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Examines the "philosophical" work of mythological and "religious" texts such as Hesiod's Theogony and the Orphic Hymns, as well as the "religious" dimension of "philosophical" thought in the works of pre-Socratics (such as Xenophanes, Empedocles, and Parmenides) and Plato. Topics include: how early thinkers struggle with and appropriate traditional modes of thought; the meaning and significance of the distinction between logos and mythos; the role of myth in philosophical writings. Special attention to divine knowledge, divine speech, magic, pollution and purification. Four credit hours. H.
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A survey of the political, social, and cultural history of the Jewish people from the Biblical era through the Middle Ages. Introduces elements of Judaism that developed during this period and continue to influence Jewish life and thought. Explores such topics as Jewish ideas about God, Jewish-Christian and Jewish-Muslim relations, Jewish communal structures, and the interplay between the Jewish community and its varying cultural milieus. Four credit hours. H, I. FREIDENREICH
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A survey of the political, social, and cultural history of the Jewish people from the dawn of modernity to the present. Continues to trace themes explored in Religious Studies 181, while introducing new aspects of Jewish life and thought that developed in modern times. Topics also include Jewish responses to modernity, anti-Semitism and the Holocaust, the State of Israel, and Judaism in America. Four credit hours. H, I. FREIDENREICH
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An examination of the startling theological changes Judaism and Christianity underwent in the aftermath of the Nazi genocide of European Jews during World War II, which challenged both Enlightenment views on the "progress" of humanity as well as Judaism's (and to some extent Christianity's) understanding of their covenant relationship with their God. How could a God that supposedly loved and promised to protect "His" people allow the indiscriminate torture and death of so many Jews, including innocent children Part of the Integrated Studies Program; requires concurrent registration in History 186. Formerly offered as Religious Studies 398. Four credit hours. S.
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Explores the relationships between scientific and religious ideas in the United States from the early 19th century through the present, charting a range of compromises and conflicts between these two allegedly non-overlapping spheres of knowledge. Starts with the scientific "handmaids of theology," the Natural Theologians, and moves forward through publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species, the invention of agnosticism, the Scopes trial, the rise of creationism, and ends with recent debates over the teaching of intelligent design in public schools. Provides broad historical grounding as well as an understanding of the major debates on their own terms. Four credit hours. DYSON
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A study of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sufism, and Sikhism with a focus upon their religious texts and the cultural context within which they developed. An examination of the relationship these religious traditions have to one another, their metaphysical understanding of reality, their theories of self, and their views of the social--as expressed in ritual, myth, art, and poetry. Four credit hours. S. SINGH
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An examination of Confucianism, Taoism, Shinto, and Buddhism--the indigenous religions of China, Japan, and Tibet--tracing the entrance of Buddhism into China, Japan, and Tibet and the resulting transformation of this religion in its interaction with these civilizations. The political ideology of Confucianism, the mystical dimensions of Taoism, the mythological aspects of Shinto, the meditative experiences of Zen (haiku, swordsmanship, the tea ceremony, etc.), and the psychological and artistic practices of Tibet. Four credit hours. S. SINGH
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Listed as History 216. Four credit hours. H. TAYLOR
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An exploration of American religious history from pre-Colonial indigenous civilizations through the present, focusing on three related issues: diversity, toleration, and assimilation. Considers how religion has shaped or been shaped by encounters among immigrants, citizens, indigenous peoples, tourists, and, occasionally, government agents. Putting these encounters in historical context, looks closely at how groups and individuals have claimed territory, negotiated meaning, and created institutions as they met one another in the American landscape. Four credit hours. H. DYSON
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From the practice of human and animal sacrifice in the Hebrew Bible to the "sacrifice" of Jesus in the Christian Scriptures to the horror of 9/11, an examination of the intersection of violence and religion as portrayed primarily in the texts and traditions of the three Abrahamic religions--Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Sacred texts, works of literature, and current events that illustrate and explore the theme of sacred violence will be the focus. Formerly offered as Religious Studies 297A. Four credit hours. MANDOLFO
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