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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to the cultures, histories, and texts of the Mediterranean world that directly influenced the composition of the New Testament. The class explores canonical and extra-canonical texts, from Jewish, Greek, Roman, and Gnostic sources, that helped inform the varieties of early Christianities.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores differences and similarities in various depictions of Jesus in the Gospels of Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John, addressing these questions: Who was Jesus for them? Why does each author emphasize different teachings or aspects of Jesus? What is the image of Jesus that each author wants to convey? The class will also read ancient, extra-canonical texts about Jesus, and several classic literary works on Jesus, giving many different perspectives on Jesus.
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3.00 Credits
The development of the Christian religion from the Bible to today. What are the principal beliefs of Christianity? How did they come to be so? What have been the major criticisms of Christianity? How can we understand the variety of Christian churches as they face the modern world?
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3.00 Credits
This course deals with Islam in the United
States, including the history, practice, lifestyles,
and experiences of American Muslims. Islam in
America is presented in all its variety, with
special attention to Philadelphia, which is a
major center of American Islam. The
contribution of both African American Muslim
movements and recent immigrant Muslim
groups is covered.
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3.00 Credits
A general survey of the religion of Islam, including history, beliefs, sacred texts (Qur’ân and Hadîth) and their interpretation, religious law, Sûfism, philosophy, art, and science. Particular attention also is given to actual Muslim practice and to Islam as a way of life.
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3.00 Credits
A general survey of the religion of Islam, including history, beliefs, sacred texts (Qur’ân and Hadîth) and their interpretation, religious law, Sûfism, philosophy, art, and science. Particular attention also is given to actual Muslim practice and to Islam as a way of life.
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3.00 Credits
Examines African American religion in the context of four periods of African American history: the exercise of slave religious leadership in the “invisible church”; during the post-Emancipation period (1863-1900), the development of institutionalized Black religion, that is, the Black church; in the period of northern immigration (1916-1945), the evolution of many aspects of Black liturgy - especially Black gospel music; and the civil rights struggle of the 1960s and ’70s.
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3.00 Credits
This course draws upon leading scholarly literature on religion in post-colonial Sub-Saharan Africa. Substantive examples will be drawn from South Africa, Ghana, Senegal, Uganda, Rwanda, and Congo to understand the role of religion in the creation of and the struggle against poverty, political turmoil, civil war, and the AIDS epidemic.
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3.00 Credits
For description, see the Honors section of the course schedule of the semester.
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3.00 Credits
Concepts, attitudes, and practices associated with death and dying in the major religious traditions and in literature, philosophy, and psychology. Contemporary implications for related fields such as medicine, psychiatry, social work, and education.
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