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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Beliefs, practices and institutions of the Christian Church through the past nineteen centuries. The great theological debates, significant issues, and formative thinkers.
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3.00 Credits
Emphasis on literary craft of biblical literature, and relations between it and the arts throughout history, especially in contemporary culture.
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3.00 Credits
Major religions of Middle East, Judaism, Christianity, Islam. Historical development, literature and contributions to the West.
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Critically appraise Paul of Tarsus's life, letters, and legacy. Encounter Paul's Jewish, Greek, and Roman imperial worlds in ancient literature, art, and architecture. Examine contemporary literary-critical, postcolonial, and liberationist approaches to Pauline studies.
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3.00 Credits
Yoga, meditation, karma, reincarnation, major devotional and ceremonial traditions that have developed around Shiva, Vishnu, and the Goddess. The dynamic between popular worship and the contemplative traditions of Hindu culture. RE 240G recommended but not required.
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3.00 Credits
Gautama's enlightenment, the Noble Eight-fold Path, development of Buddhist ideas and practices as they spread from India to South and East Asia, contrasting Western religious views with those of another world religion.
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3.00 Credits
Religious traditions of native peoples, with focus on sacred power, deity, tutelary spirits, shamanic states of consciousness, ceremony, and sacred narrative; Attention also given to native concerns about lineage and authenticity in contemporary practices.
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3.00 Credits
Investigation of ancient "Gnostic" writings andcommunities. Discussion of orthodoxy and heresy, canon formation, and women's role(s) in earliest Christian assemblies. Contemporary fascination with extra-canonical literature (The Da Vinci Code) will be considered. Prerequisite: RE 201H or any course in Biblical studies.
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3.00 Credits
The growth of Latin American, black, and feminist liberation theologies from earlier forms of theology, their development and contribution to theology, and responses to them. 101
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3.00 Credits
Exploration of Christian understandings of human existence in comparison with other perspectives. Topics include: what it means to be and become human; relationships between individual, society, and nature; and meaning in human existence.
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