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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
This course investigates the fascinating variety of Hindu religious traditions. Historically, we will examine key epochs beginning with the Vedic period and the world of visionaries, deities, and sacrifice; moving to the speculative period of the sacred gnostic texts; continuing through the great epic period, and the medieval period of devotional and tantric movements, and systematic philosophy; and ending with Hinduism's most recent incarnations. Analytically, we will explore the sacred narratives of central Hindu deities, such as the erotic-ascetic Shiva and the Great Goddess; the lives, thoughts, and religious experiences of significant thinkers and saints such as Shankara and Gandhi; the ritual practices of yoga and devotional worship; and the dynamics of Hinduism as lived today.
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4.00 Credits
This course offers an introduction to Buddhist religious traditions. Students will be introduced to key historical periods of Buddhism in India, beginning with the life and teachings of the historical Buddha; moving to the development of the "Teaching of the Elders" and early Indian Buddhism; continuing with the rise and development of the "Great Vehicle;"and ending with the "Diamond Vehicle." The course also emphasizes theexpression of Buddhism outside India in varying cultural forms; we will focus on its manifestation in different geographical areas, such as Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia, Japan, and the Tibetan cultural area.
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3.00 Credits
A cross-cultural and interdisciplinary study of other realities and otherworldly topologies as imagined and discovered in both our own and other cultures and times. Focusing on the religious imagination in particular, this course introduces students to theories and methods of the phenomenology of religion, and theories of the imagination. The course also emphasizes the approaches taken and the alternative answers given by historians of religion with respect to traditional theories and open questions on consciousness and reality in Western and non-Western philosophy. Questions to be pursued in this course include: How seriously should we take visions of other realities? What is the role of "consciousness"in such vision? What is its relationship to "reality"? What is the relationshipbetween imagination and discovery? How seriously should we take the imagination? What is the relationship between religious imagination and artistic and scientific creativity?
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3.00 Credits
This course will reflect upon the nature of Christian ethical reflection, discuss contemporary Christian approaches to ethics, and apply this learning to contemporary ethical issues such as war and peace, abortion, and ecology.
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4.00 Credits
This course will reflect upon the nature of Christian ethical reflection, discuss contemporary Christian approaches to ethics, and apply this learning to contemporary ethical issues such as war and peace, abortion, and ecology.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course is for all students. It will introduce them to a current topic in the field of religious studies.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
This offering provides an opportunity for the individual student to pur- sue a topic of his or her interest under the guidance of a faculty member.
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3.00 Credits
The purpose of this course is to provide students with the opportunity for in-depth study of the prophet Isaiah, or Jeremiah, Psalms or Proverbs, the Deuteronomic history, or a fascinating text from the Catholic Bible such as First or Second Maccabees, or from the New Testament, perhaps the Gospel of Matthew or John, the Acts of the Apostles, or the Apocalypse. Because necessary introduction will be part of the class lectures, there is no prerequisite. This course is repeatable.
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3.00 Credits
The purpose of this course is to provide students with the opportunity for in-depth study of important early Jewish and Christian documents which did not find their way into either the Jewish or Christian canon of Scripture. There exist, for example, a variety of Christian gospels and fragments thereof, an Acts of Paul, various Jewish and Christian "revelations"the texts from Qumran, the Testaments of the Twelve patriarchs and many others. Because necessary introduction will be part of the class lectures, there is no prerequisite. This course is repeatable.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
A critical topic in modern religious thought is our focus. Key concepts such as the doctrine of God, movements such as liberation theology, or contemporary questions such as inter-religious dialogue will be explored. Prerequisite: Any 100 or 200-level religious studies course, or permission.
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