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  • REL 2025: This Sacred Earth:Spirituality and The Natural World

    3.00 Credits
    Green Mountain College (Closed)

    This course acquaints students with the various ways in which people and cultures approach the earth and the natural world from a spiritual perspective, asking such questions as: Is care for and participation in the natural world a spiritual issue How do religious communities and spiritual worldviews approach environmental concern What are the historic roots of our current environmental crisis from a spiritual perspective This course is designed to be experiential as well as informative. While learning about and discussing various views, beliefs, and practices, we will also experience first-hand a variety of rituals, prayers, meditative and other earth-honoring practices drawing from different religious traditions and from the personal insights of class participants. 3 credits.
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  • REL 2030: The Battle for God:Fundamentalism & Contemporary Life

    3.00 Credits
    Green Mountain College (Closed)

    This course is a study of fundamentalism and its impact upon contemporary culture, and an exploration of the roots and history of fundamentalist movements in religion. The clash of religious fundamentalism with scientific humanism will be studied along with the cultures which are shaped by this conflict. Also explored will be the nature of truth, reason, and revelation as a foundation for understanding the conflict, as well as the importance of religious experience and modernity in the shaping of a contemporary world-view that informs personal positions and loyalties. Some attention will be given to fundamentalism in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. 3 credits.
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  • REL 2031: Investigating the Bible:Ancient Texts in a New Perspective

    3.00 Credits
    Green Mountain College (Closed)

    This course is an introduction to the bible and its historical development, examining representative texts and literary styles. Emphasis will be placed upon modern, higher critical methods of biblical interpretation and the various contemporary uses of the bible by diverse faith communities. Attention will be given to contemporary interpretation methods which take the bible seriously but not literally. The religious value of the bible for contemporary faith positions will be examined. 3 credits.
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  • REL 3015: Civilization of India

    3.00 Credits
    Green Mountain College (Closed)

    This course is designed to introduce students to the rich and complex cultures and civilizations of India from ancient times to the present. We will examine the geography, society, politics, economy, and culture of India with particular emphasis on the religious traditions of Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Hinduism, and Islam as they developed in South Asia. The format of the course includes lecture, discussion, Bollywood film, and a visit to a Hindu temple. 3 credits.
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  • REL 3023: Asian Philosophies

    3.00 Credits
    Green Mountain College (Closed)

    How do ancient and contemporary Asian philosophers think about human nature, the natural environment, ethics, politics, aesthetics, metaphysics, and religious practices This course explores Confucianism, Taoism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Zen, and Shintoism from the perspective of ancient texts and modern critical responses. These worldviews are further experienced via cultural traditions such as literature, film, poetry, music, calligraphy, visual arts, and architecture. May be taken as REL 3023. 3 credits.
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  • REL 3051: Civilization of India

    3.00 Credits
    Green Mountain College (Closed)

    This course is designed to introduce students to the rich and complex cultures and civilizations of India from ancient times to the present. We will examine the geography, society, politics, economy, and culture of India with particular emphasis on the religious traditions of Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Hinduism, and Islam as they developed in South Asia. The format of the course includes lecture, discussion, Bollywood film, and a visit to a Hindu temple. 3 credits.
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  • REL 3053: Islamic World

    3.00 Credits
    Green Mountain College (Closed)

    This course examines the emergence and development of the Islamic world from its beginnings in seventh century Arabia until 1800. Special attention will be given to the life of Muhammad as well as the spiritual, ethical, and ritual dimensions of Islam. Highlights of the course include a visit to a mosque as well as reading the Qur'an. 3 credits.
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  • SOC 1001: Human Origins

    3.00 Credits
    Green Mountain College (Closed)

    What have humans and their ancestors been doing the last five million years What did we look like and how did we act 4 million years ago, 1 million years ago, and 20,000 years ago Did our minds evolve, as well as our bodies How do we know Did different "races" of humans evolve When was the "creative explosion" that turned our species into religious, symbolic artists How and when did we spread around the world What have been the consequences of farming and congregating in cities What are some of the issues facing contemporary indigenous people This course will draw on evolutionary theory, paleoanthropology, archaeology, linguistics, and cultural anthropology to explore and answer these questions. 3 credit
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  • SOC 1002: Cultural Anthropology

    3.00 Credits
    Green Mountain College (Closed)

    Humans are cultural creatures, and in this course we will take a broad yet integrative view of how humans shape, and are shaped by, the social and cultural systems they inhabit. We will first use anthropological perspectives to explore the culture concept, before moving to a brief history of cultural anthropology, language and culture, and the cultural construction of race. We will then examine the cross-cultural variety of types of subsistence, kinship, marriage and households, and gender roles. The second half of the course employs a more psychological or cognitive perspective to examine how culture helps form meaningful identities, memories, symbols, rituals, and senses of place. 3 credits.
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  • SOC 1003: Social Problems

    3.00 Credits
    Green Mountain College (Closed)

    This course covers sociological theory and research about pressing difficulties in contemporary American society, including poverty, crime, political abuse, and economic elites. 3 credits.
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