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The institution of 'Jewishness' has carried with it significantreligious, ethnic and social connotations. In this course we will examine representations of Jews in countries where Jews are the minorities (especially in predominantly Christian countries) by exploring both how Jews conceive of themselves in regard to non- Jews, and how non-Jews understand themselves with regard to Jews. Offered occasionally.
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Intermediate study of selected topics in textual studies, contemporary religious thought, or the history of religions.May be repeated if subject matter is different. See current Program of Classes to determine if this course fulfills general edu- cation requirements. Offered occasionally.
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What do we mean by calling an experience 'religious' How has the concept of religious experience come to play such animportant role in modern theology and the academic study of religion Such historical and critical questions will be examined by reading the work of theologians and scholars of religion from the Enlightenment to the present. Offered in alternate years. 291 Magic and Religion (CSI) An examination of the ways of identifying religious actions and beliefs, focusing on disputes over the terms "magic" and "religion." Emphasizthe approaches that scholars bring to their studies of witchcraft, sorcery, shamanic traditions, and controversial aspects of contemporary religious culture. Offered in alternate years.
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An exploration of religion as practiced in postwar Japan. Through the analysis of selected themes such as secularization, healing, and new religiousmovements, students are introduced to the complexity of Japanese religion and to sociologicalmethods for its study. Offered occasionally.
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Explores the various portraits of Jesus in the gospel literature of the New Testament and the extra-canonical traditions. By approaching the literature from a historical-literary perspective, we will reconstruct each gospel's interpretation of Jesus and, finally, the "historical" Jesus himself. Offered in alternate years.
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Historical study of the religions of the indigenous, imported, and emergent cultures in the Americas, including the traditions of the pre-conquest tribal cultures, religions formed during the contact of indigenous and European peoples, the transformed Christian traditions in modern Latin America, and religions of African heritage. Offered in alternate years.
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An examination of the distinctivespirituality of the African diaspora, whose religions fuse ideas and expressions fromancestral African traditions with the ancient traditions ofWestern and American religions in a variety of cultural settings. Emphasis on understanding the persistence and reinterpretation of religious experience in new and dynamic dimensions. Offered in alternate years.
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This course explores themany ways Indians have imagined and contested the identity of themodern nation. Students will assess a variety of religious,moral, and artistic visions that have worked to shape the India of today, fromRabindranath Tagore andMahatma Gandhi to Gurcharan Das and Arundhati Roy. Offered in alternate years.
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A critical investigation of so-called "cults,"NewReligiousMovements, sects, and alternative spirituality formed over the past 150 years in the United States. Includes study of a wide range of phenomena, frommillenarian groups to the New Age, and their purpose and place in contemporary society. Offered in alternate years.
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Students will read and discuss various forms of historical writing among pagans and Christians in the Roman world fromthe first century BC to the fifth century AD. During this time historians recounted the past, sometimes according to traditional forms of historical writing, sometimes pioneering ways of conceptualizing the past completely at odds with the canons of earlier historical writing. Offered in alternate years.
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