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3.00 Credits
An introduction to contemporary Buddhist thought and practice, exploring the role of Buddhism in addressing issues of social and environmental concern. Basic concepts, text traditions and history of Buddhism will provide the foundation for understanding the contemporary developments of "engaged Buddhism" and its response to issues ofsocial justice, race, gender ethnicity, consumerism, advertising culture, info-age technology and the natural environment. (Jeffrey R. Timm)
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An overview of the diverse, sometimes conflicting, religious perspectives represented in the Hebrew scriptures concerned primarily with the biblical texts as the expressions of religious beliefs and ways of life. Examination of the historical contexts and literary forms and traditions of the texts and the concrete social situations to which these texts are religious responses. Focus on the Bible's treatment of general themes in the study of religion, such as ideas of the holy, religious language and myth, ritual, monotheism and goddess worship, prophecy, theodicy, salvation, gender, the religious value of the secular, and interpretation. (Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus)
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The literature of the New Testament, with special attention to the form and content of the New Testament documents, their relationship to one another and their witness to the character of early Christianity. (Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus)
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A study of religious views on sexual choices, life styles and problems of today, including love, marriage, sex roles, homosexuality, celibacy, contraception, abortion, and sexual and domestic violence. (Barbara Darling-Smith) Connections: Conx 23006 Sexuality
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3.00 Credits
Study of the grief process. Exploration of crosscultural rituals surrounding death and speculation from various religions on immortality, resurrection and reincarnation. Investigation of end-of-life moral questions. (Barbara Darling-Smith)
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This course focuses on the religious function of sacred scriptures in the three Western religious traditions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Attention will be paid to scripture as myth of origins; the relative importance of sacred story, prophecy, and law in the three traditions; authority; and the importance of interpretative traditions. We will also investigate the ritual functions of scripture, artistic representations and contemporary efforts to interpret the relevance of textual traditions. (Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus)
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This course introduces the most important rabbinic documents of antiquity: the Mishnah and the Babylonian Talmud (the Bavli). Attention will be paid to their ritual, mythic and ethical dimensions, especially their distinctive exegetical and theological approaches to the Torah. (Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus)
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This course examines modern fiction as a means of exploring diverse views on the nature and meaning of human existence and the search for faith. The writings of such novelists as Katherine Paterson, Zora Neale Hurston, Umberto Eco, Aharon Appelfeld, Nagib Mahfouz, Orhan Pamuk, Flannery O'Connor and some contemporary religious poets are to be considered. (Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus)
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3.00 Credits
This course studies selected versions of the life of Jesus across many genres (scholarly, fictional, cinematic and devotional) and across many centuries (from canonical and apocryphal Gospels to medieval allegories to modern novels and films) in order to explore the ways generations of Christians at different times and places have fitted the story to their own needs and situations. (Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus)
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A study of some of the major religious traditions that have emerged in South and East Asia. Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism will be explored by considering representative scriptural texts and subsequent commentary traditions as a way to uncover their respective answers to fundamental questions about ultimate reality, humanity and salvation. (Jeffrey R. Timm)
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