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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Origin and development of Chinese philosophy. The basic doctrines and moral principles that the Chinese tradition holds. Different schools of Chinese philosophy, such as Confucianism, Daoism, and Moism. How Chinese philosophy has been practiced in daily life. The conflicts between Chinese tradition and modern China. P: So stdg.
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3.00 Credits
This course studies the variety of ways in which anthropology describes and interprets religious phenomena. Its focus is on the phenomenon of religion within the context of specific human social groups. P: So. stdg.
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3.00 Credits
Origin and development of Buddhism's basic doctrines and beliefs. The different schools of Buddhist traditions, and the changes as Buddhism spread from India through China and Japan to the West. How Buddhist teachings are practiced in daily life. P: 200-level Scripture course; Jr. stdg.
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3.00 Credits
Development of Jewish faith, philosophy, institutions, and peoplehood. P: 200-level Scripture course; Jr. stdg.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to religion among Africans and Africans in the diaspora. African religious concepts of time, creation, the place of humans in creation, initiation rites, marriage, procreation, death. The relationship between the ecclesial and non-ecclesial dimensions; development of the Black sacred cosmos, ritual, music, folk tradition and performance practice.
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3.00 Credits
The development of the religion of Islam, especially its institutions and structures, from the period of the Prophet Muhammad and the revelation of the Holy Quran up to the present. An examination of the basic doctrines of Islam along with its religious practices (including Sufism, the Islamic mystical tradition), plus an overview of Islam in several selected countries or regions (e.g., Turkey, Iran, the Indian sub-continent, the USA). P: THL 100; 200-level Scripture course, Jr. stdg.
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3.00 Credits
This course utilizes anthropological perspectives in the study of Native American religion. The focus of the course is non-Western, non-proselytizing religions which are coterminous with local political or kinship based social groups. The course looks at the history of the study of Native religions, the nature of Native religions as understood by a variety of disciplines, and the contemporary critique of colonialism by Native peoples specifically in regard to intellectual colonialism of Native knowledge and the practical colonialism inherent in the imitation of Native religions by non-tribal members.
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3.00 Credits
Major Eastern religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Zoroastrianism, and Islam. Judaism. Christianity. P: 200-level Scripture course; Jr. stdg.
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3.00 Credits
Experiential and academic inquiry into the sources of social injustices and remedies to them as seen from a Christian perspective. A service/immersion course offered in various locations. P: THL 250 or PHL 250 and IC; Jr. stdg.
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6.00 Credits
A multi-disciplinary study of the history, sociology, politics, economics and religion of the Dominican Republic and the Carribean. Classroom work is integrated with service-learning and cultural immersion in a context of ethical analyses and reflection. P: DC only.
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