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3.00 Credits
3 credits. Not offered 2006-2007. This course examines the rise of Christianity in the social and religious context of the pagan Roman Empire. It focuses on crucial struggles and conflicts in the volatile period from Jesus to the fourth century A.D.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. This course explores the religious traditions of ancient Greece and Rome. Through study of the diverse gods and goddesses and the divine honors paid to them, the course covers central aspects of Greco-Roman culture and society. Attention is also given to new religious traditions, in particular the Mystery religions, that gained prominence in the world of the Roman Empire.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. Offered fall 2006. A survey of the development of Western religious thought from the classical period through the modern period. The primary emphasis will be on the person, ideas, beliefs and critical turning points in the development of Christianity and Judaism with some reference to Islam and to contemporary religious developments.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. An examination of the nature of mysticism and its forms of practice in selected religious communities through the world.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. A study of selected 19th-century philosophers and theologians with special attention to rationalism, romanticism and idealism. Views of Hegel, Schleiermacher, Ritschl, Marx and others are considered.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. A survey of one or more of the following contemporary theological movements: continental, North American, African and South American, including Roman Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant approaches, and covering themes such as the conflict between history and faith, Christology, fundamentalism and liberalism, and the emergence of liberation, feminist, black, neo-conservative, secular, pluralist and ecological theologies.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. Offered fall 2006. Buddhist thought from its origins to the contemporary world in South Asia and East Asia. Emphasis on the understanding of the human condition; analysis of the mind and nature of the cosmos; and the expression of Buddhist thought in the fine arts and in social activism.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. Offered fall 2006. Philosophy of religion questions examined from the perspectives of multiple religious world views using a philosophical approach. Readings draw upon multiple conceptions of the divine; faith, knowledge and religious experience; justice and karma; exclusivity and religious pluralism. Does not repeat REL/PHIL 218. Prerequisites: GREL 101 and junior standing or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. A survey and/or selection of major Western approaches to issues of religion and society, including but not limited to, traditional understanding of church and state issues. Significant figures, texts and methodologies will be critically examined. Fulfills the College of Arts and Letters writing-intensive requirement for the major. Prerequisite: One of the following: REL 240, REL 270, REL 360, REL 380 or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits. Offered fall 2006. An in-depth examination, using critical academic methods, of the historical, literary and cultural dimensions of selected texts from the literatures of Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity. Fulfills the College of Arts and Letters writing-intensive requirement for the major. Prerequisite: REL 201, REL 202 or permission of the instructor.
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