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Spring 2023
RELIGIOUS STUDIES

RELI 130 – Asian Religions
  • Cross Listed
  • Gen Ed: Diversity Emphasis
  • The course surveys six religious traditions founded and developed in Asian including two from India: Hinduism and Buddhism, two from China: Confucianism and Taoism, and two from Japan: Shinto and Japanese New Religions. The survey of each religion includes: 1. a primary or sacred text, 2. contemporary practices in Asia, 3. contemporary practices in America, and 4. depictions in modern media. The course studies how the central tenets and teachings of Asian religions create the cultural roots of contemporary Asian cultures and how these teachings have influenced America's religious diversity.

    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Chieko Nakano
    Date Mar 13 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 34 / 60
    • +
    • Section: 101
    • Instructor:Chieko Nakano
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Mar 13 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 34 / 60
    Section 201
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Chieko Nakano
    Date Mar 13 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 34 / 60
    • +
    • Section: 201
    • Instructor:Chieko Nakano
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Mar 13 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 34 / 60

    RELI 160D4 – Introduction to World Religions
  • Gen Ed: Diversity Emphasis
  • Gen Ed: Tier 1 Traditions and Cultures/160
  • Gen Ed: Exploring Perspectives, Humanist
  • This course explores the diversity of religions and religious experiences across the globe. Religions to be examined include, but are not limited to, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, as well as indigenous traditions.

    Section 001
    Days MoWeFr
    Location Education, Rm 211
    Time 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM
    Instructor Grant Adamson
    Date Jan 11 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 119 / 200
    • Days: MoWeFr
    • Location: Education, Rm 211
    • Time: 1:00 PM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 119 / 200
    Section 201
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Konden Smith Hansen
    Date Mar 13 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 17 / 50
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Mar 13 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 17 / 50
    Section 201
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Konden Smith Hansen
    Date Jan 11 - Mar 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 26 / 50
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - Mar 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 26 / 50

    RELI 200 – Introduction to the Study of Religion
    The objective of this course is to introduce you to the study of the phenomenon called 'religion'. What makes people religious? How is religion defined? What are the different approaches to understanding religion in all of its diversity? Through a reading of texts from diverse backgrounds and approaches, this course will illuminate the complex and multi-dimensional elements of religion, and how the study of religion can open up new ways of seeing the world.

    Section 001
    Days TuTh
    Location Haury Anthro Bldg, Rm 129
    Time 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
    Instructor Daisy Vargas
    Date Jan 11 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 14 / 50
    • Days: TuTh
    • Location: Haury Anthro Bldg, Rm 129
    • Time: 2:00 PM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 14 / 50

    RELI 203 – Religion and Medicine in the Western Healing Traditions
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Humanities
  • Gen Ed: Building Connections
  • Honors Course
  • An examination of the intersection between medicine and healing in western healing traditions, from ancient times to the modern era. Key scientific and humanistic questions will be addressed.

    Section 001
    Days We
    Location Live Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
    Instructor Hester Oberman
    Date Jan 11 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 14 / 20
    • Days: We
    • Location: Live Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 14 / 20

    RELI 203 – Religion and Medicine in the Western Healing Traditions
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Humanities
  • Gen Ed: Building Connections
  • An examination of the intersection between medicine and healing in western healing traditions, from ancient times to the modern era. Key scientific and humanistic questions will be addressed.

    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Hester Oberman
    Date Jan 11 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 26 / 75
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 26 / 75

    RELI 211 – Life After Death in World Religions and Philosophies
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Humanities
  • Gen Ed: Building Connections
  • This course focuses on one Big Question: ¿How do afterlife beliefs affect the way we live?¿ It builds connections among the humanities [Religious Studies and Philosophy], the social sciences [Anthropology, Psychology, and Law], and the natural sciences [Medicine] to explore the ways in which religious afterlife beliefs are approached from multiple disciplinary perspectives. Students will analyze a variety of religious afterlife beliefs through case studies, problem-based assignments, and reading/writing genres from the six disciplinary perspectives in order to tackle the Big Question as it relates to their personal, academic, and/or career aspirations.

