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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course will investigate and explore the various relationships between religion and science theories. Note this is a thematic course. Themes may include: conflict in religion and science, confluence of religion and science, difference between scientific claims and religious beliefs.
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3.00 Credits
Studies selected areas in which religious institutions and beliefs are influenced by their cultural environment and cultures are influenced and molded by religious ideas. May be repeated for credit if content differs.
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3.00 Credits
Brings to reflection the inherent relationships between specific geographic locations, environmental issues, religion, and the world's religions. May include considerations of sacred space, spiritual relationships with the earth, doctrinal views of eco-responsibility, environmentalism, and forms of eco-activism. May be repeated for credit if content differs.
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3.00 Credits
Examines key instances and ideas in which religion or religiously inspired group or movement have sought to influence or change a particular society or social behavior. May include consideration of appropriate and effective methods for achieving social change. Examples include (but are not limited to) Engaged Buddhism, Liberation Theology, the civil rights movement, utopian religious groups, and peace activism. May be repeated for credit if content differs.
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3.00 Credits
Examines variation in the definition of life and death and deals with the processes that facilitate and accompany the transition from life to death. Provides multiple cross-cultural and religious perspectives.
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3.00 Credits
Discusses diverse representations of gender in selected religious traditions and cultural contexts. Considers their influence on religious conceptions of personhood and divinity, relationships between humans, cosmic and natural orders, and representations of the divine. Cultural and social definitions of gender roles, and resistances to those definitions, may also be included. May be repeated for credit if content differs.
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1.00 - 6.00 Credits
Content and methodology are at an introductory level. Prerequisites: permission of instructor and filing of official departmental form. May be repeated for credit if content differs.
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3.00 Credits
Examines religious belief, ritual, and organization through the study of social structure and cultural values. May be repeated for credit if content differs.
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3.00 Credits
Studies philosophical reflections on religion, including analysis of claims and concepts used to support or challenge religious beliefs. May focus on philosophers, such as Camus, Dewey, Nietzsche, Otto, or Whitehead, or on topics, using arguments from classical, European, American, and Asian sources. May be repeated for credit if content differs.
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3.00 Credits
Investigates religious beliefs and behavior and the influence of religion on the life of the individual. May be repeated for credit if content differs.
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