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RELB 5010 - Literary and Spoken Tibetan II
Introduces the philosophical and spiritual texts of Tibet. Includes grammar, basic religious terminology, and structure.
Credits: 4
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RELB 5011 - Readings in Chinese Buddhist Texts I, II
Instruction in the reading and interpretation of Chinese Buddhist texts and the use of reference tools such as Chinese language dictionaries, bibliographies, encyclopedias, and indices.
Credits: 3
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RELB 5012 - Readings in Chinese Buddhist Texts I, II
Instruction in the reading and interpretation of Chinese Buddhist texts and the use of reference tools such as Chinese language dictionaries, bibliographies, encyclopedias, and indices.
Credits: 3
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RELB 5020 - Tibetan Perspectives on Tantra
Tibetan presentations of the distinctive features of Tantric Buddhism.
Credits: 3
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RELB 5055 - Buddhist Philosophy
Study of the Pali and Sanskritic Buddhist philosophical traditions.
Credits: 3
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RELB 5170 - The Dalai Lamas of Tibet
A seminar on the history, mythology, and Buddhist doctrinal basis of the Dalai Lamas, the most important religious and political leaders of traditional Tibet. Prerequisite: one course on Buddhism or Tibet
Credits: 3
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RELB 5250 - Seminar in Japanese Buddhism
Examines selected topics in the major schools of Japanese Buddhism, Tendai, Shingon, Pure Land, Nichiren, and Zen. Prerequisite: RELG 213 or 316, or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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RELB 5260 - Seminar in Tibetan Buddhism II
The theory and practice of Tibetan Buddhism.
Credits: 3
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RELB 5270 - Seminar in Chinese Buddhism
Selected doctrinal and historical issues in Chinese Buddhism.
Credits: 3
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RELB 5350 - Literary and Spoken Tibetan III
Intermediate course in the philosophical and spiritual language of Tibet, past and present.
Credits: 4
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RELB 5360 - Literary and Spoken Tibetan IV
Intermediate course in the philosophical and spiritual language of Tibet, past and present.
Credits: 4
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RELB 5390 - Tibetan Buddhist Tantra Dzokchen
Examines the Dzokchen tradition of Tibetan Buddhist Tantra focusing on its philosophical and contemplative systems and its historical and social contexts.
Credits: 3
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RELB 5430 - Sanskrit Religious Texts
Readings in Sanskrit religious and philosophical texts, their syntax, grammar, and translation. Prerequisite: SANS 501, 502, or equivalent and instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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RELB 5440 - Sanskrit Religious Texts
Readings in Sanskrit religious and philosophical texts, their syntax, grammar, and translation. Prerequisite: SANS 501, 502, or equivalent and instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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RELB 5460 - Seminar in Mahayana Buddhism
Studies the Middle Way School of Madhyamika, including Nagarjuna’s reasoning and its intent and place in the spiritual path.
Credits: 3
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RELB 5470 - Literary Tibetan V
Advanced study in the philosophical and spiritual language of Tibet, past and present. Prerequisite: RELB 500, 501, 535, 536, or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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RELB 5480 - Literary Tibetan VI
Advanced study in the philosophical and spiritual language of Tibet, past and present. Prerequisite: RELB 500, 501, 535, 536, or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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RELB 5490 - Religious History of Tibet
Surveys political, social, religious, and intellectual issues in Tibetan history from the fifth to fifteenth centuries, emphasizing the formation of the classical categories, practices, and ideals of Tibetan Buddhism.
Credits: 3
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RELB 5559 - New Course in Buddhism
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Buddhism.
Credits: 1 to 4
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RELB 5600 - Elementary Pali
Studies Pali religious and philosophical works, including grammar and translation. Prerequisite: SANS 501, 502, or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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RELB 5610 - Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit
Studies Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit works and their grammar and translation. Prerequisite: SANS 501, 502 or equivalent.