    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Alison Jameson
    Date Mar 13 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 198 / 200
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Mar 13 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 198 / 200
    Section 201
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Alison Jameson
    Date Mar 13 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 198 / 200
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Mar 13 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 198 / 200

    RELI 212 – American Indian Religious Traditions
  • Cross Listed
  • Gen Ed: Diversity Emphasis
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Humanities
  • Gen Ed: Exploring Perspectives, Humanist
  • This course offers a broad introduction to the diversity and complexity of American Indian religious traditions historically and in the contemporary. Students will explore general themes in the study of American Indian religions and spirituality along with analyzing specific examples. Of particular importance are the history and effects of colonialism and missionization on Native people, continuing struggles for religious freedom and cultural survival, and historical and contemporary religious responses to social, cultural, political, and geographical changes.

    Section 001
    Days TuTh
    Location Haury Anthro Bldg, Rm 216
    Time 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
    Date Jan 11 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 58 / 62
    • Days: TuTh
    • Location: Haury Anthro Bldg, Rm 216
    • Time: 12:30 PM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 58 / 62

    RELI 220 – Religion in Japanese Society
  • Cross Listed
  • Gen Ed: Diversity Emphasis
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Humanities
  • Introduction to texts, images and activities, both historical and contemporary, that comprise Japanese religion.

    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Takashi Miura
    Date Mar 13 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 52 / 60
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Mar 13 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 52 / 60

    RELI 220B – Literature of the Bible
  • Cross Listed
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Humanities
  • New Testament: The Gospels, the Epistles of Paul, and Revelation.

    Section 001
    Days TuTh
    Location Modern Languages, Rm 210
    Time 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
    Instructor Leerom Medovoi
    Date Jan 11 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 20 / 30
    • Days: TuTh
    • Location: Modern Languages, Rm 210
    • Time: 3:30 PM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 20 / 30

    RELI 222 – Introduction to Zen Buddhism
  • Cross Listed
  • This course is designed to introduce students to the history,teachings,and practice of Zen Buddhism in China,Japan, Korea and the United States. The course will discuss Zen from a variety of perspectives but will center around the question of the meaning of history. Zen is a tradition of Buddhism that claims to have inherited and to pass on, in an unbroken historical transmission from patriarch to patriarch, the living experience of the Buddha's enlightenment. The course will discuss how Zen's conception of its history is related to its identity as a special tradition within Buddhism, as well as its basic teachings on the primacy of enlightenment, the role of practice, the nature of the mind, and the limitations of language.

    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Alison Jameson
    Date Mar 13 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 48 / 50
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Mar 13 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 48 / 50
    Section 201
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Alison Jameson
    Date Mar 13 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 48 / 50
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Mar 13 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 48 / 50

    RELI 227 – Religion and Film
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Arts
  • Gen Ed: Building Connections
  • This course explores religion and its relationship with visual storytelling culture. We will analyze, explore, and challenge various religious, pop-cultural, ideological, and moral messages as presented in various types of film, from art house cinema to blockbuster movies, and genres ranging from horror to comedy.

    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Konden Smith Hansen
    Date Jan 11 - Mar 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 89 / 100
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - Mar 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 89 / 100
    Section 201
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Konden Smith Hansen
    Date Jan 11 - Mar 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 89 / 100
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - Mar 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 89 / 100

    RELI 233 – Philosophy of Religion
  • Cross Listed
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Individuals and Societies
  • This course uses philosophical methods to study religion and religious beliefs in the western tradition. The course provides an introductory survey to questions that have been central to the western philosophical tradition: What is religion? Can reasoning or experience give good grounds for religious belief? Does faith require philosophically sound reasoning? Is it philosophically justified to believe in miracles? What tools does philosophy provide for examining the concept of "God"? How can a good God exist if there's so much suffering in the world? How should humans react to suffering? Is there a conflict between religion and science? How can the diversity of religions be explained? Is religion a good thing for humanity?

