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4.00 Credits
The history and culture of Japan from its origins to the present. Special consideration will be given to the rise and fall of the warrior class, developments in art and religion, the dynamics of family life, and Japan's "economicmiracle." Kraft (H/S)
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4.00 Credits
Examination of the role of moral and religious values in social systems, including education, the economic system, criminal justice, with particular attention to the problems of poverty, literacy, homelessness and domestic violence. Students engage in volunteer efforts to gain practical experience with those who deliver and receive services in these systems. An action-reflection model (with reference to liberation theology and religious thinkers like M.L. King, Dorothy Day, and Walter Rauschenbusch) is employed to urge reflection on how social systems can be affected and transformed by visions of justice, ethics, religion and social responsibility. Steffen (HU)
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4.00 Credits
Comparative and cross-cultural exploration of the nature and meaning of "religious founders" in the history ofreligions. Girardot (HU)
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4.00 Credits
Judaism is both a textual tradition and a lived religion. Students read basic Jewish texts-Bible, Talmud, Midrash-and study the ways Jews sanctify the life cycle through rites of passage, and the round of the year through the festival cycle. Silberstein, Weissler (HU)
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4.00 Credits
Introduction to the Christian tradition from its early variety and subsequent classical definition in the church councils up to the enlightenment. Special emphasis will be placed on the multiform interpretations of the Christian message. (HU)
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4.00 Credits
Reading passages from the Bible with an eye toward distinguishing and understanding different sorts of questions that can be asked of them and various perspectives that can be adopted when reading them. What are these stories about What do they mean, when, and to whom Wright (HU)
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4.00 Credits
A thematic introduction to Islamic history, doctrine and practice. Topics include: Qur'an; prophecy and sacred history; ritual practices; community life; legal interpretation; art and aesthetics; mysticism; politics and polemics. Rozehnal (HU)
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4.00 Credits
Origins and early development of religions, with focus on interactions of religion, art, and technology in the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods. Special attention to the emergence of patriarchal social forms and the figure of the goddess. Interdisciplinary methods with a consideration of feminist theories of cultural development. Girardot (HU)
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4.00 Credits
A comparative survey of spiritual traveling-from overland pilgrimages to inward journeys in search of truth. Through autobiographies, diaries, poetry and films, students encounter the experiences of seekers from diverse religious traditions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity and Islam. Rozehnal (HU)
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4.00 Credits
Classroom and laboratory, audio, and video introduction to the fundamentals of conversational and grammatical patterns; practice in pronunciation, simple conversation, reading, and writing. (HU)
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