This course is an examination of major religions and religious expressions in the world today. Students will engage with some of the historical texts of world religions and study their rituals, communities, and other realities for the sake of awareness of one’s neighbors and for the sake of attending to the particularity of Christian traditions by comparison. Attention is given to the common features of Christianity with world religions and religious expressions as well as to what is unique in the Christian religion. Attention will also be given to how Christianity can engage other belief systems.