REL 338 - Death, Dying, and Afterlife

Credit Hours: 3
This course approaches death from religious, cultural, and historical perspectives. It surveys understandings of the afterlife in several religions, studies how people have prepared to die, and looks at the rituals that people have devised for burying their dead. Students learn how people have relied on religion to make death more understandable and tolerable.

Lecture contact hours: 3

Typically offered: Demand