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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Studies in the Gospels is an introduction to methods of critical analysis in New Testament interpretation, highlighting the messages presented by the writers of the synoptic gospels.Students explore the ways in which both traditional and contemporary methods of exegetical analysis contribute to the discussion of the "historical" Jesus of Nazareth.
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3.00 Credits
The World of Late Antiquity surveys the many different and competing elements of religious views found in ancient Greco-Roman culture through the first five centuries of the common era. Particular attention is given to the philosophical, sociological, theological, and political environment of ancient Mediterranean culture in an effort to understand the influence these views had on the Western tradition.
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3.00 Credits
The focus of this course is the development of religious and philosophical thought in the European Middle Ages, understood as the period from about the fourth to the fifteenth century. It addresses the roots of Medieval thought, the varieties of Medieval thought within and across the three European religions of the Middle Ages (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), and of course Medieval religious practice, both authorized and otherwise.The course will explore the nature of intellectual and practical creativity, autonomy and authority during the period; key religious imagery (e.g.Jesus as mother); key philosophical trends and concerns (e.g.the problem of universals, mind and the active intellect, semiotics, the development of universities, etc.); and the inter-religious dialogue, tolerance, and violence.(This course may be taken for credit as PHIL 337.)
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3.00 Credits
This course is a survey of the emergence of Islam during late Roman antiquity and the middle ages, highlighting the life of the prophet Mohammed and the development of Islamic religion, philosophy, and literature in the early Islamic empires.Also considered is the development of Islamic fundamentalism in the modern world and institutional, operational, and environmental factors which demonstrate differences between the Islamic and the Western worlds.
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3.00 Credits
A History of Biblical Interpretation undertakes a detailed analysis of the socio-cultural, historical, political, ideological, philosophical, methodological, and theological dynamics involved in the interpretation of the Bible in Western culture with particular emphasis on the modern period.Topics include the nature and role of authority, epistemology, science and religion, institutions and power, the development and rise of the historical-critical method, and the role of the church in the interpretation of the Bible.
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3.00 Credits
Independent Study
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3.00 Credits
Senior Project
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4.00 Credits
4 hours An introduction to major themes in the Bible, the interpretation of these themes in classical Christian theology, the application of these themes to contemporary issues, and the relationship between Christianity and other religions and ideologies in the modern world. It is a foundation course for 300-level religion offerings.
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4.00 Credits
4 hours A study of the New Testament in its historical context in the First Century A.D. with special emphasis on critical problems of interpretation and theological concepts as they relate to today's world.
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4.00 Credits
4 hours A study of the literature of the Old Testament in its historical context, relating the history, theology, and interpretation of the Old Testament to today's world. Prerequisite: RLI00.
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