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3.00 Credits
Silver Examination of texts in the Hebrew Bible bearing on the phenomenon of prophecy: narrative descriptions of prophetic behavior and literary texts that purport to be the words of the biblical prophets themselves. Consideration of prophetic behavior in its ancient Near Eastern con-text and in relation to the unique cultural, social and political conditions in ancient Israel. Particular attention to the relationship between poetry and political critique and on the transition from orally delivered oracles to written prophetic texts. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Historical Studies or Religion, Ethics, and Moral Philosophy Semester: Fall Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
Silver The worldview of ancient Israelite wisdom literature: its philosophical, ethical and cosmological systems, and broader cross-cultural con-texts. Also the adaptation of individual ethical doctrines to the governance of the political collective during the great Judean reform move-ment of the seventh century B.C.E., and the breakdown of this system in the wake of the Babylonian Exile. Special attention to scribal res-ponses to the Problem of Evil and their ideas on the relationship between the created cosmos and divine intentionality. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Historical Studies or Religion, Ethics, and Moral Philosophy Semester: Spring Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
Silver The art of narrative composition in the Hebrew Bible. The literary techniques and conventions of ancient Israelite authors in the Bible's rich corpus of stories. Philosophical and aesthetic treatment of themes such as kingship, power, gender and covenant. Primary focus on the role of narrative in the cultural life of ancient Israel, with attention also to the difficulties of interpreting biblical stories from within our con-temporary milieu. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Historical Studies or Religion, Ethics, and Moral Philosophy Semester: Spring Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
Hobbs The world from which Christianity emerged was largely patriarchal and sexist, with a variety of attitudes towards sexual behavior and mar-riage. The Christian movement itself took several different approaches toward each of these issues, which found their way into the New Testament collection and thus became the foundation for a multiplicity of stances in later centuries. This variety in the documents will be examined, with special attention to their roots and their results. Normally alternates with REL 211. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Historical Studies or Religion, Ethics, and Moral Philosophy Semester: Fall Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
Hobbs NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. Historical study of Jesus, first as he is presented in the Gospels, followed by interpretations of him at several subsequent stages of Christian history. In addition to the basic literary materials, examples from the visual arts and music will be considered, such as works by Michelangelo, Grünewald, J.S. Bach, Beethoven, and Rouault, as well as a film by Pasolini. The study will conclude with the modern ?quest for the histor-ical Jesus. ? Normally alternates withREL 209. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Religion, Ethics, and Moral Philosophy Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
Elkins NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. A study of historical and contemporary writings that exemplify varieties of Christian spirituality. Historical texts include Augustine's Confessions, Thomas à Kempis ? The Imitation of Chris t, Teresa of Avila 's Autobiograp hy, John Bunya n's The Pil-grim's Prog ress , and The Way of the Pil grim. Contemporary authors include Martin Luther King, Jr., and Mother Teresa of Calc utta. Nor-mally alternates wREL 216. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Religion, Ethics, and Moral Philosophy Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
Elkins A study of major issues and influential thinkers in the Christian religious tradition from the post-Biblical period through the Reformation. Good and evil, free will and determinism, orthodoxy and heresy, scripture and tradition, faith and reason, and love of God and love of neighbor examined through primary source readings. Special attention to the diversity of traditions and religious practices, including the cult of saints, the veneration of icons, and the use of scripture. Normally alternates with REL 215. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Historical Studies or Religion, Ethics, and Moral Philosophy Semester: Fall Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
Marini A study of defining issues and essential thinkers in the Christian religious tradition from the sixteenth century to the present. Faith and grace, free will and determinism, mysticism and radicalism, reason and emotion, secularization and existentialism, orthodoxy and doubt, religious morality and social action examined in writings by Luther, Calvin, Pascal, Locke, Wesley, Newman, Kierkegaard, Bonhoeffer, and Tillich. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Historical Studies or Religion, Ethics, and Moral Philosophy Semester: Spring Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
Marini NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. A study of the religions of Americans from the colonial period to the present. Special attention to the impact of religious beliefs and practices in the shaping of American culture and society. Representative readings from the spectrum of American religions including Aztecs and Conquistadors in New Spain, the Puritans, Jonathan Edwards and John Wesley, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Isaac Meyer Wise, Mary Baker Eddy, Dorothy Day, Black Elk, Martin Luther King, Jr., and contemporary Fundamentalists. Normally alter-nates with REL 220. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Historical Studies or Religion, Ethics, and Moral Philosophy Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
Marini Human nature and destiny, good and evil, love and hate, loyalty and betrayal, tradition and assimilation, salvation and damnation, God and fate in the writings of Hawthorne, Thoreau, Melville, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Leslie Marmon Silko, Rudolfo Anaya, Alice Walker, and Alle-gra Goodman. Reading and discussion of these texts as expressions of the diverse religious cultures of nineteenth- and twentieth-century America. Normally alternates with REL 218. Prerequisite: None Distribution: Language and Literature or Religion, Ethics, and Moral Philosophy Semester: Fall Unit: 1.0
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