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department Religious Studies (X) |
Selected introductory topics in the study of religion.
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Selected introductory topics in the study of religion.
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Selected introductory topics in the study of religion. Also listed as South and Southeast Asian Studies C51.
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A survey of the religious beliefs of the ancient Egyptians, based primarily upon the written sources. Also listed as Near Eastern Studies C103.
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A survey of Babylonian religious beliefs and practices based on indigenous texts and monuments. Also listed as Near Eastern Studies C104.
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Religious beliefs and practices during the Viking Age in Scandinavia and their manifestations in later recordings. Readings and discussion in English. Also listed as Scandinavian C160.
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The course will introduce students to the pre-Christian beliefs of the Celtic and Indo-European worlds, to the historical narratives in which such beliefs are embedded, and to the methodology of investigating ancient and medieval belief systems. Also listed as Celtic Studies C168.
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Consideration of the rhetoric of hermeneutics or biblical interpretation with special emphasis on the mythical, symbolic, and allegorical language as the bearer of persuasive intention. Also listed as Rhetoric C131.
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The course will focus on examples of mystical thought from the traditions of Christian and Jewish mysticism since the Middle Ages. In addition to the introduction of the students to basic texts and concepts we will discuss the effects of mystical thought on art and literature from the Middle Ages up to today. Also listed as German C113.
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Introduction to the English Bible treated as a literary work. Also listed as English C107.
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The early Jesus movement in its social and historical setting. Particular attention to the transformations of various Jewish religious concepts; traditions about Jesus; political and religious eschatology; Paul and his interpreters.
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European history from the fourteenth to the middle of the seventeenth century. Political, social, and economic developments during this transitional period will be examined, together with the rise of Renaissance culture, and the religious upheavals of the sixteenth century. Also listed as History C157.
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This is the first course in a four-course sequence in the history of Jewish culture and civilization. It covers the biblical period and the period up to the destruction of the second temple. This course will explore the current state of our knowledge, including the legacy of ancient Near Eastern myth and religion, the history of Israelite religion, the literary features of biblical narrative, and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Also listed as Near Eastern Studies C135 and Undergrad Interdisciplinary Studies C152.
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This class will examine the emergence and development of classical Judaism, its piety, institutions, thought, and literature. Also listed as Near Eastern Studies C133 and Undergrad Interdisciplinary Studies C153.
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This is the fourth course in a four-course sequence in the history of Jewish culture and civilization. It explores the major themes in Jewish history from 1750 to the present, with special attention paid to the transformation of Jewish communal and individual identity in the modern world. Topics to be treated include the breakdown of traditional society, enlightenment and emancipation, assimilation, Hasidism, racial anti-Semitism, colonialism, Zionism, and contemporary Jewish life in Europe, North America, and Israel. The multicultural nature of Jewish history will be highlighted throughout the course through the treatment of non-European Jewish narratives alongside the more familiar Ashkenazi perspective. Also listed as History C175B and Undergrad Interdisciplinary Studies C155.
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Designed as a two-semester sequence, these courses are an introduction to the religions that have their origin on the Indian subcontinent--Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, and tribal religions--as well as those that originated in other regions such as Islam, Christianity, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism. Organizing this material chronologically rather than teaching it by separate religious traditions facilitates comparisons and promotes an understanding not only of the differences among these religions but also some of their commonalities in philosophy, theology, and praxis. Also listed as South Asian C127.
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Introduces history of religious movements in modern India. Examines the dissemination and reinterpretation of sacred texts and religious practices. Includes a reading of spiritual experience and religious authority at mid-century in an influential modern novel. Examines religious conversions, transformations of women's roles, and how the concept of a secular state in post-independence India shapes religious policy and practice. Also listed as South Asian C128.
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This course is designed to provide a chronological and thematic approach to the study of religion in medieval India. It will cover the period from 600 to 1600 A.D.--a time of significant developments in both Hinduism and Islam on the subcontinent. Besides witnessing tremendous religious ferment in the South and the emergence of popular devotional movements within Hinduism in the North, the period also observed new mystical and regional articulations of Islam. Also listed as South Asian C123.
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Literary and religious aspects of Hindu myths. Reading of selected mythological texts in translation. Also listed as South Asian C140.
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The course entails substantial selected readings from the great Sanskirt epic poems--the Mahabharata and the Ramayana in translation, selected readings from the corpus of secondary literature on Indian epic studies as well as lectures on salient issues in both. Discussion will focus on a variety of historical and theoretical approaches to the study of the poems and their extraordinary influence on Indian culture. Readings will be supplemented with selected showings of popular cinematic and television versions of the epics. Also listed as South Asian C142.
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This course examines the diversity of American religious traditions as seen through the experience of some of its major racial, ethnic, and immigrant communities. Since ethnicity and issues of race play a defining role in the development of these religious communities, the theoretical focus of this course will center on the tensions racial and cultural differences created, the ways these communities addressed their cultural alienation, and the means they used to ease such tensions. Special attention will be given to the ways these communities sought to perserve traditional beliefs and practices in the face of trends toward cultural accommodation as well as to theways these communities resisted assimilation and transformed their communities and their circumstances. Theoretically, then, this four-part social-cultural Resistance/Adaptation model--isolation/accommodation,conflict/transformation--will frame the course lecture and discussion materials.
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The course will locate the place of religious consciousness in human action and then survey comparatively and historically the role that religion has played in human society. Will include a general theory of the nature of religious experience, religious symbolism, and the basis of religious community. Also listed as Sociology C112.
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Selected topics or problems in the study of religion.
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Course may take one or two semesters at the option of the instructor and student with credit to be earned upon completion of a successful thesis. Successful completion of the course will normally, but not necessarily, mean the awarding of honors.
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Course may take one or two semesters at the option of the instructor and student with credit to be earned upon completion of a successful thesis. Successful completion of the course will normally, but not necessarily, mean the awarding of honors.
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