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  • REL 359: Muslim Communities in Transition

    3.00 Credits
    Le Moyne College

    This course offers an original understanding of the role of religion in the Muslim societies. It will study the way in which Islam interacts with cultures and covers a multitude of forms and practices which are woven into daily existence in complex and invisible ways. The impact of colonialism on the Muslim world will be discussed. It will analyze both radical and reformist Islamic movements and their influence on Islamic societies and on the understanding of the religion. Islamic values in the United States will also be explored. Prerequisite or corequisite: REL 200.
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  • REL 361: History of Religion The Church in History

    3.00 Credits
    Le Moyne College

    See course description for HST 340.
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  • REL 362: Judaism

    3.00 Credits
    Le Moyne College

    The general purpose of this course is to provide a historical survey of Jewish religious thought from its biblical origins through the post-biblical era to the present. An overview of the major ideas that influenced Jewish history is followed by an analysis of the outstanding theological concepts. Consideration is given to the life cycle that affects Jewish personal existence. This course also indicates the ethical and moral precepts that characterize Judaism throughout the ages. Course sponsored by the Jewish Chautauqua Society. Prerequisite: REL 200.
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  • REL 363: Religions of Asia

    3.00 Credits
    Le Moyne College

    The practices, beliefs and history of Hinduism, Buddhism (including Japanese developments) and Taoism will be examined in this course. Particular attention will be given to the relationship of each tradition to its cultural context in the course of history and to problems confronting each tradition in the modern world. Prerequisite: REL 200.
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  • REL 364: Religion in America

    3.00 Credits
    Le Moyne College

    From a religious point of view, major historians have described America variously as a righteous empire, a lively experiment in pluralism and a nation with the soul of a church. As these descriptions, taken together, hint, American religious history is colored by the existence of three distinct and often conflicting forces: evangelical piety, a political pluralism and a distinctive form of civil religion. This course will attempt to trace and to celebrate the enduring vitality of each of these forces throughout the history of the republic and to make the student aware of the tensions which have arisen and which continue to arise as a result of the divided pedigree of American religion. Topics to be covered will include the New England way, immigration and nativism, Manifest Destiny and the rise of indigenous American religious communities. Prerequisite: REL 200.
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  • REL 365: Islam

    3.00 Credits
    Le Moyne College

    This course will study the life and personality of the prophet Muhammad, the form and doctrines of the Qur’an, the growth of tradition and the development of Islamic law. Special attention will be given to Sufism, the mystical current in Islam, its teachings, practices, major figures and the impact of the Sufi Orders on the spread of Islam. The course will examine various expressions of Muslim piety, particularly as reflected in art and poetry. Finally, the course will consider the pre-modernist reform movements and modern developments, especially the rise of fundamentalism. Prerequisite: REL 200.
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  • REL 367: American Catholicism

    3.00 Credits
    Le Moyne College

    This course will introduce the student to the history of American Catholicism from colonial days to the present. Special emphasis will be placed upon a consideration of the problems which the church faced as it tried simultaneously to be American enough to please a frequently skeptical and sometimes hostile American culture; conspicuously Catholic enough to please Rome and Catholic enough in the forms of piety and governance to please the diverse ethnic groups that comprised its membership. Topics covered will include Catholic patriotism, Americanization, the Americanist crisis, nativism and American Catholic intellectual life. Prerequisite: REL 200.
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  • REL 368: Religious Thought Courses Religious Thought and Culture in Latin America

    3.00 Credits
    Le Moyne College

    This course offers a thematic examination of religious thought and culture in Latin America from the time of conquest to the present. From the perspective of cultural studies, this course explores the pervasive influence of religion in the formation of Latin America identity, culture, politics and material history. Particular attention will be given to the diversity and syncretization of religious traditions, as well as to the continuing importance and influence of pre-conquest religious ideas, values, and traditions. Topics considered include: colonialism and missionary history; influence and effects of Spanish and African religious traditions; religion and intellectual life; political movements and the theologies of liberation; relationship; relationship to U.S. Latino religious identity and traditions. Prerequisite: Rel 200.
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  • REL 369: Sociology of Religion

    3.00 Credits
    Le Moyne College

    See course description for SOC 369.
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