Welcome to the course website for Nathan Rein's World Religions course at Ursinus (RELS-211). This version is for the Spring, 2011 course offering.

Current assignment:

Old announcements

The PowerPoint presentation from Friday's class can be viewed on this page.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS: Judaism quiz and Heschel focus paper deadline are both moved to Monday (Feb. 28), and the midterm is postponed until March 14 (right after Spring Break).

For Friday, please listen to the Elie Wiesel interview we talked about today. Go to this link; click "Download" (just below the photo), save the MP3 file, and play the program on your computer, your MP3 player, or whatever. The program is just under one hour long.

Assignment sheet for the first paper: Paper one: Otsu and Lamott (Spring 2011) .

How to write a focus paper.

Click here for the complete syllabus.

Pictures (click to enlarge):

Matthias Grünewald's Isenheim Altarpiece (the crucifixion scene we looked at in class)

Chamunda statue:

Previous assignments: First focus paper, interview.

Previous handouts: Definitions of religion.

Review questions for the Christianity quiz are here.

Important course documents: the syllabus.