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4.00 Credits
A study of the historical continuity and overall unity in the Japanese religious tradition. The major organized religions of Shinto and Japanese Buddhism, and also the influence of Taoism, Confucianism, and Christianity are discussed. Also taken up are the informal religious movements of "ancestor worship,'' family religion, and state religion. An attempt is made to assess the meaning of religion in Japanese culture. Credits: 4 hours
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4.00 Credits
Eric Dardel, an anthropologist, has written: "Myth says with utmost seriousness something that is of essential importance.'' In this course an attempt will be made to discover just what this important something is and how it is actualized in certain rituals. Myths and rituals will be taken from a variety of historical traditions in order to reflect the cultural milieu of the communities whose lives are governed by them. Special problems to be considered will be the relationship between myth and cult, the problem of time and myth, the logic of mythic forms, etc. Credits: 4 hours
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This course is designed to introduce students to the full range of religious expression in the United States from the colonial period to the present. As such, it will focus not only on the history of specific groups, institutions, and denominations (e.g. Congregationalism, the Catholic Church, Reform Judaism, the nation of Islam, etc.), but also on those non-traditional and frequently non-institutional forms of religion which have had an impact on the development of American culture and society (e.g. utopian communalism, occult and metaphysical movements, the "New Age,'' etc.). In addition, this course will also address such religious themes as individualism, millennial dominance, and civil religion which, while once prominent features of American culture at large, are now increasingly brought into question as the United States enters a period of unprecedented cultural diversity and cultural change. Credits: 4 hours
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4.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce students to key issues, themes, and sacred texts and writings within African-American religion and culture during the antebellum period. It emphasizes the role of the African slave in the emergence of African-American thought and addresses the evolution of that consciousness in the rise of the Black Church. Issues of faith, identity, race, gender, violence and fear are addressed in light of the African slave's understanding of biblical motifs and traditional African worldviews. The course addresses these issues in light of the African Diaspora by looking at the transmigration of culture from such places as West Africa and the Caribbean. Credits: 4 hours
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4.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce students to the evolution of black religious thought and culture in America during the 20th century. It emphasizes the rise of the Black Church and its expanding role within black urban communities in America. Another component of the course addresses the emergence of other religious belief systems in contemporary Black culture such as Voodoo, Santeria, Spiritist churches, the Nation of Islam and even Black Judaism. Issues of race, class, gender, identity, and violence will be points of discussion in light of black religious life. Credits: 4 hours
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4.00 Credits
An examination of the place of religion in human experience with special attention to the nature of religious language, the role and structure of religious concepts, the relation between religion and theology, and the logic of religious symbols. Credits: 4 hours
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4.00 Credits
This course will explore, investigate and compare different religions in different cultures as driving forces of social and cultural change. The course will examine the conservative and progressive roles the religions of the world play in familial, social, economic, and political stability and change. Different approaches to analyzing these forces and roles will be examined, but particular emphasis will be placed upon the contribution of critical theory and its dialectical method of thinking. The course will stress communicative ethics and discourse theory of rights and of the democratic constitutional state. Credits: 4 hours
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This course offers students a survey of theories and approaches to the study of religion from the perspective of psychology, with an emphasis on psychoanalytical, analytical, humanistic, behavioral, and cognitive psychology as well as on other theorists and trends emerging out of or relating to these traditions in psychology. The seminal texts of such classical theorists as Freud, Jung, James, Otto, Fromm, Skinner, and Erickson will be considered, as well as more contemporary psychological approaches to religion. Credits: 4 hours
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This course will compare different forms of religious and secular ethics from ancient moral codes to contemporary ethical systems. It will deal with the creative ideas, problems and attitudes toward the social world intrinsic to these different ethical norms. While the course will emphasize the variety of ethical responses to social problems provided by the religions of the world as well as to secular approaches it will pay particular attention to problems raised and solutions proposed by critical theorists about issues such as abortion, euthanasia, artificial insemination, race, gender, class, war and peace, poverty and ecological catastrophes. The course will stress communicative ethics, the discourse theory of rights, and of the democratic constitutional state. Credits: 4 hours
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4.00 Credits
Whereas a major focus of the systematic study of religion is upon religious traditions, or aspects of them, it is important that attention also be paid to the questions raised by the various contexts in which religion occurs as well as to questions raised by the methods developed in studying religion in such contexts. The specific context of religion to be studied in this course is that of industrial society. For religion to be understood in more than historical terms it is important that attention be paid to this kind of context. As a consequence of such a focus questions also are raised about the methods developed to specify and delineate such contexts and the role that religion plays in them. This provides an occasion for raising questions about the assumptions underlying such methods and about their relationship to the systematic study of religion. Credits: 4 hours
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