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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Origin and historical development of Hinduism, including its systems of thought, religious literature, institutions, and practices.
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4.00 Credits
Origin and historical development of Buddhism, including its systems of thought, religious literature, institutions, and practices.
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4.00 Credits
Origin and historical development of Islam, including its theology, institutions, and practices.
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4.00 Credits
Course will explore works of modern Islamic writers from a variety of backrounds and perspectives. Review will include arguments of more radical Islamists such as Sayyid Qutb or the Ayatollah Khomeini, but also will examine the works of Muslim thinkers who represent a different, more liberal interpretation of Islam. Topics include: Islam and Democracy, Role of Women in Islam, Islam and Modernity, Islam and Holy War, and Islamic views on religious and political authority.
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4.00 Credits
In this course, we will study the history of conflict and cooperation between Christians, Muslims and Jews, read foundational, historical, and modern texts exemplifying views from each faith community towards the others, examine modern conflicts, and learn about recent approaches at inter-faith dialogue and cooperation. Background knowledge of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam is helpful, and introductory information on all three faiths will be available on two hour reserve at the library for those who are interested.
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4.00 Credits
In this class we will study the role that religion has played and continues to play in the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, both positive impacts and difficulties it has created. We will become familiar with different variations within the religious traditions of Judaism, Christrianity, and Islam and the involvement that each has had in the conflict. Course requirements include a 10-12 page original research paper, ten reading responses, participation in five case study debates, a map assignment and a final examination.
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4.00 Credits
A critical examination of some current topics in sexual ethics from religious and social perspectives.
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4.00 Credits
An investigation of Paul's role in the emergence of Christianity through a critical examination of his own writings and the writings of his earliest interpreters. Special attention will be given to Paul's efforts to create and maintain communities with a distinct social and religious identity within the ancient Mediterranean world; to the beliefs and practices that defined those communities; and to the controversies Paul's efforts generated, both in his own day and in subsequent Christianity.
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4.00 Credits
An examination of the attitudes toward, and roles of, women in the Greco-Roman and Jewish worlds; in the teaching of Jesus; in Paul; and in early Christianity through the second century.
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4.00 Credits
A study of ancient Greek gods, godhead, and folk religion based primarily on Homer, The Hymns and Hesiod.
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