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This course will explore the diversity of perspectives in Roman Catholic theologies of mystery, nature, grace, an being human in relation to contemporary ethical issues. It will apply these perspectives to concerns such as the natural environment, poverty, gender and the political common good 1.00 units, Lecture
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Together with the Claremont Colleges, Ben Gurion University, and other schools, Trinity College runs a summer archaeological field school at the site of Tel el-Far'ah (South), near Beer-Sheba in Israel. Past excavations and survey work reveal that remains date from the Middle Bronze Age through the Roman Period. See Professor Risser for dates and details. 2.00 units, Lecture
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This course provides an introduction to the major themes and thinkers of medieval and modern Jewish philosophy. We will study how Plato, Aristotle, and other non-Jewish philosophers found their Jewish voice in the likes of Philo, Saadia Gaon, Judah Halevi, Maimonides, and Mendelssohn. Issues to be considered are the relationship between reason and revelation, the concept of monotheism, the nature of prophecy and the Jewish tradition, and the problem of evil. Extensive use of original sources in translation will be complemented by interpretive studies. (May be counted toward Philosophy.) Prerequisite: C- or better in Religion 109. 1.00 units, Seminar
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An examination of the secret speculative theologies of Judaism from late antiquity to the present. The course will touch upon the full range of Jewish mystical experience: visionaries, ascetics, ecstatics, theosophists, rationalists, messianists, populists, and pietists. Readings will include classical texts (such as the Zohar) and modern secondary studies. Prerequisite: C- or better in Religion 109. 1.00 units, Lecture
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This course is an introduction to the poetics and ethnography of sacred words and, through them, the social dimension of language. It is a fundamental role of religion to break normal rules of language: prayers talk to gods who do not seem to be present, possessed people ventriloquize spirits, and rituals thrive on repetitive or incomprehensible speech. Sacred words raise questions fundamental to the study of language: how do we evaluate words: according to their source their form their speaker God has traditionally spoken through people, but how have people known it is actually God speaking, and what has this meant to them We will focus on the language of religious experience in Biblical and Jewish traditions, with detours through reggae music, horror movies, and The Passion of the Christ. 1.00 units, Lecture
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This course will examine millenarian religious movements and thought in a variety of religious traditions throughout the world. The western roots of apocalyptic thought in the biblical tradition, beginning in the Hebrew Bible and culminating in Christian scripture, will provide the foundation for study. The survey will then include other manifestations: in the medieval world, among Native Americans, and in nineteenth and twentieth century America. Also included will be a look at various literary and artistic expressions of millennial expectation. 1.00 units, Seminar
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A survey of a distinct literary genre in the religious and historical contexts of the second and first centuries B.C.E. and the first century C.E. The seminar will concentrate upon representative pieces of literature such as the Dead Sea Scrolls, Enoch, and II Esdras and will search out the roots of apocalyptic in Hebrew scripture (Daniel) and its culmination in Christian scripture (Revelation). Consideration will also be given to its later manifestations in religious thought and groups, including millennial movements in American history. Prerequisite: C- or better in Religion 211 or 212 or permission of the instructor. 1.00 units, Seminar
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No Course Description Available. 1.00 units, Lecture
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No Course Description Available. 1.00 units, Lecture
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1.00 Credits
The Hebrew Bible commands laws and tells stories about women as war leaders, lovers, prophetesses and prostitutes, as well as ordinary daughters, mothers, and goddesses (possibly including God's wife!). Formed in an ancient Near Eastern society, these laws and stories are still drawn on today to make religious rules, social roles, and art. We will read these texts as works of art and factors in history: Who wrote them What did these stories and laws say and do What roles do their images carve out and what realities do they reflect and create The texts will be read in English translation, drawing on cultural anthropology, feminist theory, linguistics, and archaeology to provide critical perspectives on ancient patriarchy and the state as well as modern secular-liberal notions of freedom and self. 1.00 units, Lecture
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