{"id":313,"date":"2024-07-22T01:08:04","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T01:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/registrar\/?p=313"},"modified":"2026-05-29T18:34:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T18:34:51","slug":"thl325-understanding-world-religions-concepts-of-and-contributions-to-justice-and-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/registrar\/thl325-understanding-world-religions-concepts-of-and-contributions-to-justice-and-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"THL325 Understanding World Religions: Concepts of and Contributions to Justice and Peace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><em>(2 credits)<\/em>&nbsp; This course offers an overview of the worldviews of various religions and ideologies and an examination of their ideas of, teachings on, and action in relationship to the concepts of justice and peace, with special attention to teachings on such issues as war and peace, violence, economic justice, the environment, criminal justice, and social justice. 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