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RELS 241: Religion And Culture Of Hindu India
3.00 Credits
Lewis & Clark College
Cole Content: Introduction to Hinduism in its Indian cultural context, with focus on theories of sacrifice, fertility, and discipline. Studies in classic Hindu sacred texts, with careful readings of myths of order and productivity. Analysis of reconstructed postcolonial Hinduism. Emphasis on studying religion from a critical and comparative perspective. Prerequisite: None. Taught: At least every other year, 4 semester credits.
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RELS 242: Religions And Cultures Of East Asia
3.00 Credits
Lewis & Clark College
Cole Content: Chinese and Japanese worldviews. Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, Shintoism: their origins, development, interactions. Mutual influence of folk and elite traditions, expansion of Buddhism and its adaptation to different sociopolitical environments, effects of modernization on traditional religious institutions. Prerequisite: None. Taught: Alternate years, 4 semester credits.
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RELS 242 - Religions And Cultures Of East Asia
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RELS 243: Buddhism:Theory,Culture,And Practice
3.00 Credits
Lewis & Clark College
Cole Content: Development of Buddhism in India and Tibet with emphasis on issues of purity, power, and asceticism as they are portrayed in classic Buddhist texts. Special attention given to Buddhist institutions and their rationales. Buddhist philosophy. Critiques of 20th-century misconceptions of Buddhism. Prerequisite: None. Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits.
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RELS 251: History And Thought Of Western Religion:Medieval
3.00 Credits
Lewis & Clark College
Westervelt (History) Content: Formation and development of Western Christianity from late antiquity through the late medieval period (circa 250 to 1450 C.E.). The relation of popular piety to institutional and high cultural expressions of Christianity. Issues such as Christianity and the late Roman empire, the papacy, monasticism, religious art and architecture, and heresy and hierarchy discussed using theological texts, social histories, popular religious literature. Prerequisite: None. Taught: Alternate years, 4 semester credits.
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RELS 253: Witches,Prophets,And Preachers:Religion In American History To The Civil War
3.00 Credits
Lewis & Clark College
Morrill Content: Introduction to major themes and movements in American religious history from colonial origins to the Civil War. Consideration of Native American religious traditions, colonial settlement, slavery and slave religion, revivalism, religion and the revolution, growth of Christian denominationalism, origins of Mormonism, using a comparative approach in the effort to understand diverse movements. Central themes: revival and religious renewal, appropriation of Old Testament language by various groups (Puritans, African Americans, Mormons), democratization of religion. Prerequisite: None. Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits.
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RELS 253 - Witches,Prophets,And Preachers:Religion In American History To The Civil War
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RELS 254: Religion In Modern America,1865 To Present
3.00 Credits
Lewis & Clark College
Morrill Content: Impact of religion in modern America from the end of the Civil War to the present day, emphasizing the interaction between America's many religions and emerging American modernity. The fate of "traditional" religion in modern America; "alternate" American religious traditions; urbanization, industrialism, and religion; science, technology, and secularism; evangelicalism, modernism, and fundamentalism; religious bigotry; pluralism; new religions and neofundamentalism. Prerequisite: None. Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits.
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RELS 261: Introduction To Judaism
3.00 Credits
Lewis & Clark College
Frankel Content: Classical texts and selected major thinkers of the Jewish tradition. Historical overview of the biblical and rabbinic periods with a look at classic Jewish texts: the Bible, Midrash, the Mishnah, the Gemara, the legal codes, the mystical tradition, and the Responsa literature. Major Jewish thinkers such as Maimonides, Abraham Joshua Heschell, David Hartman. Prerequisite: None. Taught: Alternate years, 4 semester credits.
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RELS 273: Islamic Origins
3.00 Credits
Lewis & Clark College
Powers Content: Exploration of major religious and sociohistorical developments in the Islamic world from circa 600 to 1300 C.E. Focus on the Qur'an, Muhammad, early Islamic expansions and dynasties, and interactions with non-Muslims. Examination of the formation of orthodox beliefs and practices (e.g., theology, ritual, law), contestation over religious ideals and political power, and the emergence of Shi'ite and Sufi Islam. Prerequisite: None Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits.
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RELS 274: Islam In The Modern World
3.00 Credits
Lewis & Clark College
Powers Content: Examination of the religious, social, and political dynamics of the Islamic world, circa 1300 C.E. to present, especially the 19th-21st centuries. Earlier developments (e.g., the Qur'an, Muhammad, Muslim dynasties) considered in relation to the modern context. Major themes: European colonialism, postcolonial change, reform and "fundamentalist" movements, Sufism, Muslim views of "modernity," and changing understandings of politics, gender, and relations with non-Muslims. Prerequisite: None Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits.
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RELS 299: Independent Study
3.00 Credits
Lewis & Clark College
Cole, Kugler, Morrill, Powers Content: Individual study directed by selected faculty. Determined in consultation with faculty, study focuses on bibliographic development and analysis of the literature on a topic otherwise not covered in depth in the curriculum. Major paper required. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits.
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