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4.00 Credits
Historical and contemporary investigation of the concept of "world religions"- its origin, production, and entailments. Topics include the Chicago World's Parliament of Religions (1893); the choice and numbering of the "great religions;" several major comparativists; and the life of "world religions" in museums, textbooks, encyclopedia, and departmental curricula today. Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor; some prior work in religion. General Education Requirement: Cultures in Comparison (CUL). General Education Requirement: Reason and Value (REA). 4 points
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3.00 Credits
The proper aims of education in relation to those of religion have long been a matter of public debate, but in recent years the intensity and terms of that debate have changed significantly. The impact of the David Project's "Columbia Unbecoming" on Columbia's Department of Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures and then on the university as a whole is a case in point. Meanwhile, Stanley Fish argues that it is inappropriate for religion to be studied in departments of Religious Studies, given what Fish perceives to be their necessary relation to faith communities and the particular way in which they pursue truth claims. This course examines such tensions, focusing on case studies from two major democracies: India and the United States. - J. Hawley Prerequisites: Sophomore Standing. At least one course in Religion. Limited to 18 students. General Education Requirement: Reason and Value (REA). 4 points
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4.00 Credits
Exploring historical case-studies of the interdependence of ecology and culture, we discuss technological and economic dilemmas, as well as constructions of religious or spiritual frameworks for an ecological world view. - W. Adamek 4 points
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4.00 Credits
Are Americans becoming more secular or more spiritual (not religious), or both What are the connections between secularism and what is typically called non-organized religion or the spiritual in the United States We will address these questions by looking at some of the historical trajectories that shape contemporary debates and designations (differences) between spiritual, secular and religious. Prerequisites: Majors and concentrators receive first priority. 4 points
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4.00 Credits
Introduction to the comparative study of mysticism. Primary texts read against the backdrop of various theories of the nature of mysticism, addressing issues such as relationship of mysticism and tradition and the function of gender in descriptions of mystical experiences. - C. Deutsch 4 points
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3.00 Credits
Explores mystical dimensions that have evolved in Judaism and Islam in a comparative perspective with the aim of pointing to similarities and differences between the two major religions of Abraham. Topics include: mystical experience and the possibility of union in a theistic tradition and the sanctity of scriptural language and the limits of speech. Prerequisites: Instructor's permission (undergrad majors, concentrators and grad students in religion given priority). General Education Requirement: Cultures in Comparison (CUL). 4 points
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4.00 Credits
Examination of the categories and intersections of gender and religion in understanding of religious origins, personal identities, religious experience, agency, body images and disciplines, sexuality, race relations, cultural appropriations, and power structures. 4 points
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4.00 Credits
Investigates relations among religion, gender, and violence in the world today. Focuses on specific traditions with emphasis on historical change, variation, and differences in geopolitical location within each tradition, as well as among them at given historical moments. General Education Requirement: Cultures in Comparison (CUL). General Education Requirement: Reason and Value (REA). 4 points
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8.00 Credits
A working research seminar devoted to helping students produce a substantive piece of writing that will represent the culmination of their work at the College and in the major. - C. Deutsch, E. Castelli, A. Segal 8 points One year course - 4 points per term.
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2.00 Credits
For non-native speakers of Russian. Review of phonetics and intonation and reading of literary texts. Texts vary from semester to semester. - F. Miller Prerequisites: Four years of college Russian and the instructor's permission. Not offered in 2009-2010. 2 points
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