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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Marini NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. An intensive study of selected Christian ritual practices from the apostolic period to the present. Topics in-clude: the origins of Christian liturgy; the doctrines of baptism and eucharist; the development of the Roman Mass and the Orthodox Divine Liturgy; Protestant worship reforms in the Reformation; Evangelical revivalism; Pentecostal charismatic expression; and liturgical innova-tion in Third World Christianity. Particular attention to musical and architectural settings, liturgical and hymnic language, and ritual theory. Normally alternates with REL 319. Prerequisite: 216, 217, or 218, or MUS 200 or permission of instructor. Distribution: Arts, Music, Theatre, Film, Video or Religion, Ethics, and Moral Philosophy Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
Marini A study of the relationships among religion, fundamental law, and political culture in the American experience. Topics include established religion in the British colonies, religious ideologies in the American Revolution, religion and rebellion in the Civil War crisis, American civil religion, and the New Religious Right. Special attention to the separation of church and state, selected Supreme Court cases on the reli-gion clauses of the First Amendment, and religious and moral issues in current American politics. Normally alternates with REL 317. Prerequisite: 200, 217, 218, or at least one 200-level unit in American religion, history, sociology, or politics. Distribution: Historical Studies or Religion, Ethics, and Moral Philosophy Semester: Fall Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
Elkins NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. A study of modern feminist reassessments and reinterpretations of Christianity and its images of God. Spe-cial attention to Latina, African-American, and Asian-American authors. Consideration also of alternative concepts of divinity proposed by ecofeminists, lesbians, and devotees of goddesses. Normally alternates with REL 326. Prerequisite: One unit in Hebrew Bible, New Testament, or Christianity; or permission of instructor. Distribution: Religion, Ethics, and Moral Philosophy or Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
Elkins A close reading of recent works by major Latin American and Hispanic liberation theologians. Some attention also to Asian, African, and African-American authors. Normally alternates with REL 323. Prerequisite: One unit in Hebrew Bible, New Testament, or Christianity; or permission of instructor. Distribution: Religion, Ethics, and Moral Philosophy Semester: Fall Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
Geller An examination of the ways in which archaeological data contribute to the understanding of the history of ancient Israel, and the Jewish and Christian communities of the Roman Empire. Prerequisite: At least one unit in archaeology, biblical studies, classical civilization, early Christianity, or early Judaism. Distribution: Historical Studies Semester: Spring Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Open to juniors and seniors only. Distribution: None Semester: Fall, Spring Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Open to juniors and seniors only. Distribution: None Semester: Fall, Spring Unit: 0.5
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3.00 Credits
Kodera NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. Zen, the long known, yet little understood tradition, studied with particular attention to its historical and ideo-logical development, meditative practice, and expressions in poetry, painting, and martial arts. Normally alternates with REL 354. Prerequisite: At least one unit in Asian religions. Distribution: Historical Studies or Religion, Ethics, and Moral Philosophy Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
Kodera NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. A critical, historical and comparative study of Buddhism that unfolded in the unique geographical, historical, cultural and religious climate of Tibet, and of the Tibetan communities in diaspora after the Communist Chinese takeover. Topics include: pre-Buddhist religions of Tibet; development of the Vajrayna teaching and the Tantric practice; the cult of Tr; Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva and the Dalai Lama; the plight of the Tibetan lamas and refugees in India and in the West; continuing controversy in China; the appeal and misunderstanding of Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism in the West; the future of Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism. Normally alternates with REL 353. Prerequisite: At least one unit in Asian religions. Distribution: Historical Studies or Religion, Ethics, and Moral Philosophy Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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3.00 Credits
Kodera NOT OFFERED IN 2009-10. Promises and challenges in the evolving debate over how different truth claims and faith communities might seek tolerance, respect, and coexistence. How to reconcile tradition with innovation, doctrine with practice, contemplation with action, glo-balism with tribalism. Impediments of monotheism and ?revealed scripture.? The role of religion in prejudice and discrimination; and yet also for peace and justice. The rise of Buddhism in the West and of Christianity in the East. Readings include works by Wilfred Cantwell Smith, John Hick, Uchimura Kanzo, Endo Shusako, Raimundo Panikkar, Thich Nhat Hanh, the Dalai Lama, and Diana Eck . Prerequisite: At least one unit in religion. Distribution: Historical Studies or Religion, Ethics, and Moral Philosophy Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0
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