Credits: 1 to 3
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RELB 5660 - Seminar on Indian Buddhism
Investigates the techniques and presuppositions involved in the methods used to study Buddhism, including textual, historical, philosophical, and social scientific methods.
Credits: 3
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RELB 5680 - Pure Land Buddhism
Course focuses on religious doctrines and practices that surround several Buddhas and bodhisattvas that became the object of devotional cults. Developments in at least three countries are considered: India, China, and Japan. Among the issues considered are debates concerning the balance between mediation an recitation of the Buddha’s name, the balance between faith and works, the influence of modern Japanese scholarship on our interpretations of Chinese Buddhism, and the influence of teachings about the decline or end of Buddhism. Prerequisite: once course in Buddhism.
Credits: 3
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RELB 5715 - Seminar on Chinese Religion and Society
Studies Chinese religion and society within the context of a specific period of Chinese history, or in terms of a specific theme. Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, and popular religion will be covered (along with other forms of religion, as appropriate).
Credits: 3
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RELB 5800 - Literary Tibetan VII
Examines the Yogachara-Svatantrika system as presented in Jang-kya’s Presentation of Tenets, oral debate, and exercises in spoken Tibetan. Prerequisite: RELB 500, 501, 535, 536, 547, 548 or equivalent.
Credits: 3
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RELB 5810 - Literary Tibetan VIII
Examines the Yogachara-Svatantrika system as presented in Jang-kya’s Presentation of Tenets, oral debate, and exercises in spoken Tibetan. Prerequisite: RELB 500, 501, 535, 536, 547, 548 or equivalent
Credits: 3
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RELB 5870 - Colloquial Tibetan VII
Advanced-level study of colloquial Tibetan. Prerequisite: for 588, RELB 587.
Credits: 2
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RELB 5880 - Colloquial Tibetan VIII
Advanced-level study of colloquial Tibetan. Prerequisite: RELB 587.
Credits: 2
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RELB 5990 - South Asian and Inner Asian Buddhist Bibliography
South Asian and Inner Asian Buddhist Bibliography
Credits: 3
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RELB 5991 - Seminar in Chinese Buddhism
Examines the major schools of Chinese Buddhism: T’ien-t’ai, Hua-yen, Pure Land, and Ch’an.
Credits: 3
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RELB 7559 - New Course in Buddhism
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Buddhism
Credits: 1 to 4
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RELB 8200 - Literary Tibetan VII
Literary Tibetan VII
Credits: 4
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RELB 8210 - Literary Tibetan VIII
Literary Tibetan VIII
Credits: 4
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RELB 8230 - Advanced Literary and Spoken Tibetan
Examines selected topics and techniques of Tibetan education.
Credits: 3
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RELB 8310 - Advanced Sanskrit/Pali I
Advanced readings in poetry, psychology, or philosophy.
Credits: 1 to 3
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RELB 8320 - Advanced Sanskrit/Pali II
Advanced readings in poetry, psychology, or philosophy.
Credits: 1 to 3
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RELB 8559 - New Course in Buddhism
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Buddhism.
Credits: 1 to 4
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Religion-Christianity |
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RELC 5006 - Augustine’s City of God
An advanced graduate class that will read the entire City of God, using that work and several other of Augustine’s texts (particularly letters and sermons) to attempt to understand that work’s argument, paying attention to the various audiences to which it was addressed, and Augustine’s larger vision.
Credits: 3
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RELC 5009 - Bonhoeffer and King: Resistance and Reconciliation
The course has four goals: (1) to understand the theologies of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Martin Luther King Jr.; (2) to explore the themes of resistance and reconciliation in their writings and actions; (3) to examine their ambivalent relationship with academic theology; and (4) to consider the promise of lived theology for contemporary religious thought.
Credits: 3
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RELC 5040 - The Apocalyptic Tradition
The tradition of apocalyptic thought, as expressed in ancient Jewish and Christian literature and in selected contemporary literature. Emphasizes literary forms and features, historical and theological presuppositions, and primary themes.
