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Oct 15, 2024
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2021-2022 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Religious Studies
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Professors: T. Foley, Mahony, Ottati, Plank, Snyder, Wills (Chair)
Associate Professor: Pang, Zamir
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Cultural Diversity Requirement
REL 137, 170, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 180, 244, 261, 270, 271, 272, 273, 275, 277, 278, 279, 280, 282, 283, 288, 346, 370, 371, 378, 382, and 474 are options for satisfying the cultural diversity requirement.
Major Requirements (A.B. Degree)
Ten courses in Religious Studies. To complete the major, students must take courses related to three different religious traditions, of which one should be a monotheistic tradition. Eligible students who elect to write an honors thesis in the senior year must take REL 498 in the spring of the senior year. For those pursuing honors, REL 498 must be taken as an extra eleventh course for the major.
The courses for the major must be selected to meet all of the following requirements:
- Diversity requirement-3 courses, each one representing a different tradition, of which one should be a monotheistic tradition. Traditions offered include Buddhism, Christianity*, East Asian Religions (including Chinese Religions), Hinduism, Islam*, and Judaism*. (* denotes monotheistic tradition)
- Fields requirement-3 courses, one from each of the following fields of inquiry:
- Traditions
- Ethics, Theology, Politics, Society
- Text, Media, Interpretation
- REL 301: Thinking About Religion
- REL 401: Doing Religious Studies
- Seminar requirement-Two 400-level Seminars, not counting REL 401
Depending on the course, some fields courses may also count toward the diversity requirement, and vice versa. Also, some 400-level Seminars, but not REL 401, may also count toward fields requirement and/or the diversity requirement.
Diversity
Buddhism – REL 271, 282, 283, 382
Christianity* – REL 108, 130, 133, 137, 140, 141, 144, 145, 150, 155, 161, 166, 230, 231, 234, 247, 250, 252, 253, 256, 257, 258, 261, 273, 345, 347, 354, 357, 360, 366, 452
East Asian Religions (incl. Chinese Religions) – REL 180, 280, 288
Hinduism – REL 270, 370, 371, 471
Islam* – REL 165, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 272, 277, 278, 279, 378
Judaism* – REL 105, 122, 223, 224, 244, 275, 320, 321, 346
(*denotes monotheistic tradition)
Fields
- TRADITIONS: REL 130, 133, 141, 144, 155, 165, 170, 174, 178, 180, 230, 231, 253, 257, 261, 270, 271, 272, 275, 280, 282, 345, 347, 360, 366, 371, 378, 382, 452, 471
- ETHICS, THEOLOGY, POLITICS, SOCIETY: REL 105, 108, 143, 150, 161, 166, 173, 177, 247, 250, 252, 256, 258, 262, 265, 273, 277, 279, 283, 288, 346, 354, 357, 365, 369, 379
- TEXTS, MEDIA, INTERPRETATION: REL 122, 137, 140, 145, 162, 163, 175, 176, 223, 224, 232, 234, 244, 278, 320, 321, 370
Minor Requirements
Six courses, as follows:
- Seminar (any course numbered between 410 and 490) - 1
- REL 301: Thinking About Religion
- Electives - 4
Honors Requirements
A minimum of 3.2 GPA overall, and 3.5 in the department; completion of senior capstone project (=REL 498) of honors quality, with oral examination; and the recommendation of the department. For admission into the honors program, consult with the chair of the department. The department does not award high honors.
Rationale for Course Numbering
Courses at the 100-level are designed primarily for first and second year students; registration for these courses is generally closed to juniors and seniors until the Drop/Add period.
Registration for courses at the 200-level is open to all students. Like 100-level courses, 200-levels are introductory in nature, but focus on specific topics or themes.
Courses at the 300-level are also open to all students regardless of background. They may include more specialized reading material, involve more student research, and require somewhat more writing than courses at the 100- and 200-levels.
Except for 401, courses numbered in the 400s are called seminars. Seminars are designed primarily for majors and minors, although others are welcome and encouraged to apply if space allows.
Seminars numbered 410-19 deal with theory and method in study of religion; 420-39 comprise Biblical Studies; 440-59 treat theology and ethics; 460-89 focus on non-Western religious traditions. Seminar topics vary from year to year.
Religious Studies Courses
- ANT 220 - Religion, Society, and Culture
- ANT 327 - Religious Pluralism in Twenty-first Century Latin America
- PHI 170 - God (= REL 246)
- REL 105 - Religion and Law in Jewish Tradition and American Jurisprudence
- REL 108 - The Kingdom of God and a Good Society
- REL 110 - Aliens, Strangers, & Zombies
- REL 122 - Tragedy and Comedy in Biblical Narrative
- REL 127 - Female Resistance in the Old Testament
- REL 130 - Introduction to the New Testament
- REL 137 - Bible and Qur’an
- REL 140 - Sin and Redemption in Christian Thought
- REL 141 - The Rise of Christianity
- REL 142 - Autobiography and Religion
- REL 143 - Being Human
- REL 144 - The Christian Faith
- REL 145 - The Spiritual Imagination in Contemporary Poetry
- REL 150 - Introduction to Christian Ethics
- REL 155 - Issues in Religion and Science
- REL 161 - GodLoveSex
- REL 162 - Contemporary Seekers in the U.S.
