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4.00 Credits
An introduction to the sociology of religion. Covers classical and contemporary approaches to defining and studying the role of religion in society. Emphasis on understanding religious beliefs and practices in the United States, the sources and contours of religious change, and the effects of religion on individuals and society. Specific topics include religious fundamentalism, religious conversion, religious practices and authority, secularization, religion in public life, religion in social change, religious terrorism, and the ways in which religion impacts our personal health, educational attainment, and family life. Munson (SS)
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4.00 Credits
Major 20th century movements within Christian and Jewish theology understood as responses to the problems of modern times. May be repeated for credit as the subject matter varies. Raposa (HU)
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6.00 Credits
This month-long summer study-travel program in north India focuses on the intersection of religion and politics among South Asia's dynamic Muslim communities. The course focuses in particular on two distinct traditions of Islamic piety: Sufism (Islamic mysticism) and the conservative, transnational political movement, the Tablighi Jama'at. Students travel to a range of important historical sites, mosques, Sufi shrines and university campuses and engage local experts through a series of guest lecturers. Rozehnal (HU)
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6.00 Credits
This month-long summer study-travel program in Turkey explores the religion, politics and culture of Turkey, both past and present. A major frame for the course is Sufism (Islamic mysticism) - both its historical roots and contemporary expressions. Students will travel to a range of important historical sites, mosques, Sufi shrines and university campuses and engage local experts through a series of guest lectures. Rozehnal (HU)
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4.00 Credits
The historic development of major American religious groups from colonial times to the present; their place in social and political life, and the impact of the national experience upon them. Najar (HU)
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4.00 Credits
Gender differences as one of the basic legitimations for the unequal distribution of power in Western society. Feminist critiques of the basic social structures, cultural forms, and hierarchies of power within religious communities, and the ways in which religious groups have responded. Silberstein (HU)
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4.00 Credits
Explores the differences/similarities in the ideologies, myths and symbols which shape the views of Jews in Israel and the United States on such issues as: the meaning of Judaism, the interpretation of Jewish history, the relationship of religion and peoplehood, and the relationship of democracy and Jewish values. Readings include Amos Oz, A.B. Yehoshua, Haim Hazaz, Leonard Fein, Mordecai Kaplan. Silberstein (HU)
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4.00 Credits
Impact of the scientific and technological culture on the Western religious imagination. Roots of science and technology in religious ideas and images. Ways of knowing and concepts of experience in religion and science. Raposa (HU)
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4.00 Credits
Religious themes in the modern novel or the spiritual autobiography. Melville, Tolstoy, Camus, Updike, Walker, and Morrison; or Woolman, Tolstoy, Malcolm X, Wiesel, Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Kukai. Steffen (HU)
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4.00 Credits
To what extent does the process and production of artistic images relate to visionary experience in the history of world religions, and expose a religious dimension in life In what sense is an artistic vocation similar to the religious vocation of a shaman, prophet, or saint In what way do artists and religious figures respond to, change, and create the "real" world Girardot (HU)
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