Credits: 3
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RELC 5052 - Seminar in American Catholic History
Examines a selected movement, issue, or figure in the history of Catholicism in America. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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RELC 5077 - Pius XII, Hitler the US and WW II
For the past forty years the role of Pius XII and the Vatican during World War II has been controversial. This seminar will look at that controversy and place it in the context of newly available archival material. The students will read several books on both sides of the question and then present their own research papers, the topics of which will be chosen in consultation with the professor.
Credits: 3
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RELC 5090 - African-Americans and the Bible
In this course, we will look at the ways African American scholars, clergy, laity, men, women, the free, and the enslaved, have read, interpreted, preached, and taught scripture. In examining these uses, we will also seek to sketch out a broader theology, history, and sociology of black people as they used the tool at hand, the Bible, to argue for their own humanity, create their own cultures, and establish their own societies.
Credits: 3
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RELC 5100 - Natural Law in Judaism and Christianity
Studies the concept of natural law in Jewish and Christian theology and how these respective religious traditions dealt with a concept that claims that all morality is not the direct result of specific religious prescription. Prerequisite: Courses in religious thought and/or philosophy.
Credits: 3
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RELC 5110 - Phenomenology and Christology
A systematic exposition of the phenomenon of selfhood on the basis of traditional materials from Christology and recent investigations in phenomenology.
Credits: 3
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RELC 5120 - Development of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Catholic Liberalism
Analyzes and interprets major currents in liberal catholic thought in the 19th and 20th centuries, from the Thomistic revival (1878), through the condemnation of Modernism (1907), to the emergency of the ‘New Theology’ with such theologians as Karl Rahner, Yves Congar, and Henri deLubac.
Credits: 3
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RELC 5130 - Being and God
A constructive treatment of questions related to the possibility of the experience of being and God or of the being of God.
Credits: 3
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RELC 5141 - Theology of John Calvin
This course examines a text that has shaped modern Christian thought: John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion. The focus will be on close reading and a rigorous analysis of theological ideas. Prerequisite: Instructor permission for undergraduates.
Credits: 3
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RELC 5190 - Theology in the Nineteenth Century
Analysis and interpretation of the theology of major thinkers in the 19th century, with special attention to Kant, Hegel, and Schleiermacher.
Credits: 3
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RELC 5200 - Contemporary Theology
A survey, analysis, and interpretation of major developments in philosophical theology in the 20th century, beginning with dialectical theology in the 1920s.
Credits: 3
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RELC 5230 - Pentecostalism
Examines the history, theology, and practices of Pentecostalism, the fastest growing Christian movement in the world, from its origins among poor whites and recently freed African Americans to its phenomenal expansion in places like South America, Asia, and Africa.
Credits: 3
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RELC 5300 - Early Christianity and Classical Judaism
Studies early Christian writings directed to Judaism; the role of Judaism in shaping the Christian intellectual tradition; and Christian interpretation of Jewish scripture.
Credits: 3
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RELC 5310 - Early Christianity and Greco-Roman Culture
Pagan criticism of Christianity and the response of Christian apologists; and Christianity and the Greek philosophical traditions, especially Stoicism and Platonism.
Credits: 3
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RELC 5551 - Seminar in Early Christian Thought
Intensive consideration of a selected issue, movement or figure in Christian thought of the second through fifth centuries. Prerequisite: RELC 205 or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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RELC 5559 - New Course in Christianity
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject of Christianity
Credits: 1 to 4
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RELC 5640 - Seminar in Modern Christian Thought
Examines a major modern Christian thinker or movement, or a major problem in modern Christian thought.
Credits: 3
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RELC 5670 - Early Christian Ethics
Studies the nature of ethical responsibility as seen by several New Testament figures and documents (Jesus, Matthew, Paul, John, James).
Credits: 3
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RELC 5800 - Advanced Exegesis of the New Testament I
Reading and interpretation of the Greek text of one of the Gospels. Prerequisite: Intermediate knowledge of Hellenistic Greek.
