Mary Mylroie
May 17, 2026 · Historical comment
Super sweet and genuinely cares about students! As long as you genuinely put in effort for the three major assignments you will be fine!
THEO1432 · Theology
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
It has been said that to know one religion is to know none. In this course, we seek to gain an understanding of two of the major world religions, Christianity and Hinduism, through a comparative and dialogical approach of the ways in which these traditions have come to terms with some of the basic existential questions and religious aspirations of humanity. We will focus on conceptions of evil and salvation/liberation, on ritual practices, ethical principles, and their respective views of one another. Satisfies Core requirement for: Theology (Sacred Texts and Traditions)
Course experience
Averages use the original five-point historical evaluation scale.
Organization
4.4 / 5
How well the course was organized
Challenge
4.4 / 5
How intellectually challenging students found it
Attendance
4.6 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
4.4 / 5
How helpful assignments were
Weekly effort
~4
hours per week
Estimated from the original workload response buckets. Individual sections may differ.
Instructor options
Ratings below reflect only recovered evaluations connected to this course.
7 evaluations for this course
4.6 / 5
4.3 / 5
Newton College Alumnae Chair, Theology Department
3.9 / 5
3.5 / 5
Part Time Faculty, Theology Department
4.2 / 5
4.0 / 5
Professor of the Practice, Theology Department
4.1 / 5
4.1 / 5
Student perspective
Recovered and new anonymous comments are shown as written and may reflect different course formats.
May 17, 2026 · Historical comment
Super sweet and genuinely cares about students! As long as you genuinely put in effort for the three major assignments you will be fine!
Jan 6, 2026 · Historical comment
The class was very in depth, and some of the readings were long. She will cold call you if you don't participate, but she is nice and very knowledgeable. Exams were hard, but you can maintain a good grade with the essays.
Nov 18, 2025 · Historical comment
Unfortunately she isn't the clearest with due dates/communicating what's expected, but in return she is very lenient with extensions. Will give you an extra week to write a paper. Class is moderately interesting and grading isn't hard. Readings aren't necessary but you should know the general ideas
Oct 30, 2025 · Historical comment
While the class itself is not a ton of work, the midterm was insanely difficult and pretty much everything she teaches throughout the semester was fair game. Final was easier, but only because the TA made it. Did not even get grades back on the essays, just a final grade at the end of the year.
Across time
Section-level results available in the recovered archive.
Spring 2025
4 sectionsFall 2024
2 sectionsSpring 2024
2 sectionsFall 2023
2 sectionsFall 2022
4 sectionsSummer 2022
1 sectionSpring 2022
2 sectionsFall 2021
4 sectionsSummer 2021
1 sectionSpring 2021
3 sectionsFall 2020
4 sectionsSpring 2020
2 sections