Everyone, welcome! You may or may not have seen the flyer for this class posted around campus or in the Religion Department office:

These three questions will guide our inquiries this semester as we explore Hindu, Buddhist, and Islamic sacred texts. We won't end up with simple answers. Rather, a major focus of our course will be understanding the ways in which big questions --- questions that are central to understanding the world and our place in it --- spawn a breathtaking array of responses. Even more, we'll look at how these responses evolved, are understood, and affect the lives of those who hold them.

As a fun little exercise, does anyone know the source of the picture and quote in our flyer?