Credits: 3
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RELC 5810 - Advanced Exegesis of the New Testament II
Reading and interpretation of the Greek text of one or more of the Epistles. Prerequisite: Intermediate knowledge of Hellenistic Greek.
Credits: 3
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RELC 5830 - Love and Justice in Christian Ethics
Examines various conceptions of love and justice in selected Protestant and Catholic literature mainly from the last fifty years.
Credits: 3
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RELC 7110 - Seminar in Roman Catholic Moral Theology
Reviews the Catholic tradition in moral theology, emphasizing the influence of historical consciousness on post-Vatican II ethics in natural law, the use of scripture, social ethics, and issues of authority.
Credits: 3
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RELC 7241 - Popular Religion, 1300-1700
Analyzes various approaches to the study of western Christianity, focusing on the experience and practice of religion by the laity. Cross-listed as HIEU 724.
Credits: 3
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RELC 7559 - New Course Christianity
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Christianity.
Credits: 3
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RELC 8150 - Patristic Greek
Readings of Greek fathers such as John Chrysoston and Gregory of Nazianzus, with emphasis on grammar, syntax and rhetoric. An intermediate to advanced level course.
Credits: 3
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RELC 8315 - Trinity
This seminar develops a systematic theology of the doctrine of the Trinity.
Credits: 3
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RELC 8410 - Seminar on American Religious Thought I: Edwards to Emerson
A historical and theological examination of seminal figures in the development of American religious thought from the Enlightenment through the ‘American Renaissance.’ Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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RELC 8420 - Seminar on American Religious Thought II: Liberalism Through Neo-Orthodoxy
A historical and theological examination of the work of major religious thinkers in American from 1860 to 1960.
Credits: 3
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RELC 8440 - Seminar in Reformation Studies
Intensive study of a selected movement, issue, or figure in the 16th century.
Credits: 3
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RELC 8460 - Development of Catholic Social and Political Thought
Studies papal encyclicals since Renum Novarium (1891), and American Catholic attitudes toward organized labor and social action.
Credits: 3
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RELC 8470 - American Catholic Approaches to Religious Liberty
Religious Liberty was the distinctive contribution of American Catholicism to the Second Vatican Council. Traces the development of this doctrine from the 17th to the 20th century in the United States.
Credits: 3
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RELC 8559 - New Course in Christianity
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Christianity.
Credits: 3
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RELC 8590 - Topics in New Testament Studies
Selected issues in the theory and methods of New Testament criticism.
Credits: 3
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RELC 8890 - Seminar in New Testament Theology
Considers the nature and scope of New Testament theology and of one central theme, such as Christology.
Credits: 3
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RELC 8920 - Seminar in Early Christianity
Studies selected topics in early Christian history and thought. Topic varies annually.
Credits: 3
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RELG 5030 - Readings in Chinese Religion
Examines selected readings from a specific text, figure, or theme. Readings emphasize possible structures of religious language and their translation.
Credits: 3
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RELG 5060 - Interpretation of Myth
An interdisciplinary study of myth, focusing on structuralist, hermeneutical, and history of religion methodologies.
Credits: 3
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RELG 5070 - Interpretation Theory
Analyzes existentialist, phenomenological, structuralist, literary, historical, and psychological approaches to the interpretation of texts, especially narrative religious texts; and the interactions of language, history, and understanding.
Credits: 3
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RELG 5080 - Seminar on Religion and American Culture I
Historical examination of Americans’ religious identities in relation to the dominant values of American social and intellectual life, with particular attention to the concept of community. Subjects include Puritanism, the Mennonites, the Shakers, Mormonism, and the growth of Evangelicalism. Prerequisite: A course in either American history or American religious history. Open to upper-level undergraduates.
Credits: 3
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RELG 5140 - Seminar on a Major Religious Thinker
Studies the relationship between philosophical and religious thought as seen in a selected philosopher or theologian.
Credits: 3
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RELG 5170 - Seminar in History of Religions
Introduces the basic thinkers in the field of history of religions and to fundamental problems in the study of religious sociology, mythology, and ritual.
