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3.00 Credits
(Cross-listed as History 141.) The historical relationship between religion and law in the precolonial, colonial, and postcolonial periods. A reconceptualization of the separation of public and private, secular and religious. How Indian self-perceptions of religiously informed identities were shaped by the challenge of colonial modernity, and their influence upon anticolonial nationalism and postcolonial national ideologies. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Humanities Social Sciences This course meets the World Civilization Requirement This course meets the following culture options: South and Southeast Asian Culture
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3.00 Credits
(Cross-listed as Philosophy 122.) Seminar on the doctrines and arguments of the major Indian schools of philosophy (Samkhya, Buddhist, Vedanta, Nyaya-Vaisesika, and Navya-Nyaya). How these schools attempt to ground their religious systems in logical argumentation about the human soul, God, and the path to nirvana. Prerequisites One of the following: Religion 43, 44, or 45; or Philosophy 33; or Permission of Instructor. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Humanities This course meets the World Civilization Requirement This course meets the following culture options: South and Southeast Asian Culture
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3.00 Credits
(Cross-listed as Judaic Studies 142.) Selected classic and contemporary films dealing with aspects of Jewish experience in America, Europe, and Israel, combined with reading on the cultural and philosophical problems illuminated by each film. One weekly session will be devoted to screenings, the other to discussion of the films and readings. In English. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Arts Humanities This course meets the following culture options: Judaic Culture This course is offered during the following semesters: Spring Semester
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3.00 Credits
(Cross-listed as Sociology 143.) Religion as a cultural universal. Diversity in manifestation, organizational form, myth and ritual. Relationship between worldviews and socioeconomic conditions of religious communities. Social functions of religion. Organization, mission, and political agendas of religious groups in the United States. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Humanities Social Sciences
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3.00 Credits
Advanced seminar examining the origins and practices of Asian tantra and its connections to indigenous medical and alchemical theories. Focus on theory and social context of two systems: Saivism and Buddhist Vajrayana. Prerequisites Permission of Instructor. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Humanities This course meets the World Civilization Requirement This course meets the following culture options: South and Southeast Asian Culture
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3.00 Credits
History of the qur'anic text, its nature, composition, key themes and place in Islamic thought and piety. Islamic and Western perspectives of the text. Current debates among Muslim thinkers on what the next may mean to contemporary Muslims. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Humanities This course meets the World Civilization Requirement This course meets the following culture options: Middle Eastern Culture
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3.00 Credits
Origins, theories, practice, and development of Islamic law. Sources of Islamic law and the major legal schools of Sunnite and Shi'ite Islam. Theoretical and practical problems raised by modern context. Muslim minorities in the West, their attempts to secure recognition of some aspects of Islamic law, and the problems raised by such attempts. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Humanities This course meets the World Civilization Requirement This course meets the following culture options: Middle Eastern Culture South and Southeast Asian Culture
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3.00 Credits
The encounter between Islam and modernity and the diverse ways muslims have responded to the challenges posed by modernity. Discourses of various Muslim thinkiers from the Middle East, Africa, the Indian subcontinent, southeast Asia, and Europe will be examined. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Humanities This course meets the World Civilization Requirement This course meets the following culture options: Middle Eastern Culture South and Southeast Asian Culture
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3.00 Credits
(Cross-listed as Child Development 157.) The nature of spiritual development as understood by various cultures and religions. Studies major works by preeminent philosophers and psychologists in the field, including Cassirer, Kohlberg, Oser, Fowler, Freud, and Erikson. Examines the imagery and thought in aesthetic creations. Provides case studies of individuals and communities as illustrations of different theoretical perspectives. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Humanities This course is offered during the following semesters: Fall Semester
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3.00 Credits
Please see departmental website for detailed information. This course meets the following distribution requirements: Please note: If more than one distribution area is listed, the course can be used to satisfy ONE area only. Humanities
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