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3.00 Credits
Judaism, Christianity and Islam have much in common, beginning with their common patriarch Abraham. But there are also elements in each that are unrecognizable from the perspectives of the other two. This course will trace the relationships among the Children of Abraham across history and in today’s turbulent world.
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3.00 Credits
History of the rise of Christianity and the decline of paganism in the Roman Empire from the birth of Jesus of Nazareth to ca. 500 A.D. Special emphasis on social, historical, legal, and cultural context of Christianity’s rise and paganism’s decline.
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3.00 Credits
Between the early 16th and the middle 17th centuries, Europe was torn by explosive ideological conflicts, resulting in religious upheaval, political revolution, and civil and international wars, but also underwent important experiments in representative government and economic controls. Cross-listed with HIST 4022, 5022.
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3.00 Credits
Comprehensive, in-depth study of Islam and Muslims. Islam is viewed as a “way of life” with social, economic, psychological, spiritual, and political implications. Among topics to be examined are: women in Islam, Jihad, fundamentalism, Islamic movements, Islam and the West. Cross-listed with PSCI 4165.
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3.00 Credits
Explores shamanic religious traditions across the world. This form of religion, involving spiritism, animism, trance states, and “mind power,” is the oldest and most widespread religion in world history. Covers the “Shramana” disciplines of India, probable source for the name “Shamanism;” Tibet, Central Asia Korea, China, Japan, Australia; Pacific Island, Native American, and traditional African cultures.
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3.00 Credits
We in the Western world encounter a vastly different world, a radically different “universe of meaning,” when we examine the traditions of the East. Even what we tacitly assume to be “real” is claimed by the Hindus and Buddhists of India to be a grand illusion. The world of China is, again, very different from India. An examination of Tibetan and Japanese religious forms will conclude our study of Asian thought. Cross-listed with PHIL 3666.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the transcendentalist philosophy of India, which rests at the foundation of the great Eastern religious traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism. The Indian ideas of God, the soul, time, the nature of the universe, and its ultimate goal are examined.
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3.00 Credits
China is a fascinating world with its own characteristic orientation to philosophical questions. Chinese thinkers produced the “Flowering of a Hundred Schools of Thought” in the Axial Age, the same period of time in which philosophy was coming to birth in ancient Greece. Covers some of the Chinese schools, including Confucianism, Taoism, Mohism, Legalism, Chinese “Logic”, and the later schools of Neo-Confucianism, Neo-Taoism and Chinese Buddhism. Cross-listed with PHIL 3981.
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3.00 Credits
Investigates the language and structure of religious discourse in Western literature. Welcomes interdisciplinary and comparative perspectives with a focus on cultural constructions of the sacred. Cross-listed with ENGL 3520.
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3.00 Credits
Investigates the history and nature of the Biblical text. Follows the tradition of critical scholarship beginning in the Enlightenment era and continued down to the present day, sometimes entitled “Secular Humanism.” Topics include theories of authorship of the Torah, its general nature and content; the historical books of the Bible, the Prophets, and the Wisdom Literature.
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