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RELI 101 - INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF RELIGION Credits: 3 Comparative and interdisciplinary analysis of key elements (including scripture, religious experience, ideas of the divine, religious art and practices) of two Western and two non-Western religions, of the scholarly study of religion, and of the role of religion in the contemporary world. College: School of Humanities Department: Religious Studies
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RELI 103 - INTRODUCTION TO NEW TESTAMENT STUDIES Credits: 3 Focuses on understanding the historical, cultural and religious traditions within the biblical narratives, the process of the canonization of the New Testament texts, the variety of methods of interpretation used to study the biblical materials. College: School of Humanities Department: Religious Studies
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RELI 105 - INTRODUCTION TO MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN THOUGHT Credits: 3 Survey of major medieval Christian thinkers. Primary focus on high and late middle ages (12th-15th century), with some attention to spiritual and apocalyptic writings and dissenting thought in this period. Cross-list: MDST 105. College: School of Humanities Department: Religious Studies
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RELI 106 - INTRODUCTION TO MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN DEVOTIONAL PRACTICES Credits: 3 Survey of major themes in medieval Christian devotion introducing medieval practices of death, penance, pilgrimage, cult of the saints and Mary, among others. Considers devotional texts, material culture, art and literature. Cross-list: MDST 106. College: School of Humanities Department: Religious Studies
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RELI 111 - INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN RELIGIONS Credits: 3 Introduction to the structures of African religions through readings. Topics include community, cosmology, ritual, ethical values, magic, witchcraft, spirit possession, contribution to nationalism, social change, religion and art, and transplantation of African Religions in the Americas. College: School of Humanities Department: Religious Studies
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RELI 113 - INTRODUCTION TO CHRISTIANITY IN AFRICA Credits: 3 An introductory reading course examining the dynamics of African Christianity from the early church to the present. Course will include studying the African church during the Patristic era, the Colonial period, Prophetic Movements, nationalism, racial tensions, the role of women, and the emergence of a distinct theological voice. College: School of Humanities Department: Religious Studies
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RELI 122 - THE BIBLE AND ITS INTERPRETERS Credits: 3 An introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. Compares modern-critical reading with early Jewish and Christian, often fanciful interpretations. College: School of Humanities Department: Religious Studies
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RELI 125 - INTRODUCTION TO BIBLICAL HEBREW I Credits: 3 An introduction to Biblical Hebrew (two semesters) with emphasis on grammar and vocabulary. College: School of Humanities Department: Religious Studies
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RELI 127 - INTERMEDIATE BIBLICAL HEBREW I Credits: 3 Readings in the Hebrew Bible as well as in some unvocalized texts from the Dead Sea Scrolls. Review of grammar and vocabulary. College: School of Humanities Department: Religious Studies
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RELI 131 - INTRODUCTION TO TIBETAN LANGUAGE & CULTURE Credits: 3 Varied topics include traditional Buddhist texts as well as modern reflections on Tibet, film, and foundations of the Tibetan language. Cross-list: TIBT 131, Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: RELI 531. College: School of Humanities Department: Religious Studies
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RELI 132 - ADVANCED TIBETAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE Credits: 3 Readings in Tibetan Bon and Buddhist religious texts. Cross-list: TIBT 132, Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: RELI 532. Instructor permission required College: School of Humanities Department: Religious Studies
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RELI 140 - INTRODUCTION TO CHINESE RELIGIONS Credits: 3 Surveys the major Chinese religious traditions of Confucianism, Daoism and Buddhism. Readings will include both philosophical texts, historical and anthropological studies, as well as popular literature. Cross-list: ASIA 140. College: School of Humanities Department: Religious Studies
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RELI 157 - RELIGION AND HIP HOP CULTURE IN AMERICA Credits: 3 Hip Hop culture has changed how life is discussed and conducted. However, one of the under-explored dimensions of Hip Hop culture involves its religious sensibilities. Using lectures, discussions, films, and video presentations, this course explores Hip Hop culture's religious dimensions through its musical language-rap music. College: School of Humanities Department: Religious Studies
