Semester 1
UNIT 2 - Texts & Traditions (Texts in Society)
In this unit students study texts as a means of investigating social attitudes on issues such as justice, care for the environment, racism and gender roles. Therefore, the texts selected for study should be potential sources of ideas about these or other issues in society. Some of the texts may call for change in attitudes and values; others may call for changes in social, religious and political institutions. Some texts may justify or support existing social, cultural, religious and political institutions, works, attitudes and values. Students consider the social context within which the texts were produced, the conditions under which they are currently read, the reasons for reading them, and the kinds of authority attributed to them by traditions and society in general. They also look at the ways in which the texts shape, and are shaped by, the content of the message contained in them.
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Semester 2
UNIT 2 - Religion & Society (Religion and Ethics)
In this unit students study in detail various methods of ethical decision-making in at least two religious traditions and their related philosophical traditions. They explore ethical issues in societies where multiple worldviews coexist, in the light of these investigations.
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