May 2, 2003

Religion Course at U. of Dayton Takes Students on an 'Inner Journey'

By THOMAS BARTLETT

There are plenty of Bible classes at the University of Dayton, a Roman Catholic university. But in only one are students asked to draw pictures, visualize "the goal of the quest," and dance slowly around the room.

"The Inner Journey in Myth, Bible and Literature" started more than a decade ago following what Conrad L'Heureux, a professor of religious studies, calls his "midlife transition." It was then, he says, that he started wondering about what's most important in life. He figured