, and concentration on analyzing the culture environment in which the religion operates, and the balance of the course focuses on developing concepts and better understanding those underlying theories.

This course operates with a perspective basic to any contemporary scholar: globality. All peoples today operate in a global environment (attitude, beliefs, and perspective) and culture, and anyone aspiring to leadership in the future needs that viewpoint instilled early and deeply. Even more important than the concepts and methods you will learn is the practice of thinking in a worldwide context of globality.

One example of the globality of our time is the fact that I, your Professor for HIST 3255, am located in Dallas, Texas, USA. Where you are will come clear when we introduce ourselves, but it is unlikely that any of us are in the same city. Yet here we are learning with each other, each bringing a unique viewpoint to our task. Thanks to Ames, we have the opportunity to confer, not quite like in a traditional classroom, but still very much in touch with each other.

In the Ames system, we will have weekly conferences in which everyone is welcome to add insights. This is the required participation in the course. Regard the conferences as a meeting of the world-renowned scholars, and make your contributions an addition to what has already been said.

We will also have lecturettes posted in the system, along with readings, articles, and studies. The studies will be done by you and presented in the conferences. There will be three examinations and a final examination.

Perhaps the keystone of the course is your research paper. You will select a topic of your choice, and provide a deep analysis of it including alternatives and recommendations for the future. This will give you the chance to practice what we have been learning, which is the most important lesson in the entire course – 'interpersonal skills'.

.Good luck to you all and I am looking forward to learning with you.