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department Religious Studies (X) |
Fall 2009 Areas Hu
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TTh 11.35-12.50 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas Hu Introduction to the religions studied as ?Buddhism,? ?Judaism,? ?Christianity,? and ?Afro-Caribbean Religion,? with a focus on the interaction between the global representation of these traditions and local lived practice in New Haven. Thematic exploration of gender and sexuality in these traditions. Course work includes on-site visits, Internet research, and class presentations.
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TTh 11.35-12.25 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas Hu The sexuality of American religion. Case studies and theoretical expositions map the relationship between sexuality and the texts, rituals, regulations, and communities of American religious cultures. Topics include seductive ministers, pedophile priests, abstinent sects, and complex marriages.
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TTh 2.30-3.45 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas Hu Introduction to major themes in Tibetan Buddhist thought and practice, including Buddhist ethics, systems of monastic and ascetic life, ritual applications, sacred geography and pilgrimage, and lay religion. The status of Buddhism in Chinese-occupied Tibet and in the West.
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Th 9.25-11.15 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas Hu Permission of instructor required The development of Buddhism and Hinduism explored through examination of the archaeological record. Study of well-known sculptures and structural remains, as well as newly discovered material that challenges current reconstructions of the history of Buddhism and Hinduism in the Gandhara region.
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MW 2.30-3.45 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas Hu Introduction to literary works that shaped the great civilizations of Asia. Focus on traditional literature from India, China, and Japan. Readings range from religious and philosophical texts to literature of the court, poetry, drama, and epics.
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Th 9.25-11.15 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas Hu Permission of instructor required Complex female characters in the Hebrew Bible, such as Tamar, Hannah, and Rebecca. Tension between their patriarchal depiction as marginal to male characters and their psychological and literary portrayal as dominant and active heroines who transcend limited social and religious roles.
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TTh 11.35-12.50 Fall 2009 Final exam scheduled (Group 24) 12/15/2009 T 9.00 Areas Hu A broad introduction to the history of the Jews from biblical beginnings until the European Reformation and the Ottoman Empire. Focus on the formative period of classical rabbinic Judaism and on the symbiotic relationships among Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Jewish society and culture in its biblical, rabbinic, and medieval settings.
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MW 10.30-11.20 Fall 2009 Final exam scheduled (Group 33) 12/18/2009 F 9.00 Areas Hu The rise of Christianity and the development of Western culture into the early Middle Ages, including the creation of Christian orthodoxy. Religious, political, social, gender, literary, and theological history of Christian religion in many forms.
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TTh 2.30-3.45 Fall 2009 Final exam scheduled (Group 27) 12/17/2009 Th 2.00 Areas Hu The rise of Islam in Arabia; Muhammad and the Qur?an; Muslim tradition and religious law; crucial issues of Islamic philosophy and theology; basic beliefs and practices of the Muslim community; religious institutions and modern trends.
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Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas So Study of ways in which freedom, justice, and religious convictions may conflict with or reinforce each other. Fundamental issues of political philosophy viewed within the context of policy and philosophical arguments in bioethics.
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T 1.30-3.20 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas Hu Permission of instructor required How members of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim communities thought of and interacted with members of the other two cultures during the Middle Ages. Topics include the cultural grids and expectations each imposed on the other; the rhetoric of otherness such as humans or devils, purity or impurity, and animal imagery; and models of religious community and power in dealing with the other when confronted with cultural differences.
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Fall 2009 Final exam scheduled (Group 33) 12/18/2009 F 9.00 Areas Hu The history of Jews in America from the colonial period to the present. Topics include immigration, religious development, politics, and participation in culture. Special attention to how Jews, as a minority, have negotiated their place in American society.
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Fall 2009 Areas Hu Permission of instructor required
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MW 2.30-3.45 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas Hu Permission of instructor required Introduction to the study of Jesus in canonical and noncanonical sources. History of the quest for the historical Jesus, methods for reconstructing a historical account of Jesus, and versions of Jesus as offered by the early Gospels.
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Fall 2009 Final exam scheduled (Group 26) 12/15/2009 T 2.00 Areas Hu Permission of instructor required Readings of Greek works produced in late antiquity by early Christian writers. Genres include epistles, martyr narratives, biblical commentaries, hymns, theological treatises, sermons, and monastic sayings.
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T 3.30-5.20 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas Hu Permission of instructor required Exploration of how particular indigenous peoples relate to local bioregions and biodiversity. Differences between and within indigenous societies, especially in cultural relationships to place. Ways in which values associated with physical places are articulated in symbols, myths, rituals, and other embodied practices.
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MW 2.30-3.45 Fall 2009 Final exam scheduled (Group 37) 12/18/2009 F 2.00 Areas Hu An introductory survey of the mystical literature of the Christian West, focusing on the late medieval and early modern periods. Close reading of primary texts, analyzed in their historical context.
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TTh 11.35-12.25 Fall 2009 Final exam scheduled (Group 24) 12/15/2009 T 9.00 Areas So A selective survey of issues in biomedical ethics. Comparison of different points of view from which the issues are approached, including religious vs. secular and liberal vs. conservative. Special attention to issues in research and at the beginning and end of life.
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TTh 2.30-3.45 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas Hu Permission of instructor required Religious dimensions of consumer culture. Popular arts and media that portray religion and religious ideas and that serve the 'religious' purpose of conveying meaning in the values they represent. Intersections of faith and capital, image and representation. Meanings that can be ascribed to cartoon caricatures, religious accessory, or tabloid frenzy.
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W 9.25-11.15 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Skills L5 Areas Hu Permission of instructor required Study of one of the most important of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Attention to its place in the history of biblical interpretation and ancient Jewish law; the nature and rhetorical function of its textual practices, both narrative and legal; and its relation to the central sectarian writings of the Qumran community.
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W 3.30-5.20 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas Hu Permission of instructor required An exploration of the gap between modern scientific cosmology and religion. The efforts of scientific, philosophical, and religious thinkers to define and bridge this gap. Steady state vs. big bang cosmologies; the anthropic principle; multiverse theories. Objectivity and intentionality in epistemology; meaning and creation; matter and spirit; divine action.
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M 9.25-11.15 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Skills L5 Areas Hu Permission of instructor required Study of an early rabbinic legal text treating religious courts and their jurisprudential practice. Dual attention to the historical significance of the institutions of law represented and to the cultural significance of the rhetoric of that representation.
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Th 9.25-11.15 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas Hu Permission of instructor required Buddhist meditation practices examined in the context of traditional theories of mind, perception, and cognition.
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1 HTBA Fall 2009 No regular final examination Permission of instructor required For students who wish, under faculty supervision, to investigate an area in religious studies not covered by regular departmental offerings. The course may be used for research or for directed reading. A long essay or several short ones are required. To apply, students should present a prospectus with bibliography of work they propose to undertake to the director of undergraduate studies together with a letter of support from the faculty member who will direct the work.
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