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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
3 Y Historical and systematic studies of Greek myth and cult (pre-Homeric Chthonic religion through Olympian polytheism to the decline of the polis). Interaction of religion with drama, art, architecture, philosophy, and politics.
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3.00 Credits
3 IR Various aspects of religious thought and experience in the Greco-Roman world. Variety of ways in which Greco-Roman people expressed the human situation, constructed their world, and viewed salvation through myth, symbol, and ritual.
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3.00 Credits
3 O A cross-cultural exploration of religious journeys, including pilgrims' travels through different landscapes as well as spiritual quests. Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Muslim, and indigenous traditions are regularly included.
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3.00 Credits
3 O The Hebrew Bible (often called Old Testament) in English translation, with particular attention to its literary form, its cultural context in the ancient Near East, the history of its development, and its role in Western religions and cultures. Credit is not given for REL/JSP 114 and either REL/JSP 215 or REL 217.
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3.00 Credits
3 IR Historical, literary, theological, and cultural dimensions of selected documents comprising the New Testament. Credit is not given for REL/JSP 114 and either REL/JSP 215 or REL 217.
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3.00 Credits
3 O Study of Gods in a cross-cultural context accenting forms of Gods perceived and experienced in embodied, visible, concrete form rather than as "transcendent" or "spirit.
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3.00 Credits
3 Y Survey of major works in the Judaic tradition, including Hebrew and Yiddish prose in translation. Themes include nature, culture, exile, humor, satire, and talking takhlis.
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3.00 Credits
3 Y Emergence of United States as unique, multi-faith society, with focus on Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and other faiths.
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3.00 Credits
How contemporary religious ideas, individuals, and organizations intersect with major political and cultural issues in the United States.
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3.00 Credits
3 E The connections between material life and religious life in cultures throughout the world. The diverse ways that various cultures inhabit their landscapes.
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