exploration of the religious traditions that help to shape the Western world. The course covers the Ancient Near Eastern and Greco-Roman roots of Western religion. Jewish tradition from ancient Israelite religion to modern movements in Judaism. Christianity as emergent Jewish movement to dominant Western religion. Influence of Islam in medieval Europe and the contemporary world. Exploration of American based religions: Mormonism, Unitarianism, Christian Science, and American Civil Religion.

This course meets the General Education requirement for Foundation Area 2: "Traditions that Shape the Western World".

RELG-210Non-Western Religious Traditions.001 TF 8:55AM-10:10AM Oliver, M.002 TF 10:20AM-11:35AM Oliver, M
Examines the categorical and theoretical assumptions of "religion" and "non-Western" when applied to the philosophical, ethical, and spiritual traditions of Asia and India. Using the Silk Road as a conceptual center, this course examines religiousPolice 'not racist' over Lawrence

London's former police chief Sir Ian Blair has said he did not think "there was anything racist" in the way the force probed the Stephen Lawrence case.

He was giving evidence to an inquiry into how race and religion affects employment in the Metropolitan Police.

London Mayor Boris Johnson called for the inquiry following a number of race claims against the force.

Sir Ian said the teenager's murder was racist but at the time the force saw people in a "very monochrome" way.

The Metropolitan Police Association Race and Faith Inquiry comes 10 years after the Macpherson Inquiry which looked into the way police handled black teenager Stephen Lawrence's murder.

The inquiry branded the Metropolitan Police institutionally racist.

Mr Lawrence, 18, was with his friend when he was stabbed to