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3.00 Credits
Kugler Content: Survey of the history of Christian appropriations of Jesus through the centuries, ending with the contemporary search for the historical Jesus and its pop culture congeners. A case study in the appropriation of a classical religious figure. Gospel records; evidence of other ancient sources, including noncanonical gospels; early Christian writings; Western Christian appropriations of Jesus; and Jesus in modern film and literature. Prerequisite: None. Taught: Alternate years, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Morrill Content: Women's experience of religion in America from the colonial era to the present. The relationship between gender and religious beliefs and practices. Religion as means of oppression and liberation of women. Relations of lay women and male clergy. Women religious leaders. Diverse movements and cultures including Native American, colonial society, immigrant communities, and radical religionists from Anne Hutchinson to Mary Daly. Prerequisite: Religious Studies 253 or 254 recommended. Taught: Alternate years, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Cole Content: An examination of the groundbreaking texts of early Mahayana Buddhism--their literary forms, thematic preferences, and polemical agendas. Investigation of new attitudes toward traditional sites of power as found in the Buddha's relics and the monastic sites. Prerequisite: Religious Studies 243 or consent of instructor. Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Powers Content: An exploration of the historical roots and branches of Sufi Islam, including the search for the "inner meaning" of the Qur'an, complex metaphysical formulations, ascetic assertions, meditation practices, devotional ruminations on love, and Sufi poetry and music. Discussion of the important role of Sufism in the spread of Islam. Muslim critiques of Sufism and Sufi responses. Prerequisite: Religious Studies 273 or consent of instructor. Taught: Alternate years, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Westervelt (History) Content: A historical perspective on the various religious movements, collectively known as the Protestant Reformation, that marked Europe's transition from the medieval to the early modern period (circa 1400 to 1600). Review of medieval religious patterns. The status of Catholic institutions and ideas in crises of the late medieval period, the theologies of Luther and Calvin, radical movements, the political background of the Reformation, and Catholic responses to Protestantism. Readings and discussions concentrate on recent social historiography of the Reformation. Popular appeal of Protestant religiosity, social implications of Calvinism, roles of women in the Reformation, family patterns and the Reformation, class structure and competing religious cultures, Catholicism and rural society. Prerequisite: Religious Studies 251 or consent of instructor. Taught: Alternate years, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Powers Content: Exploration of the perceptions and realities of religious resurgence in a supposedly secularizing world. Focus on the historical, theological, social, and political aspects of Christian and Islamic fundamentalism. Themes include secularization theories and their critics, changing understandings of religion and modernity, connections among religion, politics, violence, sexuality/gender, and identity. Prerequisite: Religious Studies 254 or 274, or consent of instructor. Taught: Alternate years, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Cole, Kugler, Morrill, Powers Content: Psychological, literary, sociological, and historical approaches to the study of religion. Readings by major theorists in the field. Practice in research methods, analysis, and interpretation. Should normally be taken in junior year. Prerequisite: Junior standing in religious studies. Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Kugler Content: Recent research into the relationship between the social setting of early Judaism and Christianity and the texts both religions produced. Special attention to the sociohistorical aspects of selected regional expressions of Judaism and Christianity (e.g., Asia Minor, Palestine, Egypt). Readings from the Dead Sea Scrolls, Jewish pseudepigrapha, the New Testament, and other early Christian literature. Emphasis on original student research. Prerequisite: Religious Studies 222, 223, or 230, or consent of instructor. Taught: Alternate years, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Morrill Content: An exploration of major trends in American theology from the Puritans to the feminist and liberation theologies of the 20th century. Intensive reading of works by major American theologians including Jonathan Edwards, Charles Finney, Reinhold Niebuhr, James Cone, Mary Daly. Prerequisite: Religious Studies 253 or 254, or consent of instructor. Taught: Alternate years, 4 semester credits.
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3.00 Credits
Cole Content: Advanced interdisciplinary seminar on the matrix of religion, politics, and literature with a focus on Asian theories of pleasure, power, and sanctity. Comparative analysis of notions of self-identity, the body, and perfection through investigation of myth and ritual. Prerequisite: Religious Studies 242 or consent of instructor. Taught: Annually, 4 semester credits. With instructor consent, may be taken twice for credit.
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