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3.00 Credits
Suppose the understanding of a concept such as love is proportional to the number of genres through which it is perceived. Then one can expect that the most complete understanding of love will be found through an entire galaxy of genres, such as dialogues, satires, videos, canticles, modern lyrics, newspaper columns, and novels. Besides "literary" texts, students read and discuss "sacred" texts on love from both Eastern and Western religious traditions. ( TBA, offered alternate years)
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3.00 Credits
This course explores what it means to be religious in a philosophical manner. Central to our exploration are the following questions: Can one be religious and at the same time also be rational and critical Is being religious equivalent to accepting certain ideas and practices merely on authority, i.e., having a "blind faith" If religions do involve modes of rational, (self-)critical thinking, how do they operate and manifest themselves Do religious people make coherent, convincing and compelling cases for their religious ideals, beliefs and practices Toward answering these questions, students read some of the major philosophical thinkers from the 18th century to the present who have attempted to present coherent and compelling philosophical arguments for or against religious beliefs and practices. (TBA , offered occasionally)
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Is society God Is religion the opiate of the people What does religion do This course examines a variety of classic (Freud, Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Malinowski) and contemporary (Berger, Luckmann, Douglas, Geertz) theories of religion that emphasize social and cultural aspects of religion, including the origins and functions of symbol, myth and ritual. (Henking, offered alternate years)
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the variety of modern psychological perspectives that have been used to understand religion, including depth psychologies, social psychology, and empirical and behavioral approaches. In doing so, it explores psychological theories that attempt to answer such questions as: Why are people religious Where do religious experiences and images come from What does it mean to be religious (Henking, offered alternate years)
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3.00 Credits
How are religion and psychology connected Does psychology operate as a religion today Are psychotherapists the new clergy Has modern Western religion become psychologized This course explores such issues by examining the historical connections of religion and psychology in the West and the interaction of religion and psychology in modern Western culture. (Henking, offered alternate years)
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3.00 Credits
This course examines Jewish intellectual, political, and socio economic history from the period of the French Revolution until the mid 20th century. The specific focus of the course is on the manner in which Jews accommodated themselves and related to changes in their status which were caused by external and internal events. A major area of concern are the movements-intellectual, political, and religious, such as, Reform Judaism, the Haskalah, Zionism, Jewish radicalism, Hasidism-which arose within the Jewish communities in question as reactions to Emancipation and Enlightenment. (Dobkowski , offered alternate years)
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3.00 Credits
This course analyzes the background and history of the Holocaust; its impact on the Jewish community in Europe and worldwide; theological reactions as reflected in the works of Buber, Fackenheim, and Rubenstein; the question of resistance; the problem of survival; the Elie Wiesel syndrome; and collective guilt leading to the creation of the State of Israel. It also examines the nature of the human, society, religion, and politics post Auschwitz. (Dobkowski, offered annually)
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the sociological, religious, and historical complexion of the American Jewish community. It attempts to deal with such issues as immigration, religious trends, anti Semitism, assimilation, adjustment, identity, and survival, and it attempts to understand the nature of the American Jewish community. It analyzes this experience by utilizing sociological and historical insights, as well as by looking at immigrant literature in its cultural and historical context. (Dobkowski, offered alternate years)
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3.00 Credits
This course traces the foundations of Jewish religious and philosophical thought from the Bible, Rabbinic literature, Talmudic Judaism, the Kabbalah, medieval philosophy, and mysticism, to contemporary Jewish thought. It is an attempt to understand the "essence" of Judaism and to trace how it has developed over time and been influenced by other traditions. It also examines the impact of Judaism on Islamic and Western European thought. (Dobkowski , offered alternate years)
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the roots of Zionism-a complicated religious, ideological, and political movement. Such external factors as the Holocaust and the acute problems of the surviving refugees; the conflict between Jews and Arabs in Palestine; the breakdown of the British Mandate and the mutual rivalries of the Western powers in the Middle East; and the East West conflict in the global scene are some of the historical forces which accelerated the creation of the Jewish state that are examined. But attention is also given to the internal intellectual and spiritual forces in Jewish life, which were at least as important and which constitute the ultimately decisive factor. (Dobkowski, offered occasionally)
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