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3.00 Credits
A travel course. This course is a study tour of major historical, archaeological, and religious sites in selected Mediterranean countries, such as Italy, Greece, and Turkey. The major focus of the course is on the ancient world. Modern religious, social, and political life will be highlighted through readings, lectures, and personal observations.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of Christian institutions and thought from the second through the sixteenth centuries.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the history of important Christian churches and movements in the United States. Topics covered include Puritanism, the Baptist tradition, Quakerism, the Methodist tradition, Episcopalianism, the Presbyterian tradition, Lutheranism, Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Pentecostalism, Seventh Day Adventism, the Jehovah's Witnesses tradition, Revivalism, and Restorationism. In addition, the course analyzes the phenomena of American civil religion and popular religion.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to individuals whose ideas and writings have influenced the formation and development of Christian thought, such as Plato, Pelagius, Augustine, and Anselm.
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3.00 Credits
Examines new religious movements in American history, including sectarian, communitarian, and cult movements. Topics covered include recruitment and disaffiliation of members, the psychology of charismatic prophets, millennialism, Mormonism, New Age religions, and gender issues in new religions.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the five festival scrolls of the Hebrew Bible: Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther. Attention will be given to historical context, literary analysis, theological implications, and history of usage within Jewish and Christian contexts for each of the five writings.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the principles and methods of interpretation. Selected passages from the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament will be studied.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, their contents, the community that produced them, and their continuing significance.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the background and development of prophecy in the Hebrew Bible, as well as the nature of biblical prophecy.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in the four Gospels. Major attention will be given to the differences among the Gospel accounts and the emphases of the individual Gospel writers.
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