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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course, a prerequisite to RELI 497, prepares students to conduct advanced research and critical thinking in the academic study of religion. It should be taken in the spring term of the junior year or earlier. Students will explore the major theorists who define "religion" as a phenomenon or field of inquiry through a variety of methodologies, including anthropological, philosophical, theological, phenomenological, psychological and sociological approaches. The course also teaches students discipline specific research methods and provides familiarity with the major areas of current scholarly research in religion. Each student will apply the theories and research methods to a case study of a religion, other than his/her own, in either the student's hometown or in the locality surrounding Hendrix. This case study will contribute to Harvard' s Pluralism Project over a ten year period.
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3.00 Credits
This course analyzes religious themes in film and visual culture, as well as how film and visual culture construct religion in popular social discourse. It includes introductions to the basics of film studies as well as to certain theories of religion, with the goal of using methodologies from both fields to teach visual literacy through investigations of religion and culture. As sites of analysis, the course may include global cinema, Hollywood films, and/or artifacts of popular culture.
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3.00 Credits
An intensive analysis of a critical issue in the study of Asian religion. Potential topics may range from a thematic treatment of religious phenomenon across more than one tradition (e.g., Pilgrimage, Saints and Sages, Death and Afterlife, Gender and Status) to an in-depth study of particular texts and traditions (Hindu Epic and Devotional Literature, Tibetan Meditation). Prerequisite: Junior standing and two courses in religion or instructor's consent. Recommended: one of either RELI 110, 121, 221 or 223.
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3.00 Credits
Topics in Biblical Studies
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3.00 Credits
Topics in Religion and Culture
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3.00 Credits
Topics in Philosophy of Religion and Theology
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3.00 Credits
This research project will build upon the theoretical and methodological principles explored in RELI 395, with subject matter emerging from advanced coursework in religion. A program of research will be developed in consultation with a departmental thesis advisor, and individual projects will be subject to peer-review prior to final presentation before the department faculty. Philosophy and Religion majors who have taken RELI 395 may elect this course for their Senior Thesis.
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3.00 Credits
The methods, concepts, and applications of sociological knowledge emphasizing culture, interaction, groups, institutions, order, and change.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of sociological theories, concepts, and findings related to the study of sport and leisure around the world. At various points in the semester the sociological eye will be turned to these phenomena on the individual, group, state, national, and international levels. Topics to be examined include sport subcultures, nationalism, globalization, the role of mass media, socialization and self, social problems, and issues of class, race, gender, and sexual orientation.
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3.00 Credits
This course will focus on how understandings of nature are shaped by culture, and will take advantage of the location in Costa Rica to explore how "natural" and "cultural" features are brought together in Costa Rican society. Some highlighted topics include ecotourism and sustainable development, food and culture, art and community, local and global understandings of landscape and nature, and dilemmas of social change connected with globalization. Students will learn by engaging with theoretical and ethnographic texts, developing a comparative perspective, and participating in many opportunities for on-site research project
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