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3.00 Credits
An exploration of the historical and contemporary currents of thought and practices in Chinese culture. The development of each of the Three Teachings, i.e. Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism, will be traced, and the interactions among them and their manifestations in the daily lives of Chinese people will be examined. A brief survey of popular and minority religions in China will also be included.
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3.00 Credits
Diverse Asian traditions such as Hindu traditions, Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, Shinto, and shamanism, are often intertwined with one another. Together they present a complicated mixed picture when it comes to women and gender relation. This course focuses on the tension between the elevation of the life-giving feminine, the cosmic subordination of women in the male scripts, and the confluence and contestation among different sub-traditions.
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3.00 Credits
Essentials of Basic Judaism: the beliefs, practices, customs, ceremonies, holidays and institutions. Current trends in contemporary Jewish life and the concerns of Jewish people today. The different denominations within Judaism. The place of modern Israel. The Holocaust. Modern masters of Jewish thought.
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3.00 Credits
The historical processes affecting Jews, Judaism and Jewish life from the time of the French Revolution to Auschwitz and the post-War era of today. Modern Jewish life and times in 19th and 20th century Germany, Russia, Poland, France, England, America and Israel. The dynamics of emancipation and enlightenment, Jewish life in Eastern Europe, the impact of Jewish life on Western culture.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of current efforts to promote interreligious dialogue. Various Christian interpretations (or theologies) of other religions are examined with reference to major official church documents published over the past half century. The meaning of dialogue and arguments put forward to support it, along with its risks and the efforts to harmonize it with Christian evangelization, are considered. Also, understandings of interreligious dialogue from the viewpoints of non-Christian religions are examined as well.
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3.00 Credits
Explores the problem of religious pluralism in the contemporary world. This course concentrates on: 1) a description and evaluation of the main theologies of religion, and 2) an examination of the relationships which the major world religions, namely, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism, have developed over the last few decades. Special emphasis is placed on the current movement towards dialogue and the many official documents that relate to dialogue.
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3.00 Credits
An Intensive review of the book of Revelation and Apocalyptic literature.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the Torah (Genesis through Deuteronomy) and the historical books (Joshua through II Kings). Use of contemporary contemporary methods of critical interpretations of the major stories and their theological insights, humor and enduring power.
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3.00 Credits
A literary historical examination of wisdom writings in the Hebrew scripture.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the major and minor prophets, the Wisdom literature and the emergence of the Apocalyptic in the book of Daniel.
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