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3.00 Credits
Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Reed. A critical assessment of early Christian traditions about Jesus (to ca. 200 CE), with special attention to methodology. Emphasis on applying consistent critical criteria in the analysis of ancient materials and traditions concerning Jesus, from whatever source (opponents, enthusiastic advocates, relatively uninvolved reporters). Problems encountered by any historian dealing with any subject of which the historian was not an eyewitness will be illustrated and elaborated in the investigation of what is known about Jesus.
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Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Reed. The purpose of this course is to learn how to understand a noted author/thinker of the past on his own terms and in relationship to his own world. The specific subject matter is PAUL, a Jewish and Christian writer in the Greco-Roman world during the first century of the common era (c.e.). The larger historical context is Judaism and Christianity in the first two centuries c.e.
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Distribution Course in Hist & Tradition. Class of 2009 & prior only. Ross. Critical and historical examination of writings of Augustine, Anselm, Aquinas, Scotus, Ockham, and others.
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Peters. The course deals with different topics whenever given and may be taken repeatedly for credit. Among recent and future topics are: The Popes, Rome, and the world; The Morning of the Magicians; Symbols and Realities of Power in Medieval Europe.
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3.00 Credits
Distribution Course in Hist & Tradition. Class of 2009 & prior only. Lamas. Urban development has been influenced by religious conceptions of social justice. Progressive traditions within Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism have yielded: (1) powerful critiques of oppression and hierarchy as well as (2) alternative economic frameworks for ownership, governance, production, labor, and community. Historical and contemporary case studies from the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East will be considered, as we examine the ways in which religious responses to poverty, inequality, and ecological destruction have generated new forms of urban development.
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Staff. A survey of Indian philosophical thought from its Vedic beginnings to the early modern period. Fall: Hindu philosophy. Spring: Buddhist philosophy. Selected readings in English translation.
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Distribution Course in Hist & Tradition. Class of 2009 & prior only. Lafleur. An introduction to the history and cultural role of Buddhism in Japan. Emphasis is on Buddhism as a component in the religious, intellectual, and cultural life of the Japanese, especially in poetry and the visual arts. Includes a short review of prior Buddhism in India and China.
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Staff. A study of the various ways of interpreting religion as a phenomenon in human life. Analysis of the presuppositions involved in psychological, sociological, and phenomenological approaches. Authors include James, Weber, Freud, Otto, Eliade, and contemporary writers offering historical, anthropological, and philosophical perspectives.
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Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. This course will be an intensive exploration of the differences, similarities, and intersections between science and religion.
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