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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Arranged each semester, please consult with the instructor.
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What ethical relationship do human beings have to the natural
world? What cultural and religious values, conceptions, and
assumptions have shaped human interactions with the
environment? Through also examining practical issues such as
sustainability, technology, and urban living, students will
assess individual life-styles and alternative visions of the
good life on planet Earth.
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3.00 Credits
Issues in philosophy of religion, including the
nature of religion, the relation between reason
and faith, concepts of God and proofs of the
existence of God, religious and mystical
experience, the nature of religious language, the
problem of evil, the relation of religion to
morality, concepts of death and immortality,
conflicting truth-claims of different religions,
and interreligious dialogue.
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3.00 Credits
Course examines major psychological thinkers’ views on religion’s origins, functions, and meanings. What personality factors create and sustain religiousness? Some attention to the formation of new religious groups as well as individual spiritual life.
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3.00 Credits
This course offers a historical examination of
the relationship of religion and science, leading
up to current debates. A variety of views are
considered, ranging from those who have
viewed the relationship in terms of conflict, to
those who see the two as operating in separate
spheres, to those who believe that each
influences the other in important and often
beneficial ways.
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3.00 Credits
This course investigates the way religious traditions have both extolled and condemned self-chosen deaths, and how they have drawn lines that carefully distinguish the honorable and heroic from the cowardly, sinful, and crazy among those who choose their own deaths. This topic will be examined from within a variety of traditions, using a range of methods: theological, philosophical, historical, social scientific.
Prerequisite:
Junior standing and at least one previous Religion course
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3.00 Credits
Individual research project with a specific faculty member. Permission of the professor the student wishes to work with must be given in writing, and registration is completed in the Religion Department.
Prerequisite:
Departmental permission
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces the students to the history, philosophy, literature, and culture of Classical
Indian Yoga and Tantra traditions.
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3.00 Credits
This course covers selected topics in the
history of Taoist ideas and religious practice,
which have broadly influenced China for two
and a half millennia. Discussion topics include:
symbols and divination; the philosophy of
Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu; the interaction
between Taoism and Ch’an/Zen Buddhism; the
Taoist/Ch’an influence on the Chinese literary
tradition and ideals of beauty; the Taoist view
on ch’i energy, meditation, sexuality, and the
good life; and Taoism/Zen in America today.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the role of religion in constructing human realities. It emphasizes how human understandings of the world and of reality are constructed socially through collective action with religion playing a prominent role. It looks at how religion influences individual and collective action; the intersection of religion with politics and media; religion’s connection to race, gender, class, and sexual orientation; and the connection between religion and science.
Prerequisite:
Any lower level course or 2000-level sociology course
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