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RELIGION 275: Religion,Conflict,and Mediation
3.00 Credits
University of Bridgeport
This course examines economic, political, and cultural aspects of religious conflict, and proposes a theory for conflict mediation that entails recognizing the key role played by religious institutions and 'cultural rationality'within society. Models of conflict mediation (Augsberger's Conflict Mediation Across Cultures; Avruch's Culture & Conflict Resolution; Said's Peace and Conflict Resolution in Islam; Shrock-Shenk, Making Peace with Conflict: Practical Skills for Conflict Transformation) are studied. These theories are practiced in case studies and class models. The relationship of interreligious and conflict mediation is considered. 3 semester hours
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RELIGION 278: Religion,Peace,and War
3.00 Credits
University of Bridgeport
This course will explore the contributions of several world religions (typically a combination of Western and Eastern religions; e.g. Buddhism and Islam; Judaism and Hinduism) to issues of peace and war. Topics may include just war theory, pacifism, non-violent forms of resistance, Jihad, and ahimsa. Topics will also be situated within historically significant experiences of the various religions (e.g. consideration of Buddhism in Sri Lanka; the Israeli/Palestinian question). 3 semester hours
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RELIGION 288: Internet Religion
3.00 Credits
University of Bridgeport
Prerequisition WREL 102 or 103, at least one other WREL course, and Instructor's permission. This course examines the impact of the internet on classical religious forms (ideas, practices). In a lab component, we explore whether religious ideas and practices undergo mutation when they are expressed virtually. We set the stage for this topic by examining Religions and the Silk Road, which sets forth the dynamic nature of religious change in the ancient world. Topics include: the nature of change within religious communities; social dimensions of belief and faith-oriented practice; solitary and virtual modes of religious experience; human nature and internet; addiction to virtuality; connectivity, selfexpression, and orthodoxy. 3 semester hours
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RELIGION 301: World Scriptures
3.00 Credits
University of Bridgeport
A Study of primary source readings in world religious literature. Attention is also given to critical research methods. In the course we will read from the Upanishads, Bhagavad- Gita, Dhammapada, Koran, Tanakh, New Testament, and the Analects. 3 semester hours
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RELIGION 305: Comparative Religious Ethics
3.00 Credits
University of Bridgeport
A comparative study of Hindu, Buddhist, Christian, and Islamic accounts of human rights, ecology, family, violence, and economy. The possibility of developing a universal ethic is considered. Topics vary from semester to semester. 3 semester hours
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RELIGION 345: Calvinism and American Civilization
3.00 Credits
University of Bridgeport
This course studies the extent of Calvinist cultural penetration of American civilization and examines the specific literary evidence linking seventeenth century Puritanism the primary vehicle of Calvinist thought in America and later manifestations of Calvinism in eighteenth and nineteenth century culture. All reading in the course will be in works of intrinsic literary merit. 3 semester hours
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RELIGION 348: Religion and Society
3.00 Credits
University of Bridgeport
A sociological and anthropological analysis of religion as a universal social institution, with emphasis upon theories of the origins of religion, relationships of religion to other social institutions, study of selected Western and non-Western religions in their socio-cultural contexts, religion as a source of social equilibrium and conflict, and types of religious movements. 3 semester hours
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RELIGION 353: The Sermon in American Literature and Civilization
3.00 Credits
University of Bridgeport
This course is intended to provide a basic familiarity with one of the first and still most significant genres in popular American literature. A study of the origins and formal traditions of the sermon in various American religious cultures will enable students to experience American civilization from a most intimate and yet social perspective, that of communal worship. 3 semester hours
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RELIGION 374: Religion and Politics in the Middle East
3.00 Credits
University of Bridgeport
This course examines the intersection of religion and politics in the current landscape of the societies of the Middle East. While the West has emphasized separation of church and state, numerous nations and political parties in the Middle East emphasize the relationship between the two and the guiding role that religion is meant to play in political decision making. This course also examines the impact that secularization has had upon religion in the Middle East and it notes how this has played a key role in the development of Islamic militarism and the strengthening of some of the religiously based political parties of the region. Instructor's permission may be required for this course. 3 semester hours
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RELIGION 375: Religion and Genocide
3.00 Credits
University of Bridgeport
This course examines religion and politics in the Middle East. Histories of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, their shared and opposing religious and social ideas, are studied. Particular attention is paid to the state of Israel and the question of a Palestinian state. Topics also include the Six Day War, issues of sovereignty and land, terrorism, and geopolitics. Instructor's permission may be required for this course.
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