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Honors Environmental Psychology will provide valuable exposure and experience in undergraduate community-based research by focusing on the science and psychology of enviromental issues.
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This course will introduce the student to the consideration of the moral and ethical dimensions of contemporary life in pluralistic American society. Speci?c attention will be given to the Christian tradition as it engages various socio-cultural, political and economic problems. Religious Literacy, Individual & Society 3 credits
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Folklife studies refers to the scholarly discipline which cultivates a sensibility and an appreciation for the culture of everyday life in complex societies. Religious folklife means speci?c cultural creations that express religious attitudes and beliefs. This course in American religious folklife will examine the history and culture of religion in American with speci?c reference to Christian and Christian-based systems, as well as believers' religious artifacts, art, craft, architecture, belief, customs, habits, foodways, costume, narrative, dance, song, and other cultural expressions. Aesthethics Appreciation 3 credits
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Through this course, students gain an overview of the diverse religious traditions in the United States. Emphasis is placed on Protestantism and Judaism, with some attention to Catholicism and Eastern religions in the United States. Satisfies Religious Literacy and Heritage Explration. 3 credits
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The unique character of American religion will be further examined in this course from historical and contemporary perspective with particular attention to personal, institutional, historical, cultural, social, and ethnographic dimensions. In Spring 2013, American Churches and religious movements in the Delaware Valley will be the focus including the study of American Lutherans, Baptists, Evangelicals, Moravians, Roman Catholics, as well as members of the United Church of Christ, and the Jewish and Vodou communities in Philadelphia. Satisfies Religious Literacy and Heritage Exploration Course 3 credits
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Students are introduced to men and women from various religious traditions whose faith has moved them to act in a heroic manner. Investigating how people of faith respond to such issues as war and poverty, students study the life and work of such ?gures as Gandhi, Dorothy Day, and Thich Nhat Hanh. Values Exploration 3 credits
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This course will introduce students to a series of classic texts that have been influential in the development of religious studies as a discipline. Included for study are the works of Sir James Frazer, Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Max Weber, Emile Durkheim, Rudolf Otto, Mircea Eliade, Martin Buber, William James, Clifford Geertz, Victor Turner, and Mary Daly. Their writings will be complemented by a series of ?lms which consider religion, as well as assist in the appreciation of relevant theoretical approaches to the subject. Students also will read relevant ?lm history and theory, and among the course requirements is the creation of a screenplay that expresses and teaches the ideas of a major theorist. 3 credits
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This course is concerned with the variety of religious groups and movements found in both historical and contemporary American religion, with a focus on their actual teachings, their religious signi?cance for Western culture and Western perceptions of what is religious, the variety of ways civic organizations and churches have responded/are responding to them, and the artistic expressions created by members of these belief systems. Individual & Society Prerequisite: ECG 100. 3 credits
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