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City University of New York - Introduction to World Religions

A survey of the religions of man from the earliest times to the present.
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City University of New York - Introduction to Judaism

A study of major periods and ideas of Judaism.
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City University of New York - Introduction to Christianity

A study of the major periods and ideas of Christianity.
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City University of New York - Introduction to the Religions of Asia

This course is an introduction to the major religions originating in southern and eastern Asia: Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, and Shintoism. We will examine their basic doctrines, rituals, sacred and apocryphal literature, and religious art. The impact of these traditions on contemporary Asian societies will be examined from an interdisciplinary and multicultural perspective.
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City University of New York - Bible I

Selected books and themes of the Hebrew Bible.
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City University of New York - Contemporary Judaism

A study of the movements and institutions of Judaism in various parts of the world.
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City University of New York - Judaism and Christianity

A study of the relation between the two faiths from the period of the New Testament to recent developments.
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City University of New York - Bible II

The Gospels and Epistles, problems of historicity, form criticism, and interpretation of man and history.
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City University of New York - Religion in the Twentieth Century

Technology, nationalism, war, and the churches in various parts of the world. The challenge of secularism and the encounter with non-Christian religions.
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City University of New York - The Culture and the Religion of Islam

An introduction to the fundamental principles of Islamic religion, early Islamic history, and the highlights of Islamic philosophy, mysticism, and literature.
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City University of New York - History of Religion in America

Historical survey of major developments in American religious thought and institutions from the seventeenth century to the present. Among topics studied are Puritanism, evangelical Protestantism, Catholicism, Judaism, black religion, and civil religion.
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City University of New York - Black Religion of America

An introduction to black religion as reflected in the poetry and prose of African-Americans. Topics to be examined include surviving characteristics of African religion, the nature of God, Christianity and the black ideal, and the revolt against Christianity.
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City University of New York - Philosophy of Religion

This course examines varieties of religious belief, traditional accounts of faith and reason, the existence of God, the relation of God to the world, religion as moral or aesthetic experience, and the role of religious institutions.
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City University of New York - World Religious Traditions

This course will examine the essential elements of the major world religious traditions - teachings, rites, ethics, social and cultural dimensions - and their communities in comparative and historical perspective. It will address the role and place of religious traditions in complex and diverse societies and discuss the issues of ethnic tension and religious intolerance.
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City University of New York - Traditions of Judaism

This course presents an overview of the history, teachings, rituals and feasts, the ethics and structure of Judaism. It will examine the tradition of Judaism, its history, basic faith and worship, scriptures, community, ethical practice with special attention to the American context.
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City University of New York - The Christian Tradition

The Christian tradition will be examined through its history, faith, worship and communal life. The life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth will be inspected, along with the historical development of the tradition and its communities. It will trace the story of the Christians not only down through time but across the world and its cultures and peoples. The aim is an honest, far-ranging look at this community of faith and its history as art of the greater human expanse of culture, art, literature and history.
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City University of New York - Religion and Politics in the United States

This course investigates the role of religion in American political life from the nation's founding to the present era. Church-state issues will be addressed from the perspectives of political theory and constitutional law. Cultural cleavages on such issues as prohibition, Sunday observance, the teaching of evolution, and, more recently, abortion, school prayer, parochial school aid, civil liberties, and gay rights, will be explored. The implications of religious divisions for the American political party and electoral systems will also be examined using historical and political science studies.
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City University of New York - The Historical Search for the Prophet Mohammad

The course will examine the primary and secondary sources, as well as modern academic works, on the life and teaching of the Prophet Mohammad. It is a course on historiography as well as on biography and the early beginnings of Islam. The course will concentrate on a close reading of the very first biography: ibn Ishaq's classic The Life of Muhammad.
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City University of New York - Special Topics in Religion and Culture

Courses taught will cover issues in the study of religion and culture. Courses may focus on a single religion, theoretical issues in the study of religion, or contemporary social issues (e.g., race, class, gender) in relation to various religious traditions.
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City University of New York - Mysticism: a Comparative Approach

The course seeks to understand the nature of mysticism, which can be defined as the claim that it is possible for humans to have direct unmediated experience of the divine. It looks at the major religious traditions in Christianity, Judaism, Islam and the religions of Asia.
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City University of New York - Jesus-An Historical and Critical Approach

This course tries to find out what it is possible to know of the life of Jesus and of his time and place. It considers the nature of the New Testament documents and of the communities and individuals that produced them. It looks at the varying interpretations of Jesus in the first few centuries after his death and at twentieth-century historical interpretations.
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City University of New York - The Lives of Hinduism

This course provides an introduction to the ?lives? of Hinduism ? it traces major developments and changes in the greater Hindu tradition from its inception to the present, and the rituals and value systems that have shaped and continue to shape the lives of Hindus. Guiding questions include: Is Hinduism a religion? Do all societies share a similar definition of ?religion?? How have modern Hindu lives been shaped by recent phenomena like globalization and colonialism? What is the relationship between religion and politics in South Asian culture? Why is religious violence on the rise in South Asia, and what can be done to stop it?
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