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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Independent research which will include fieldwork and completion of a scientific paper. [Prereq: senior standing, IA.]
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Original research on assigned topics. May involve lab, field, or library work. [Prereq: RRS 306. Rep.]
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3.00 Credits
Examines six of the following traditions in light of human quest for transcendence: Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Shintoism, Zen, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Films augment lectures. [DCG-n. GE.]
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to theory and method in the study of religion; examines religious elements, including such topics as faith, sacred time and space, ritual, tradition, devotion, meditation, and new religious movements.
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3.00 Credits
Myths as reservoirs of people's articulate thought about themselves and their condition. How myths convey a culture's meaning and values. [GE.]
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3.00 Credits
Differing perspectives within Christian tradition as found in the variety of genres and viewpoints of New Testament writers. Course uses historical- critical and literary methods, but accepts its expression as an inspired scripture within a living faith tradition.
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4.00 Credits
Survey folk tales, philosophical treatises, poetry, tantras, and scriptures from early Buddhism to Zen. Attention to canon, genre, transmission, translation, hermeneutics, cultural transformation, function, message, and aesthetics.
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4.00 Credits
Indian literature ancient and modern: the Vedas, mythic visions, lives of saints, poetry, epics, philosophers, yogis, devotees, folk tales, and modern writers, such as Rushdie, Jhabvala, and Narayan.
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3.00 Credits
Survey of religious Judaism: from orthodoxy to reform. Meanings of Jewish life-cycle events, holiday and calendar rituals, history and sacred literature.
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3.00 Credits
Doctrinal developments; literature; rites and rituals; history (including development of major branches). Issues of modernity and postmodernity (could include feminist perspectives, interreligious dialog).
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