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3.00 Credits
This course will explore the history and culture of Greece during the 5th Century B.C. Topics will include Greek Constitutional History (especially the development of Greek Democracy), the Persian Wars, the rise of the Athenian Empire and the Peloponnesian Wars. [8/30/2006]
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine the religious thought of two Jewish and two Christian twentieth century figures. Through an analysis of the writings of Elie Wiesel, Abraham Heschel, Dorothy Day, and Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the student will explore structures of religious experience in two monotheistic traditions. Special attention will be paid to the roles played by religious ways of knowing in the formation of social and political philosophies. [1/27/2003]
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3.00 Credits
Survey of key aspects of the thought and practice of the three monotheistic traditions with regard to issues surrounding war and peace. Both scriptural writings and the writings of contemporary religious thinkers will be analyzed. Selected interreligious conflicts in the contemporary period will be discussed. [8/31/2005]
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3.00 Credits
This course, an inter-faith endeavor taught by professors from the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions, will trace the historical development of the meaning and value of person, gender, and sexuality. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the cultural, historical and theological basis of these terms, the convergences of the meanings of these terms in the three traditions, and the comtemporary applicability of these concepts from a global perspective. [1/23/2006]
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3.00 Credits
This course explores major currents of political radicalism both within and outside of the dominant western political tradition. Topics considered may include antidemocratic radicalism, democratic radicalism, Marxian radicalism, radical feminism, radical individualism, and post-colonial radicalism. [1/28/2002]
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the contributions of African American political thinkers to the development of American political thought, and explores the significance of these thinkers for our understanding of contemporary race relations. [1/1/2006]
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3.00 Credits
Modern technologies have aroused both intense admiration and violent opposition. This course will provide a philosophical analysis of some of the issues raised by critics of modern technology such as Aldous Huxley, Lewis Mumford, Jean Braudrillard,and Neil Postman. [9/4/2002]
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3.00 Credits
A study of the great religions of the world, with attention to how they have taken shape in the United States and how they affect events in the world today. The course explores components and meanings of Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, the theistic Western religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam)and some less common religions. Subjects to be covered include: religious ideas and institutions, cosmologies, systems of meaning and salvation. Extensive material on the Web will be assigned. [1/27/2003]
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3.00 Credits
A survey of the philosophical foundations of Western science from the ancient Greeks up to the present time. Emphasis will be on the methodological development science. The course will cover all the sciences as well as topics in the philophy of science. [1/27/2003]
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3.00 Credits
Nature and culture are opposites, or are they? Is the very concept of nature a cultural construct? Or isn't it? Is nature the same thing for the scientist, artist, poet, naturalist, and philosopher? Do the world's religions understand nature in the same way? [1/26/2004]
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