Genesis at Brandeis University

This summer, become an Ethnographer

Courses at Genesis provide a challenging, hands-on seminar experience without the pressure of tests or grades.  The “World Religions: Encountering Diversity” course considers the binaries in various world religions: insiders and outsiders, individuals and community, human and divine, immanence and transcendence, personal and scholarly, sacred and profane. 

• Explore and challenge the ways the religious traditions of the world draw boundaries to define individuals, their relationships and communities, and the divine.

• Visit religious centers, experience worship services, and meet with practitioners of different religions.

• Reflect on how learning about a wide variety of traditions can help you learn more about your own religious and spiritual life.