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3.00 Credits
An advanced reading of the Hebrew Bible, utilizing recent methods and interpretative frameworks found in current scholarship. Emphasis is given to historical, literary, and cultural approaches to major texts.
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Also offered as PHIL 3400. The study of some of the principal existentialist thinkers such as Kierkegaard, Nietzsvche, Sartre, Heidegger, Simone de Beauvoir, Camus, Buber, and Jaspers.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: REL 3330 or permission of the instructor. The history of Christianity in the ancient world from the Apostolic Age to the Council of Nicaea. The course introduces the sacred texts, traditions, and powerful men and women who shaped and defined early Christianity.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: REL 3330 or permission of the instructor. The history of Christianity from the Council of Chalcedon through the Reformations. The course introduces the sacred texts, traditions, and powerful men and women who shaped and defined Christianity in this period.
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3.00 Credits
From the Early Modern Period to the present. The course examines Christianity's responses and resistances to major shifts in social organizations and societal structures, as reflected in theology, doctrine, denominationalism, social activism, spirituality, and religious communities.
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3.00 Credits
A study of archaeology of ancient Israel within the cultural context of the Near East. The course will examine the history, culture, and religion of the relevant eras from the Neolithic Period to the Roman Era. Emphasis will be given to the origins of Israel in the Late Bronze and Iron Ages, to the growth and development of the Israelite state, and to the origin and growth of early Christianity.
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3.00 Credits
An inquiry that examines historical and cultural implications of the Diaspora from the post- Biblical period in Judaism to the present. The course addresses sacred texts, significant figures, and the influence of social and political change on the integrity and perseverance of this tradition.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to Islam from its inception in the 7th century to the present. This inquiry examines historical and social dimensions of Islam in several geographic and cultural contexts, including major contributions to western civilization. The study of principal figures, sacred texts, and traditions will familiarize students with the basic features of this world religion.
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3.00 Credits
Also offered as PHIL 3530. Classical and contemporary sources, methods, and norms evident in a variety of approaches to Christian ethics such as Biblical ethics, feminist ethics, Catholic and Protestant social teachings, and liberation theology. The course applies the social teachings of Christian traditions to relevant issues in social ethics today.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to historical, theological, spiritual, and liturgical dimensions of women's experience within religious traditions. Research opportunities increase students' awareness of the implication of gender as an interpretive category in religion.
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