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RELI 158 - LIBERATION THEOLOGIES Credits: 3 This course seeks to acquaint students with examples of liberation theology, as they relate to the following issues: racism, sexism, classism, and environmental destruction. Attention is given to the context, construction, form, and aims of Latin American liberation theology, Black theology, Feminist theology, and Theology in the Intersections. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: RELI 548. College: School of Humanities Department: Religious Studies
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RELI 164 - WHO IS (NOT) A JEW? Credits: 3 Explore problems with identity-- ethnic, political, spiritual-- in the case of the other Jew. Consider themes of anti-Semitism and philo-Semitism, insider and outsider, tradition and innovation. Examine competing views purveyed through diverse media such as literature, film, art, and music. Selected texts from St. Paul, Shakespeare, Dickens, Marx, George Eliot, Freud, Chagall, Cynthia Ozick, Bob Dylan, and Woody Allen. This course is limited to first-year students only, any others will be removed from this course. Cross-list: FSEM 164. College: School of Humanities Department: Religious Studies
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RELI 203 - JUDAISM OF JESUS AND HILLEL Credits: 3 This course examines the history and culture of Judaism during the Second Temple period which produced such great religious leaders as Jesus and Hillel. Topics include: Canonization, Colonization, Diaspora, Economic and Political Instability, Eschatology, Hellenization, Imperialism, Messianism, Pharisees, Priesthood, Sadducees, Scribes, Scriptures, Sectarianism, Synagogue and Temple worship. College: School of Humanities Department: Religious Studies
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RELI 204 - SECULARISM AND/OR JUDAISM Credits: 3 The course examines the intersection and cross-section of secular Judaism and Jewish secularism from the seventeenth century until today. Is Judaism maintained or rejected in its secularization? Has secularization welcomed or rejected Judaism? Our discussions take a historical perspective to yield perspectives on their future. Cross-list: HIST 204. College: School of Humanities Department: Religious Studies
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RELI 205 - VIOLENCE, SACRIFICE, AND RELIGION Credits: 3 This course examines the sources of inter-human violence, from murder to man-made mass death. It asks whether (and if so, how) religious belief and practice has got to do with it. It addresses questions raised by sacrifice--human, animal, environmental, spiritual--in anthropological, psychological, literary, political, and philosophical terms. College: School of Humanities Department: Religious Studies
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RELI 208 - SECULAR JUDAISM-ANCIENT & MODERN Credits: 3 Comparing the Second Temple and modern periods, the circumstances addressed by secular Jewish cultures are similar: defining the core of values and the limits of ethnic boundaries; cultivating languages; transmitting literatures; forging nationalities; relating homeland and exile; engaging with popular art and philosophy. College: School of Humanities Department: Religious Studies
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RELI 209 - INTRODUCTION TO JUDAISM Credits: 3 Post-biblical Judaism reflected in ancient rabbinical (legal space and non-legal) literature, feminism, medieval Jewish philosophy with special emphasis on Maimonides, and modern developments such as Hasidism, Musar, liberal Judaism, and Zionism. College: School of Humanities Department: Religious Studies
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RELI 210 - ETHICS IN JUDAISM Credits: 3 What-if anything-is right, good, and just about our intentions and actions? The course surveys urgent questions raised in Jewish philosophy concerning law, morality, and politics. Topics include freedom and frailty, gender and government, emotions and reasons, suffering and hope. Readings in translation ancient, medieval, modern, and contemporary writings. Equivalency: RELI 330. College: School of Humanities Department: Religious Studies
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RELI 211 - JESUS AT THE MOVIES Credits: 3 Explores how the portrayal of Jesus and the biblical narrative has varied in cinema as social, political and religious perspectives have shifted over this century. College: School of Humanities Department: Religious Studies
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RELI 221 - THE LIFE OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD Credits: 3 This course will examine the life of the Prophet Muhammad, focusing on its significance for Muslims and for non-Muslims. Readings in The Qur'an, Ibn Hisham, and Haykal. Cross-list: ASIA 221. College: School of Humanities Department: Religious Studies
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RELI 223 - QUR'AN AND COMMENTARY Credits: 3 Survey of the major themes of the Qur'an and selected types of commentary on it from the early Islamic period until the present day. College: School of Humanities Department: Religious Studies
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RELI 225 - REVOLUTIONARY ISLAM: SHI'ISM Credits: 3 This course will cover Shi'ism at an introductory level, focusing upon the Imami (Twelve) and Ismai'ili branches of Shi'ism but also including the so-called Ghulat sects. College: School of Humanities Department: Religious Studies
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