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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
3 INQ An introduction to Greek mythology and its ancient Near Eastern parallels. The course focuses on the analysis of ancient Greek art and literature (including epic, hymns, lyric poetry, tragedy, and historiography). Topics explored include dying and rising gods, athletics and warfare, hospitality and gift exchange, initiation rituals and the afterlife, and the sex and gender roles of men and women. In addition, students consider Roman, Jewish, and Christian approaches to Greek myth and explore the impact of myth on modern art and film.
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3.00 Credits
3 FS This course considers the disputes over the interpretation of the Bible in Western culture. Did Moses and the prophets write the Hebrew Bible? Was the Bible intended as scripture, myth, or history? Why were books left out of the Bible? What are the differences between Jewish, Roman Catholic, and Protestant approaches to the Bible? In adition to examining books of the Bible in their original context, this course considers the Bible's role in ancient and contemporary disputes over the Sabbath, heaven and hell, the resurrection, the law, circumcision, divorce, the Trinity, salvation, slavery, polygamy, abortion, homosexuality, and feminism.
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3.00 Credits
3 FS An introduction to the religions of the East: Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism.
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3.00 Credits
3 FS What is religion? How do we recognize it? Are there functions religions characteristically serve or questions they characteristically ask? Are there characteristic answers? Are there secular religions? How do various cultures approach the category of "religion"? This course exploresdiverse religious beliefs and practices in light of classic and contemporary analyses from several disciplinary fields.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
1 INQ Special topics offered for 1.0-3.0 units.
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3.00 Credits
3 FS An introduction to Islam as a religious and cultural system. Topics include pre-Islamic Arabia, the Prophet Muhammad and the first Muslims, the Qur'an and shari'a, basic ritual practices, mysticism, theology and philosophy, Shi'ism, the visual and musical arts, women, modernism, "fundamentalism," and Islam in the USA.
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3.00 Credits
3 FS History of Judaism from biblical to modern times. A study of the literature, faith, and events that shaped Jewish life.
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3.00 Credits
3 FS An introduction to the basic features of the Christian worldview through an anlysis of its historical, ritual, doctrinal, ethical, and social-institutional dimensions. Special attention will be given to the diverse expressions of Christianity in different times and places and to its impact on human history, society, and culture.
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3.00 Credits
3 INQ An exploration of the religious dimension of Chinese culture, with special attention to such figures as Lao Tzu, Confucius, and Mencius.
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3.00 Credits
3 INQ A discussion of the role of religions in Japanese culture and society, with special attention to Buddhism, Confucianism, Shintoism, folk religion, and contemporary religious movements in Japan.
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