Credits: 3
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RELG 5180 - Seminar in Philosophical Theology
Studies ideas of God in Western thought from Plato through Descartes.
Credits: 3
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RELG 5240 - Problems in Philosophy of Religion
Examines classic and contemporary discussions of problems in the philosophy of religion.
Credits: 3
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RELG 5370 - Feasting, Fasting and Faith: Food in Jewish and Christian Traditions
Feasting, Fasting and Faith: Food in Jewish and Christian Traditions
Credits: 3
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RELG 5515 - Issues in Religious Ethics
Studies selected issues such as mysticism and morality, conscience, natural law, nonviolence, and methodology in religious ethics.
Credits: 3
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RELG 5541 - Seminar in Social and Political Thought
An examination of the social and political thought of selected religious thinkers.
Credits: 3
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RELG 5559 - New Course in Religion
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject of general religion.
Credits: 1 to 4
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RELG 5630 - Seminar: Issues in the Study of Religion and Literature
Analyzes, in terms of fundamental theory, the purposes, problems, and possibilities of interdisciplinary work in religion and literary criticism.
Credits: 3
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RELG 5690 - Contemporary Religious Movements
Studies the psychological, sociological, and political dimensions of conversion and ideological commitment in selected contemporary religious movements.
Credits: 3
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RELG 5710 - The Victorian Crisis of Faith: Its Religious and Literary Expressions
Studies the religious dilemmas at the center of English thought in the 19th century, from the time of Keble’s Assize sermon and the advent of the Oxford Movement into the period of Thomas Hardy. The focal figures include Newman, Tennyson, Clough, Arnold, Carlyle, John Stuart Mill, George Eliot, and Thomas Hardy.
Credits: 3
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RELG 5730 - Theology of Culture
Studies the relationship between religion and culture. Topics include a theological assessment of the value of culture; the impact of secularization; the critique of religion levied by various disciplines; and the problems of theology in a pluralistic context.
Credits: 3
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RELG 5750 - Myth and Ritual
Studies theories of myth and ritual from an interdisciplinary perspective, including selected mythological and ritual texts.
Credits: 3
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RELG 5780 - Wallace Stevens and the Absolute
A close reading of Wallace Steven’s major poems and an evaluation of their theological significance. Prerequisite: Graduate seminar plus advanced undergraduates in approved.
Credits: 3
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RELG 5850 - Narrative in Ethics and Theology
Examines the nature of narrative modes of representation and argument, and how narrative theory has been employed in contemporary ethics and religious thought.
Credits: 3
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RELG 5900 - Ethics, Politics, and Rhetoric
Studies the perennial problems of politics and morals considered primarily by the reading of plays, novels, speeches, and historical documents.
Credits: 3
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RELG 5920 - Theology and Politics
Investigates the relationship between theological reflection and political thought, focusing on how theological positions may have implications for political theory and vice-versa. Prerequisite: Graduate status or instructor permission.
Credits: 3
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RELG 7050 - Myth and Modern Drama
Studies the religious and narrative elements of Greek, biblical, and other mythic traditions as they exist in the works of modern dramatists.
Credits: 3
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RELG 7140 - Comparative Indo-European Mythology
Studies structural parallels between myths of the Indo-European language family, based on the methods pioneered by Georges Dumezil.
Credits: 1
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RELG 7200 - Wittgenstein and Philosophy of Religion
Studies several major works of Ludwig Wittgenstein as they bear on the problems raised by the philosophical study of religion.
Credits: 3
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RELG 7210 - Kant and Philosophy of Religion
Examines Kant’s Critique of Practical Reason and Religion Within the Limits of Reason Alone, with special attention to Kant’s view of the relation between the theoretical and practical employments of reason, and the implications for theistic belief.
Credits: 3
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RELG 7220 - Rationality, Justification, and Religious Belief
Examines several major contemporary approaches to the question of the justification of religious belief, involving issues of relativism and kinds of rationality.
Credits: 3
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