- REL 163 - Imagining Race and Religion
- REL 165 - Muslim-Americans
- REL 170 - The Sacred Quest in Comparative Perspective
- REL 173 - Shiism ( & and Sunni Islam)
- REL 174 - THE END.
- REL 175 - The Qurʾan and Its Interpreters
- REL 176 - Nostalgic Islam
- REL 177 - Islamic Ethics
- REL 178 - Classical Islam
- REL 180 - Introduction to East Asian Religions
- REL 190 - Welcoming the Stranger: Christian Hospitality in a Global Context
- REL 223 - Wisdom Literature: From Job to David Foster Wallace
- REL 224 - The Psalms and the Self
- REL 230 - Jesus and His Interpreters
- REL 231 - Paul: his Communities and Conflicts
- REL 232 - Parables in the Jewish and Christian Traditions
- REL 233 - The Other Gospels: Lost Literature of Early Christianity
- REL 236 - The Bible and Modern Moral Issues
- REL 244 - Modern Jewish Literature
- REL 245 - Modern Christian Thought
- REL 246 - God (=PHI 170)
- REL 247 - Black and Womanist Theology
- REL 248 - Christianity and Nature
- REL 250 - Issues in Theological Ethics
- REL 252 - Social Christianity in America
- REL 255 - Woman and the Body in the Christian Tradition
- REL 256 - Religion, Ethics and Medicine
- REL 257 - Death, Dying and the Afterlife
- REL 258 - Vocation of Citizen and Soldier
- REL 260 - Religion in America
- REL 261 - African American Religious Traditions
- REL 262 - Imagining American Religion
- REL 263 - Scripting the Word
- REL 265 - US Religions, US Revolutions
- REL 266 - The Bible in America
- REL 270 - Classical Hinduism
- REL 271 - Classical Buddhism
- REL 273 - Jesus and Muhammad
- REL 274 - Women and Gender in Islam
- REL 275 - Jewish Religious Life
- REL 277 - Islamic Mysticism
- REL 278 - Islamic City
- REL 279 - Nature & Ecology in Islam
- REL 280 - Chinese Religions
- REL 282 - Tibetan Religions
- REL 283 - Buddhism in America
- REL 288 - The Religious Question in Modern China
- REL 301 - Perspectives in the Study of Religion
- REL 320 - The Genesis Narrative
- REL 321 - The Exodus Tradition
- REL 341 - Religions of the Roman Empire
- REL 343 - Modern and Postmodern Theologies
- REL 344 - Modern Critics of Religion
- REL 345 - Early Christian Texts on Poverty
- REL 346 - Modern Jewish Thought
- REL 347 - Christian Latin Writers
- REL 253 - Reformed Theology and Ethics
- REL 352 - Protestant and Roman Catholic Ethics
- REL 353 - Theological Perspectives on Christian Faith
- REL 354 - Major Figures in Theology and Ethics
- REL 358 - Humans and Other Animals
- REL 360 - Myths America Lives By
- REL 365 - Women in American Religion
- REL 366 - Mormonism
- REL 370 - Asian Meditation Texts
- REL 371 - Hindu Mysticism
- REL 378 - Islam in the Modern Age: Tradition, Fundamentalism and Reform
- REL 379 - From Taj Mahal to Taliban
- REL 382 - Zen Buddhism
- REL 395 - Independent Study
- REL 401 - Senior Colloquium
- REL 405 - US Religions, US Revolutions
- REL 413 - Sacrifice
- REL 419 - Science and Religion
- REL 433 - Religious Art, Media and Technology
- REL 439 - Paul’s Letter to the Romans
- REL 440 - Seminar: How Christians Read Scripture
- REL 443 - The Question of the Animal
- REL 444 - Black and Womanist Theology
- REL 448 - Infinite Gesture: David Foster Wallace and the ethics of Fiction
- REL 449 - The Spiritual Imagination in Contemporary Literature
- REL 452 - Contemplation and Action
- REL 453 - Seminar: Love and Justice
- REL 454 - A Social Gospel
- REL 458 - Calvin’s “Institutes”
- REL 459 - History and Literature of Non-Violence
- REL 460 - Religion and Racism
- REL 461 - Issues in Religion & Politics
- REL 474 - The Daodejing
- REL 470 - Vedas and Upanishads
- REL 498 - Honors Project
- SOC 225 - Religion and Non-Religion
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