THIS COURSE IS BEING REVISED FOR THE FALL 2006 SEMESTER

UNIVERSITY of WINDSOR: 07-100 COURSE WEBSITE
"RELIGION and CULTURE" - Fall Semester, 2006
Dr. B. L. Whitney, B.A., Ph.D.
DrBarryWhitney.com <or> www.uwindsor.ca/whitney
Professor of Christianity, Religion and Culture, Philosophy of Religion
University of Windsor, Windsor. Ontario N9B3P4 Canada

OFFICIAL COURSE OUTLINE (to be linked here): course info, schedule, protocol, etc.

Assigned TEXTS (available at UW Bookstore or online at Amazon.com)
1. Groothius, UNA: Unmasking the New Age (1986)
2. Sire, UND: The Universe Next Door (4th ed. 2004)
3. Web Documents (to be listed below)

WEEKLY OUTLINE of TOPICS and ASSIGNED READINGS (specific readings will be listed here for each week's class; the schedule is flexible and tentative insofar as the amount of material assigned and the speed at which the class proceeds will be determined by the flow of the class -- specifically, how well the material is being understood and appropriated) Week 1: Sept 12: First Class: Introduction Week 2: Sept 19: Week 3: Sept 26: Week 4: Oct 03: Week 5: Oct 10: Week 6: Oct 17: Week 7: Oct 24: Week 8: Oct 31: Week 9: Nov 07: Week 10: Nov 14: Week 11: Nov 21: Week 12: Nov 28: Week 13: Dec 05: Week 15: Dec 16: Final Exam

DETAILED OUTLINE of TOPICS and ASSIGNED READINGS (The schedule box above is meant to give an overview of the tentative weekly schedule of topics and readings. This section (below) is a more detailed outline of the topics to be covered in this class as well as the specific readings to be assigned, including web document links. As noted above, the schedule is not set in stone and may be modified here and there to meet the needs of the class as it proceeds). The readings listed below are not officially assigned until and unless they are entered in the box above. PART 1: WORLDVIEWS: CULTURAL WARFARE PART 2: ATHEISM AND THEISM PART 3: NEW AGE RELIGION/POSTMODERNISM, compared with ATHEISM & THEISM