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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite/corequisite: One GE Foundation course. Survey of Indian, Chinese and Japanese religious thought. Emphasis will be on original texts in translations.
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Prerequisite: Completion of GE Foundation requirements. Religious and secular views of the relation of persons and society with emphasis upon contemporary problems of personal and social ethics, political responsibility and social structure.
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Prerequisite: Completion of GE Foundation requirements. Overview of Sacred texts of Jews and Christians. Inspiration, Creation, Salvation, and other Biblical themes will be discussed, as well as key persons and events, such as Moses, Jesus, etc. Not available to students with credit in R/ST 101A.
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3.00 Credits
Explores the history and development of notions of the afterlife in Judaism. Jewish ideas about the experience of death and the fate of the dead will be studied in the context of broader reflection on ancient Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Greek views of the afterlife, as well as brief considerations of Christian and Muslim views of the afterlife.
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Prerequisite: Completion of GE foundation requirements. Examines love in life and the world. Students will explore the philosophical, religious-mystical, psychological, social, and natural historical dimensions of love and complete both practical and research projects that will lead them to a fuller understanding of a loving life. General Education Category A must be completed prior to taking any course except language courses where students meet formal prerequisites and/or competency equivalent for advanced study.
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Prerequisite: Completion of GE Foundation requirements. Study of methods of religious studies, including the comparative and phenomenological study of religions, textual criticism, exegesis, research methods and techniques.
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Prerequisites: Completion of GE Foundation requirements, one or more Explorations courses, and upper-division standing. Examines religious and social ethical aspects of the adaptation of various American subcultures to the polyglot mainstreams of American culture.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Completion of GE Foundation requirements. Introduction to study of ethics within global perspective while introducing world religions. Major ethical questions and modes of moral reasoning in different religious traditions will be considered while focusing on why ordinary people do good and evil actions.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Completion of the GE foundation requirement, completion of one or more Exploration courses, and status. The Old Testament as a religious, historical and literary document with emphasis on the religion and culture of the early Hebrews. Selected books will be read each term. Emphasis will be on Genesis, Exodus, the early prophets, Isaiah. The period of the conquest and the divided monarchies will be studied.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Completion of GE Foundation requirements, one or more Explorations courses, and upper-division standing. Historical development of Jewish religion and culture in the Second Temple period from the rise of the Maccabees to the beginnings of Christianity with emphasis on the rise of the Jewish State, the coming of the Romans and the beginnings of primitive Christianity (Essenism, Phariseeism and Sadduceeism).
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