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3.00 Credits
Introduction to Jewish life in the modern era from late 18th century Emancipation and Enlightenment through the present, tracing the transformations of Jewish life. Broad historical sketches are combined with close readings of particular texts, movements, and thinkers to flesh out the contours and dynamics of the Jewish experience in the Modern world. Major events of Jewish history of 20th century (the Holocaust, foundation of the State of Israel, and mass migration of European Jews to the Americas) are examined through secondary and primary sources. Same as HST/JST 254. Hoffman
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on the history and literature of the 16th-century Protestant Reformation among Europe's German-speaking populations and on the transference of these traditions to Great Britain and the American colonies. Aims to read and understand primary sources in the matrix of social, political, and religious history. Examines the origins of American evangelicalism. Cooper
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3.00 Credits
Examines the issue of civil religion from the perspectives of history and visual culture. We will examine developments in the technological and religious spheres in order to pursue the following question: What roles, if any, have visual technologies and their products played in the creation and maintenance of the perceptual attitudes, metaphysical opinions, and ethical motivations of the American populace Lardas Modern
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3.00 Credits
Surveys a variety religious traditions and expressions of African Americans throughout the history of the United States. Of particular interest to our study will be the problems of slavery, colonization, and racialism as they have been embodied in the history of African-American religion. Lardas Modern
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on some of the distinctive forms that Buddhism has taken in North America. Discusses a number of traditions, including Theravada, Zen, and Tibetan Buddhism, comparing their American versions with those in Asia and addressing the transformations of various Buddhist traditions to accommodate American lifestyles and views. Also addresses a number of issues pertinent to Buddhism in America and the West, such as Buddhist identity, ethnicity, gender issues, authority, and social activism. McMahan
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3.00 Credits
Course explores the ways in which Jews have related to and represented the figure of Jesus, using Jewish texts from the birth of Christianity to the present day. Beginning with the Talmud, examines numerous Jewish sources (including literature and art) and looks at a number of historical periods and the different religious, social, and intellectual developments that influenced Jewish perceptions and portrayals of Jesus. Same as HIS/JST 326. Hoffman
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3.00 Credits
Course explores representations of American Jewish life, culture, and religion in cinema. Using an historical perspective, it analyzes the different ways in which Jewish identity and culture have been represented in American film. Looks at history of Jews in the United States, Jewish involvement in the film industry, and anti-Semitism. Films viewed weekly, including feature films and several documentaries, in class and in an extra viewing session. Same as HIS/JST 327. Hoffman
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3.00 Credits
An exploration of selected thematic elements of Hinduism. Begins with a focus on texts, doctrines, myths, and rituals of Hinduism from the early period. This will give us some basic Hindu ideas on selfhood, the nature of the cosmos and divinity, and concepts of gods and goddesses and how one should relate to them. After this, we will look at the modern period beginning with Hindu reformers such as Gandhi and Vivekananda. Then we explore the varied and colorful world of contemporary Hinduism. McMahan
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on Jews and Judaism during period of profound changes after the conquest of Alexander the Great that were key to development of modern Judaism and Christianity. Surveys variety of Jewish writing from the period: historical; philosophical; apocalyptic; and exegetical. These texts, including Dead Sea scrolls, will be read in combination with modern scholarly works treating Jewish life and history of the period. Same as JST 340. Cooper
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on three thinkers who rethought the meaning of their respective religious traditions-Catholicism, Protestantism, Judaism-in ways that were to influence not only their respective community but also how we think about religion in general. All three challenged what we mean by religion. Same as JST 359. Aronowicz
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