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3.00 Credits
Surveys the dominant tradition of American religious practice: spirituality. The goals of this course encompass the study of different forms of spirituality in the United States past and present. The course will familiarize you with mainstream as well as alternative spiritual practices, from Puritan Devotions and the Lakota Sundance to evangelicalism, political radicalism, and various modes of artistic production. The course seeks to trace major outlines of development from past to present and to illuminate the meaning of spirituality for our time and in relation to American history. Same as AMS 167. Lardas Modern
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3.00 Credits
Examines the relationship between religion and culture in the United States from approximately 1492 to the present. In addition to looking at liturgical forms of religion and surveying various religious movements and groups, we will explore 1) how cultural forms serve as vehicles of religious meaning; 2) how religious values are expressed and/or criticized in everyday social life; and 3) the interaction between religion and developments within the political, social, economic, and philosophical spheres. Same as AMS 203. Lardas Modern
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3.00 Credits
Study of the writings of the Hebrew Bible. Seeks to understand the historical development of Israel in the biblical period and the religious forms of thought and practice that arose during this time. Same as JST 212. Klein
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3.00 Credits
A study of the New Testament centered on Jesus and the writings that present his life, teachings, and the new religion based around him. Analyses the origin of the Jewish religious movement arising around Jesus which became Christianity after his execution and the proclamation of his resurrection by his followers. Course seeks to understand the practices, and beliefs of the earliest Christians by examining the earliest Christian writings. Focuses on New Testament gospels but also examines a selection of apocryphal and gnostic gospels. Cooper
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3.00 Credits
A study of the New Testament centered on the letters of the apostle Paul and his role in the transformation of the Jewish religious movement that became Christianity. Analyzes the New Testament writings by Paul and those writings influenced by him (letters written in his name; the book of Acts; and Revelation), as well as the interpretation of his writings by ancient Christians as well as modern scholars. Course seeks to understand how the conversion of Paul and how his missions contributed to the growth and formation of early Christianity. Cooper
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3.00 Credits
Begins with Christian classics, St. Augustine, Calvin, and their vision of the relation of Christianity to the State or to the pursuit of power and wealth. Moves to the last few centuries, in which a Christian vision has been challenged by thinkers such as Rousseau and Nietzsche. Course ends with readings from contemporary period, in which the place of Christianity in the public sphere is again shifting. Aronowicz
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3.00 Credits
Readings of well-known 20th century Jewish short story writers, novelists, and poets. In an era in which many people, including many of the authors, thought they were moving away from religion, religious questions and imagery remain nonetheless prevalent. What are these questions How does the fiction reflect and respond to the upheavals of the time Same as JST 233. Aronowicz
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3.00 Credits
Buddhism is constituted by many traditions that have spread throughout Asia and, more recently, throughout the world. This course surveys some of the most influential forms in both ancient and modern manifestations. We begin with Buddhism in ancient India, then move to Tibet, China, and Japan. Finally we will look at some of the transformations of Buddhism that have occurred as Buddhism has encountered modernity and the West. This course considers multiple dimensions of these traditions including philosophy, meditation, social relations, ethics, art, and ritual. McMahan
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3.00 Credits
Studies Jewish thinkers from the Enlightenment to the present, through their philosophical writings, political essays, religious reflections, and fiction. The chief question was how to make the Jewish tradition adapt or respond to the modern Western State and to modern Western culture. This is a course about the Jews and the West. To what degree is there harmony To what degree is there conflict Same as JST 252. Aronowicz
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to Jewish history, beginning with first centuries of the Common Era and continuing to end of 17th century. Examines central themes and patterns in Jewish history. Readings consist of narrative as well as documentary histories with discussion of different theoretical approaches to the writing of Jewish history. Same as HST/JST 253. Hoffman
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