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4.00 Credits
This seminar focuses on the history and assumptions of the comparative method in the study of religion and culture. This genealogical narrative involves a critical examination of a variety of sources and perspectives on religion leading up to and emerging from the European Enlightenment, including the development of various methodological and critical positions in the modern study of religion during the 19th and 20th centuries. Readings from a wide range of contemporary scholarship will illustrate the state of the field today. Not open to those who have taken Religious Studies 390. Prerequisite: third-year or senior standing and declared major, or permission of the instructor. GILDAY, ROBERTS.
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4.00 Credits
See Anthropology 326.
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4.00 Credits
Also listed as Philosophy 352. How do we understand "religion" in the 21stcentury? Is the world becoming more secular? More religious? Does this distinction even work anymore? How might ideas like "saint" and "sacrificeand "spiritual discipline" help us think and act ethically and politically in thecontemporary world? This course explores the ways recent philosophers and theologians have answered such questions by turning to the resources of the Continental philosophical tradition (Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Derrida, Irigaray, etc.) in order to reconceptualize religion, philosophy, and ethics after the "death of God." Not open to those who have taken Religion 313. Prerequisite:Religious Studies 216 and 311, or two 200-level philosophy courses, or permission of instructor. ROBERTS.
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4.00 Credits
An advanced, intensive seminar devoted to selected topics in religious studies. Topics have included mysticism, South Asian saints, and religion and democracy. This seminar may be repeated for credit if content is different. Prerequisite: Religious Studies 311 or permission of instructor; additional prerequisites may vary depending on topic. STAFF.
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5.00 Credits
Intensive treatment of elementary Russian grammar, with special emphasis on pronunciation, basic conversational ability, and thorough coverage of contrastive English-Russian grammar. Conducted primarily in Russian. Meets five times a week. Prerequisite: none. STAFF.
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5.00 Credits
A follow-up course to Russian 101, stressing the further study of grammatical usage and the development of reading and speaking ability. Conducted in Russian. Meets five times a week. Prerequisite: Russian 101 or permission of instructor. STAFF.
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1.00 Credits
Conversation on free and structured themes, with topics drawn from different aspects of Russian and American life. Prerequisite: Russian 102 or permission of instructor. May be repeated once for credit when content changes. STAFF.
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4.00 Credits
A reading and discussion course whose materials focus on contemporary culture with emphasis on the continuing study of grammatical concepts introduced in Russian 101 and 102. Prerequisite: Russian 102 or permission of instructor. STAFF.
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4.00 Credits
A continuation of Russian 221. Materials focus on major aspects of Russian culture, with added emphasis on the study of more complex grammatical concepts. Prerequisite: Russian 221 or permission of instructor. STAFF.
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4.00 Credits
Also listed as General Literary Studies 247. The development of the genre from its beginning in 18th-century Sentimentalism to the present. Authors could include Karamzin, Pushkin, Lermontov, Gogol, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Bulgakov, Babel, Olesha, Makanin, Tolstaya, and Sorokin. Conducted in English. Prerequisite: none. VISHEVSKY.
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