Dr Robert Arakaki gave students of his Religion 150 "Introduction to the World’s Major Religions" class a chance to experience some of the major religions of the world first-hand during the 2009 Summer Session.

The class embarked on a number of course-related fieldtrips, which included visits to the Temple Emmanu-El to learn about Jewish beliefs and worship by seeing a Jewish synagogue and its artifacts; the Greek Orthodox Church (Eastern Orthodox) and Central Union Church (Protestant) to experience the diversity of Christian churches by contrasting Eastern Orthodox Christianity with Protestant Christianity; the Hare Krishna Temple to experience Hinduism by visiting one of its temples, taking part in a music demonstration, and eating a vegetarian meal; Honpa Hongwanji (Mahayana) and the Lao Buddhists Society (Theravada) to experience diversity of Buddhist temples and compare Mahayana Buddhism with Theravada Buddhism; and finally, to the Ulupo Heiau, an ancient site for Hawaiian worship to experience the spirituality of the aina and learn about Kane and Kanaloa.