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  • REL 242: Religion in Contemporary America

    3.00 Credits
    Brevard College

    In this course students consider the historical development and contemporary situation of religion in the United States of America. We study topics regarding religious diversity and pluralism, missions, social engagement, the relation of religion and science, immigrant religion, religion and civil rights, new religious movements, American civil religion, the development of contemporary Evangelicalism, and religion and politics.
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  • REL 256: Hinduism and Buddhism

    3.00 Credits
    Brevard College

    This course focuses on two of the world’s most populous—and, increasingly, popular—religions, Hinduism and Buddhism. From shared roots in an ancient Indian Vedic worldview, both spread well beyond their original confines and today reach from Japan to Indonesia to Guyana to North Carolina. This course considers the textual, cultural, ritual, and philosophical foundations of these religions as well as how they have influenced contemporary society.
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  • REL 268: Topics in Philosophy, Religion, and Story

    3.00 Credits
    Brevard College

    This course explores religion and philosophy through the powerful medium of story. Topical foci vary according to student demand and the special interests and needs of religious studies majors and faculty. Stories (books and movies) studied in light of philosophy and religion may include: C.S. Lewis’s Narnia series; J.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings; J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series; Star Trek, The Matrix, and other Science Fiction series; King Arthur and Holy War; Dante and the Comedy of Heaven and Hell; Chaucer and the Christian Pilgrim; Shakespeare and the Life Well-Lived.
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  • REL 270: New Religious Movements

    3.00 Credits
    Brevard College

    This course provides an introduction to the study of new religious movements (NRMs) in the United States of America. We will consider several case studies as well as examine the wider phenomenon of NRMs in the modern western world. We pay attention to the traditional sociological issues of leadership, charisma, conversion, and belief maintenance, as well as the lived practices and experiences of members of new religions, such as rituals, gender practices, spatial dynamics, childrearing, and holidays.
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  • REL 278: Environmental Theology

    3.00 Credits
    Brevard College

    Although the peoples of the world are divided into multiple cultural and religious groupings, we share one fragile earth. In the 21st century, theology is becoming increasingly aware of this commonality, as the members of various religious groups seek within their own traditions to find both roots of our current ecological crisis and contributions to its potential resolution. This course explores what a variety of religions, both ancient and contemporary, have to say about the sacred ground of our being, as well as about our mutual responsibilities for tending this ground with care. When linked with ENG 217, Environmental Literature, REL 278 provides tools for reflecting on the spiritual and theological dimension of texts written about the natural world.
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  • REL 288: Women and Religion

    3.00 Credits
    Brevard College

    From the roles of women in various world religions, to the relationship between sexuality and spirituality, to the impact of feminist theories upon theological reflection, this course examines a range of issues pertinent to the intersection of gender and religious studies.
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  • REL 312: Jesus in the Gospels

    3.00 Credits
    Brevard College

    Each of the four Gospels of the New Testament contains a different portrait of Jesus. Comparing these portraits and placing them in both Jewish and Hellenistic backgrounds is the main work of this course. The history of Jewish and Christian interpretations of Jesus is also included. Prerequisite: REL 101 or REL 102, or permission of instructor.
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  • REL 316: St. Paul

    3.00 Credits
    Brevard College

    This course explores the biography and character of the Apostle Paul in light of ancient descriptions of personality and human identity. Drawing on primary sources from antiquity, as well as lessons from cultural anthropology, we seek to understand through Paul’s story what ancient people expected in biography. Prerequisites: REL 101 or REL 102, or permission of instructor.
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  • REL 325: The Age of Reform: 1250-1550

    3.00 Credits
    Brevard College

    This course seeks to enter imaginatively into the intellectual, religious, and social world of late Medieval and Reformation Europe. Students discover that the Protestant Reformation was one of many different medieval reformations that preceded and followed great reformers like Martin Luther and John Calvin. We explore these early reformation movements, analyzing their nature, how church leaders reacted to them, and why they did not lead to the kind of church division caused by the Protestant Reformation. Then we turn to the Protestant movement and explore how it preserved certain aspects of medieval thought and protested against others. Prerequisite: A prior course in REL, PHI, or HIS, or permission of instructor.
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  • REL 365: Philosophy of Religion

    3.00 Credits
    Brevard College

    This course explores how Religion as a historical category emerged in the West and has come to be applied as a universal concept by the modern western world. The course probes into the assumptions behind this modern concept of “Religion” and examines the content and purpose of the modern “philosophy of Religion.” Prerequisite: A prior course in REL or PHI, or permission of instructor.
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