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Course Criteria
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1.00 - 5.00 Credits
Prerequisite: upper division standing and consent of instructor. (P/NP grading only.)
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1.00 - 5.00 Credits
(P/NP grading only.)
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4.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours, discussion-1 hour. Myths, ritualsand religious symbols found in a variety of religious traditions including examples from ancient and contemporary religious life. Variety of religious phenomena; validity of different approaches to the study of religion. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.-I, III. (I, III.) Lai, Janowitz
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4.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours; term paper. Selected texts from the Hebrew Scriptures (Genesis-II Chronicles) and review of modern scholarship on the texts from a variety of perspectives (historical, literary, sociological, psychological). Course work is based on an English translation and no knowledge of Hebrew is required. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.-I. (I.)
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4.00 Credits
Lecture/discussion-3 hours; term paper. Introduction to the study of religion using examples from the rituals, art and holy texts of Judaism. No prior knowledge of either Judaism or the study of religion is necessary. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.-II. (II.)
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4.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours; discussion-1 hour. Introduction tothe methods used in comparative religion, focusing on a particular theme in a number of religious traditions: (A) The Experiential Dimension: Pilgrimage; (B) The Mythic Dimension: Death and the After-life; (C) The Ritual Dimension: Sacrifice; (D) The Existential Dimension: Conversion; (E) Fundamentalism. May be repeated for credit in a different subject area. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.-I. (I.)
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4.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours; discussion-1 hour. New Testamentliterature from critical, historical, and theological perspectives. GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt.-I. (I.) Hurst
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4.00 Credits
Lecture/discussion-3 hours; extensive writing. Introduction to topics central to the Islamic tradition. Muhammad, the Qur'an, Islamic law, theology, philosophy, cosmology, worship, and mysticism. Race and gender in Islam, Islamic revival, and varying experiences of Islam in different historical and cultural settings. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: ArtHum, SocSci, Div, Wrt.-(I.) Tezcan
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4.00 Credits
Lecture/discussion-3 hours; extensive writing. The Qur'an, its history, its various functions in the lives of Muslims, and its different interpretations. Quranic themes such as God and humankind, nature and revelation, eschatology and Satan. Islam and other religions; women, gender, and sexuality. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.-(III.) Tezcan
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4.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours; writing. Hindu tradition from ancient to modern times. Multiplicity of religious forms within Hinduism with mention of Jainism, Buddhism, and Sikhism and their relation to the mainstream of Hindu religion. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.-I.
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