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RS 370Atheism, Skepticism, and Free Thought

Faculty
Arts
Last listed
Spring 2020

No longer offered. It was in Waterloo’s course catalog since at least Winter 2020 (as far back as Open Data goes) to Spring 2020. It isn’t in the 2024–25 or later calendars.

In the course catalog from Winter 2020 to Spring 2020; Open Data has no classes for it in that time.

This course considers the social history of atheism, skepticism, and free thought in the context of religious debate in the West. It covers the period from the 19th century to the present. [Note: This course fulfils an Area 3 requirement for Religious Studies majors.]

Requirements, as last listed

Prereq: Level at least 2A

Check it elsewhere

In the scanned calendars

How it read in each calendar from 1979–80 to 1994–95, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.

1979–80 to 1994–95 14 calendars

The course examines the place of dreams in religious experience from ancient to modern times. Present day advances in understanding dream symbols will be explored, as well as the possibility of incorporating the use of dreams in one's personal religious growth and development.

Area 5

Prereq: RS 271 or consent of instructor

Offered Fall · 3 class hours a week · 0.5 credit