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4.00 Credits
This course will survey the beliefs, practices, and history of Islam, focusing on how Islam has evolved over time and culminating in a close examination of the forms Islam takes today and the place of Islam in current events. Special consideration will be given to what it means to consider Islam as a religion rather than a cultural or political entity. Attention will also be given to Islam's relationship with other monotheistic traditions and to American Islam. Meets general academic requirement D or R.
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4.00 Credits
The Jewish religion includes a fascinating array of rituals, laws, holidays, and lifecycle events. This course is designed to introduce Judaism as it exists today around the world, including Ashkenazic and Sephardic Jews, Middle Eastern and African Jewish communities, and diverse Jewish communities in the U.S. Meets general academic requirement R.
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4.00 Credits
Christianity is not and never has been a single set of beliefs and practices instead, the religion is marked by diversity of thought and action. The purpose of this course is to engage the variety in the tradition through the exploration of rituals and beliefs held by different Christian communities around the world and through time. In addition to primary and secondary readings, students will also explore the visual arts, architecture, and music as manifestations of Christian diversity. Additional themes for consideration will include the place of the Bible and its interpretation, the role of church leaders and their relationship to the divine, and ethical/moral differences that are present within the tradition. Meets general academic requirement R
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4.00 Credits
The Hebrew Bible is the most significant touchstone of western literature and civilization and serves as a foundation for the three major western religious traditions. In order to appreciate many aspects of western culture, from an etching by Rembrandt to a novel by Steinbeck or even an episode of the Simpsons, not to mention the religious life and thought of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, it is often necessary to be familiar with the text of the Hebrew Bible. This course is designed to provide an opportunity for students to read and understand some of the most important and fascinating parts of the Hebrew Bible from the narratives of Genesis and Exodus to the histories of the Kings of Israel to the poetry of the Prophets and Writings. In addition to biblical narrative, we will also explore the historical life and setting of the biblical world through archeological evidence, some of which has only very recently been discovered. No previous study of Hebrew Bible expected. Meets general academic requirement R.
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4.00 Credits
This course studies the distinctive scriptural foundation of Christianity in its literary, historical, and theological contexts. Topics may include Jesus as an historical figure and as the object of early Christian faith the relationships of various early Christian communities to one another and to contemporary Judaisms, Greek religions, and philosophies the place and role of Paul the gospel genre and its several examples the definition of the canon and approaches to interpreting the New Testament. No prior study of the New Testament is expected. Meets general academic requirement R.
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4.00 Credits
This course will examine the place of mysticism in Jewish religion and literature. We will read a broad range of texts, including the ancient Sefer Yetzirah or Book of Creation, the theosophic imagery of the Zohar, the meditative techniques of Abraham Abulafia, the works of Isaac Luria and his disciples, and the writings of some of the eighteenth and nineteenth century Hasidic rabbis. Our goal will be to gain a more nuanced understanding of the nature of mystical phenomena in general with a special focus on how the Jewish tradition has been reshaped by mystical ideas and practices. Meets general academic requirement R.
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4.00 Credits
This course focuses on dance, dancedrama, and music as ritual expressions of Indian spirituality. Multimedia sources are actively utilized as well as readings from the formal Indian tradition (Natya Sastra) and Western interpretive works on Indian music and dance. Meets general academic requirement D or R.
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4.00 Credits
This course provides an exploration of the ways in which literary imagination (metaphor, literary style, narrative voice, description, creative manipulation of time and place) interacts with religious imagination (projections of tradition, expression of mystical experience, ritual, symbolic phenomena) to produce works of a transformative nature. Examples from both Eastern and Western literary tradition may be chosen. Prerequisite: any previous course in religion Meets general academic requirement R or L.
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4.00 Credits
This course engages in a close study of the various roles of the feminine in Hindu mythology, religious belief, and practice, including the worship of goddesses and the principle of Shakti, the creative, animating force of the universe. Female identity and the lives of women in the cultures of South Asia are closely examined. Readings are chosen from the study of religion, anthropology, and narrative film and audio media are also provided. Meets general academic requirement D or R.
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4.00 Credits
In this course we will examine how issues relating to gender and sexuality have influenced Jewish experience. We will discuss a wide range of Jewish history and literature, extending from the Bible to contemporary Jewish culture, in order to gain a broad perspective on how gender and sexuality have played a role in Jewish life and thought over time. We will consider how gender and sexuality relate to questions of power and authority, and we will discuss the ways that bodies, both gendered and sexual, become meaningful in different Jewish contexts. Meets general academic requirement R.
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