A Study on a Possibility of Christian Liberal Arts Courses at a Christian University Functioning as Interreligious Education in a Multireligious Society

The purpose of this study is to look for a possibility of Christian liberal arts courses at a Christian University that would function as interreligious education in a multireligious society. This paper is composed as follows: first, the necessity of education about religions will be discussed by examining and interpreting the implications of a multireligious society and the current religious landscape in Korea. Second, religious literacy education and interreligious education for cultivating multireligious sensitivity and interreligious sensitivity are discussed. Third, the possibility of Christian liberal arts courses functioning as interreligious education is proposed by evaluating the case of operating Christian liberal arts courses at K University in terms of religious literacy education and interreligious education.<br/>In conclusion, the Christian liberal arts courses at K University shows a possibility of interreligious education by allowing professors, students, and people of neighboring religions from various religious backgrounds to reveal their religious identity and interact with each other through humanistic approaches in the classroom and &#x0003c;Interview with people of neighboring religions&#x0003e;.