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3.00 Credits
Semester Hours: 3 Periodically This course will introduce students to the phenomena, beliefs, practices and central teachings of Sikhism. Its main focus will be the often misunderstood alliance between mysticism and politics in the Sikh religion exemplified by the figure of the Warrior-Saint (or Saint-Sipahi). Other topics for discussion include the role of gender, construction of memory, and Sikh responses to modernity. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Credit will be given for this course or RELI 155, but not both. This course has received provisional approval. (Formerly RELI 155.)
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3.00 Credits
Semester Hours: 3 Periodically This course investigates the plurality of Muslim experiences in North America. It is structured around three main topics: (1) the history and heritage of the Muslim slaves brought to the continent, (2) the emergence of an indigenous African-American Islam, and (3) the immigration of Muslims from the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent. Studying theseextremely different North American Muslim experiences (both socially and culturally), we will discuss questions of identity, and quests for authenticity. Reflecting on the dynamic between universality and exclusivist interpretations of Islam, we will, among other things, raise the question of whether a distinctively "American Islam" is emerging.Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: RELI 12 or 50 or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Semester Hours: 3 Periodically This course explores African-American religious oractice, a practice which has played a central role in the world views and social contexts of black people in the United States, and thus in American history as well. The course explores the traditional religions of enslaved Africans, 20th-century nationalist faiths, and contemporary black religious diversity. African-American peoples' religious journeys have led through Christianity, Judaism, Islam and Rastafarianism (and other religions), but have almost always involved the realities and rhetorics of "black," "white," and "race." The course emphasizes three intertwined approaches: critical analysis of the history and hermeneutics of race; close reading of primary sources; amd first-hand field trips and "race experimPrerequisite(s)/Course Notes: RELI 12, 13, 15, 16, 18 or 50.
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3.00 Credits
Semester Hours: 3 Periodically This course focuses on religious and political identities and institutions in Turkey as they have been formulated and contested throughout the late Ottoman Empire and Republican Turkey. We will study the religious history and the role of Islam as a cultural, societal and political force. Combining historical, sociological, and anthropological perspectives, the course aims to create a comprehensive picture of modern Turkey that allows for a deeper understanding of the country's ambivalent relationship to its Ottoman past, the Western world, and the public role of Islam. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: RELI 50 or 12, with permission of instructor. Same as PSC 117; credit received for this or PSC 117, not both.
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3.00 Credits
Survey course concentrating on Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Students compare various forms of myth, ritual and sacred scripture, and analyze the structure of religious community and experience. SSI 60723: M-Th, 1:30-3:40 p.m., Anand, 201 Brower
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3.00 Credits
Semester Hours: 3 Fall, Spring This course examines ways that early Christian faith(s) developed in the first century (including views of Jesus' humanity and divinity, portrayals of the Virgin Mary, the relationship of Judaism to Christianity, and the roles of women in the church). Students will read the New Testament alongside non-canonical early Christian writings to develop an appreciation for the diversity of early Christian belief and practice. Students will come to know the content and themes of each of the New Testament writings, to identify different literary portrayals of Jesus, to work with establishing criteria for establishing the historical Jesus, to recognize important differences in early Christian belief, and to be familiar with the development of Christian orthodoxy. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: (Formerly Introduction to the New Testament.)
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Semester Hours: 3-4 Fall This course gives first-year students the opportunity to work in a seminar format with a member of the faculty in an area of the faculty member's research interests. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: The course is open to first-year students only. Topics vary by semester. This course is offered for distribution credit; consult the Semester Planning Guide for proper category listing. Students may take only one 14F or 12F seminar and only one 14S or 12S seminar.
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3.00 Credits
Semester Hours: 3 Fall, Spring Survey course concentrating on Indian, Hindu and Buddhist traditions, with some attention to the religions of China and Japan. Emphasis on tracing two basic lines of Eastern religious behavior and thought: sectarian and folk devotionalism, and the elite philosophical and meditational traditions.
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3.00 Credits
Semester Hours: 3 Periodically Examination of basic methodological issues and problems in the modern study of religion. Discussion of theories of religion from several points of view, e.g., sociological, psychological, anthropological and philosophical. Attention to such problems as the relativity of knowledge and belief, the nature of interpretation, the status of functional explanation, and the explanation of human behavior. Course is designed to promote the development of students' critical analysis and the oral communication of critical approaches to the study of religion. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Any RELI or JWST course or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Semester Hours: 3 Periodically This course will examine the representations of women in early Christianity, focusing primarily on the first four centuries of Christian history. Students will be introduced to constructions of sex and gender in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy and medical literature and the role of women in contemporaneous pagan and Jewish cultures. From there the course will focus on intra-Christian conflicts involving the role of women, in particular, martyrdom, orthodoxy and heresy, and asceticism. Throughout the course, students will wrestle with the problem of using ancient sources to determine social practice.
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