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4.00 Credits
This course surveys the development of Jewish Music -- the Music of Judaism and the Jewish People -- from earliest times until the present, relating its various phases and genres to their historical context. These will include the music of the Bible and Ancient Israel, musical foundations of the synagogue (cantillation, psalmody, the cantor), rabbinic attitudes toward music, the impact of Islam (philosophic discourse, magam and metrical poety), music of Jewish mysticism, art music in Renaissance Italy, Hasidic music, music of the Jewish life cycle and non-synagogue (Modern Orthodox, Reform and Conservative Judaism) in Europe and the United States, the music of the Holocaust, Zionism and the State of Israel. The aim of the course is to reveal how music not only reflected, but also played a significant role, in shaping the character of Jewish historical, religious and cultural experience. No prior course in Jewish Studies or Music is required.
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4.00 Credits
Since the 1960's certain Christian theologians have attempted to re-think and re-express their religious beliefs in ways that can lead to the radical transformation of people's lives and social institutions. The movement this group of diverse Christian thinkers has set in motion is often referred to as liberation theology. In this course we will look at the principal ideas of various liberation theologians -- Latin American, Asian, African, Afro-American, and feminist. As well as looking at the ideas of these thinkers, we will also examine the social worlds in which they think and write, thus trying to see the connection between their ideas and the social environments they want to liberate.
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4.00 Credits
This class will explore the various spiritual and artistic traditions of the indigenous peoples of North America. Ranging from the Canadian arctic to the desert Southwest, we will look at various practices including: shamanism, art and hunting magic in the Arctic, art and curing societies in the Great Lakes and Eastern Woodlands, evidence for religious practice in archaeological contexts, and Kachina societies in the Pueblo southwest. More in-depth readings will focus on Navajo sandpainting and healing, and Plains Indian spiritual traditions including the Sun Dance and Vision Quest, and their manifestations in the artistic record. We shall also examine late 19th century crisis cults such as the Ghost Dance Religion, and pan-Indian movements in the 20th century like the Peyote Religion, as well as issues concerning secrecy, privacy, and ethics in the study of Native artistic and religious traditions.
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4.00 Credits
The course studies the prophet Muhammad, the Qur¿an, and their importance to medieval and modern Muslim culture. The prophet¿s life and major themes of the Qur¿an will be discussed together with interpretations of them found in Islamic legal, theological, philosophical, and mystical writings.
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4.00 Credits
An advanced introduction to mystical life in Islam which will study Islamic mystical experence and theory, and trace the importance of Islamic mysticism to religion, philosophy, art and literature as found in medieval and modern Muslim societies.
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4.00 Credits
This course serves as an introduction to the transformation of religious belief and political authority in the Islamic world during the colonial period; to the role of popular culture in creating support for American military intervention in the Islamic world during the Cold War; and to the rise of Islamic militancy after the Cold War. Readings include Michael Adas (ed), Islamic and European Expansion; Gilles Kepel, Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam; Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth; and Melani McAlister, Epic Encounters: Culture, Media and U.S. Interests in the Middle East since 1945.
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4.00 Credits
This course explores the modernization of the Muslim, Buddhist and Hindu traditions of the Indian Ocean in response to the introduction colonial rule in the eighteenth century and of mass schooling in the late nineteenth century. Readings include: Peter van der Veer, Imperial Encounters: Religion and Modernity in India and Britain; Engseng Ho, The Graves of Tarim: Genealogy and Mobility across the Indian Ocean; Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah, Buddhism Betrayed?: Religion, Politics, and Violence in Sri Lanka; Thomas Blom Hansen The Saffron Wave: Democracy and Hindu Nationalism in Modern India.
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4.00 Credits
The course approaches The Divine Comedy both as a poetic masterpiece and as an encyclopedia of medieval culture. Through a close textual analysis of selected cantos from Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso, students learn how to approach poetry as a vehicle for thought, an instrument of self-discovery, and a way to understand and affect the world. They also gain a perspective on the Biblical, Christian, and Classical traditions as they intersect with the multiple levels of Dante's concern ranging from literature to history, from politics to government, from philosophy to theology. Class format includes lectures and discussion. Intensive class participation is encouraged. No prerequisites.
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4.00 Credits
Zen Buddhism was the core around which many of Japan’s greatest cultural achievements evolved. From the medieval period on, with its importation from China, the culture of Zen served as the primary context for much of Japanese metaphysics, architecture, landscape and interior design, medicine, ink painting, noh drama, haiku poetry, as well as the entire cultural complex known as the tea ceremony. Along with the Zen doctrinal and textual roots of these remarkable achievements, this course will examine the vibrant culture fostered in the medieval Zen monastic temple institution known as the Gozan and its dispersal into the culture at large.
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4.00 Credits
The course approaches The Divine Comedy both as a poetic masterpiece and as an encyclopedia of medieval culture. Through a close textual analysis of selected cantos from Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso, students learn how to approach poetry as a vehicle for thought, an instrument of self-discovery, and a way to understand and affect the world. They also gain a perspective on the Biblical, Christian, and Classical traditions as they intersect with the multiple levels of Dante's concern ranging from literature to history, from politics to government, from philosophy to theology. Class format includes lectures and discussion. Intensive class participation is encouraged. No prerequisites.
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