RELI 504 - Religion, Gender, and the Body

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This is a discussion-based seminar that focuses on theoretical approaches to the body and religion. Using Transgender Studies, Intersex Studies, Disability Studies, and Critical Race Theory, we will examine how religions approach the body. Graduate-level requirements include a 20-25 page paper that cites at least five academic sources. They will present their research to the class. They will pick a reading from the syllabus and facilitate class discussion on that reading.

Units
3
Grade Basis
Regular Grades

RELI 501B - Early Christian Literature: Latin Texts

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Early Christian and late antique literatures document one of the most significant periods of the human past. This period witnessed and helped to inaugurate the gradual transformation of classical society, government, and religion into three distinct cultures: the Medieval West, Byzantine, and Islamic. The western Mediterranean formed a European, Christian society made up of distinct European nations. In the eastern Mediterranean, the Roman Empire continued as the "Byzantine Empire," and the seventh century saw the birth of another major world religion, Islam, along with the Islamic caliphate. Early Christian and late antique literatures are characterized by a rich interdisciplinarity, but the social, religious, and political impact of Christianity is at the core of the Latin literature of this period. One particular focus of the course will be the "conflict" between Christian and pagan Latin literature -- the problem of how to reconcile the literary inheritance of the pagan past with the Christian present. The texts of Tertullian and Jerome are the loci classici for the discussion of Christian attitudes to pagan literature and culture, a theme we will address first in their texts and then in all subsequent readings. Although our course will include source readings from the wider Latin West (e.g. North Africa and Gaul), our focus will be upon the dramatic transformation of fourth-century Rome into the Primatial See of the Catholic Church and the destination of religious pilgrimage -- the new Jerusalem. Graduate-level requirements include a ten-page research paper or instructional module. Alternatively, a graduate-level translation of Latin texts may be an option with the approval of the instructor.

Units
3
Also Offered As
CLAS 501B
Grade Basis
Student Option ABCDE/PF

RELI 501A - Early Christian Literature: Greek Texts

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This course involves in depth study of early Christian texts together with related contemporary Jewish and Greco-Roman literature. Students will engage in careful analysis of individual texts in the New Testament and from the first four centuries of the Common Era, focusing on questions of genre, authorship, and meaning. Alongside these, students will examine writings by contemporary Jewish, Greek, and Roman authors (e.g., Philo, Josephus, Seneca, and Plutarch) as illustrative of the wider literary and religious culture. For students who have completed GRK 201, an option for readings in ancient Greek will be available as part of the course. Graduate level requirements included a extended research papers drawing on appropriate levels of training in language, literature, and knowledge of the ancient world.

Units
3
Also Offered As
CLAS 501A
Grade Basis
Regular Grades

RELI 498H - Honors Thesis

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An honors thesis is required of all the students graduating with honors. Students ordinarily sign up for this course as a two-semester sequence. The first semester the student performs research under the supervision of a faculty member; the second semester the student writes an honors thesis.

Units
3
Grade Basis
Regular Grades

RELI 498 - Senior Capstone

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A culminating experience for majors involving a substantive project that demonstrates a synthesis of learning accumulated in the major, including broadly comprehensive knowledge of the discipline and its methodologies. Senior standing required.

Units
3
Grade Basis
Student Option ABCDE/PF

RELI 496E - Topics in Ancient Mediterranean Religion

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This course treats topics within the study of religion in ancient Greece, Rome, and neighboring cultures. Knowledge of primary languages is not required, but for qualified students there may be optional readings in primary languages, such as in Greek and/or Latin.

Units
3
Also Offered As
CLAS 496E
Grade Basis
Regular Grades

RELI 493 - Internship

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As part of the Religious Studies for Health Professionals curriculum, the internship provides first-hand experience working within a community organization or employment area that engages issues of health and religion. The internship involves 120 contact hours with a selected internship site as well as 15 academic hours to enhance the learning experience. Before enrolling, students must work with the Religious Studies for Health Professionals internship coordinator to find an appropriate internship site that fulfills the goals of the program and the students interests.

Units
3
Grade Basis
Alternative Grading: S, P, F