    Section 002
    Days MoWeFr
    Location Social Sciences, Rm 224
    Time 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
    Instructor Margaret Reimer
    Date Jan 11 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 26 / 40
    • +
    • Section: 002
    • Instructor:Margaret Reimer
    • Days: MoWeFr
    • Location: Social Sciences, Rm 224
    • Time: 12:00 PM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 26 / 40

    RELI 235 – Religion, Violence, and Terrorism
  • Gen Ed: Diversity Emphasis
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Individuals and Societies
  • Gen Ed: Building Connections
  • This course will study critical theories about the role of religion in acts of terrorism and violence. Through the examination of a range of case studies, this course will explore ways in which religion has been the motivation and justification behind violent conflict, aggression, and persecution.

    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Konden Smith Hansen
    Date Mar 13 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 72 / 75
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Mar 13 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 72 / 75
    Section 201
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Konden Smith Hansen
    Date Mar 13 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 72 / 75
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Mar 13 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 72 / 75

    RELI 277A – History of the Middle East: 600-1453
  • Cross Listed
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Humanities
  • Gen Ed: Exploring Perspectives, Humanist
  • In this course, students take a humanistic disciplinary perspective to explore the cultural products of the pre-modern Middle East and answer questions about its historical development. Using primary sources in translation and secondary scholarship, students will explore the context of the rise of Islam; the process of conversion and expansion across the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia; the crystallization of Shi¿ism and changing notions of religious authority; and the impact of Turkish migrations and Mongol conquests. They will become familiar with major genres of pre-modern Middle Eastern literary, religious, and scientific writings, and use techniques of close reading to answer questions about those texts¿ ideological positions and contexts.

    Section 001
    Days MoWeFr
    Location Shantz, Rm 247
    Time 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM
    Instructor Austin O'Malley
    Date Jan 11 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 19 / 36
    • +
    • Section: 001
    • Instructor:Austin O'Malley
    • Days: MoWeFr
    • Location: Shantz, Rm 247
    • Time: 3:00 PM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 19 / 36

    RELI 277A – History of the Middle East: 600-1453
  • Cross Listed
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Humanities
  • Gen Ed: Exploring Perspectives, Humanist
  • Honors Course
  • In this course, students take a humanistic disciplinary perspective to explore the cultural products of the pre-modern Middle East and answer questions about its historical development. Using primary sources in translation and secondary scholarship, students will explore the context of the rise of Islam; the process of conversion and expansion across the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia; the crystallization of Shi¿ism and changing notions of religious authority; and the impact of Turkish migrations and Mongol conquests. They will become familiar with major genres of pre-modern Middle Eastern literary, religious, and scientific writings, and use techniques of close reading to answer questions about those texts¿ ideological positions and contexts.

    Section 002
    Days MoWeFr
    Location Shantz, Rm 247
    Time 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM
    Instructor Austin O'Malley
    Date Jan 11 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 19 / 36
    • +
    • Section: 002
    • Instructor:Austin O'Malley
    • Days: MoWeFr
    • Location: Shantz, Rm 247
    • Time: 3:00 PM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 19 / 36

    RELI 280 – Introduction to the Bible: New Testament
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Humanities
  • Gen Ed: Exploring Perspectives, Humanist
  • This course introduces students to the New Testament in light of the contexts in which it was written and compiled, and as a window into reconstructing the world of early Christianity. The course will also examine how various Christian communities have understood the meaning and authority of the New Testament.

    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Grant Adamson
    Date Mar 13 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 224 / 300
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Mar 13 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 224 / 300
    Section 201
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Grant Adamson
    Date Mar 13 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 224 / 300
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Mar 13 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 224 / 300

    RELI 302 – Ellis Island, 9/11, and Border Walls: Religion and Immigration in the U.S.
  • Gen Ed: Diversity Emphasis
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Individuals and Societies
  • This course will explore the central role of religion in shaping constructions of race and ethnicity in U.S. history, especially in light of immigration debates. Since the country's founding, immigrants have expanded ethnic and religious diversity in the United States in the face of powerful anti-immigrant movements. Students will engage with in-depth studies of immigrant communities who shaped the American religious and ethnic landscape, including diverse American expressions of religions such as Roman Catholicism, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Evangelical Protestantism, and Vodou.

    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Daisy Vargas
    Date Mar 13 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 22 / 75
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Mar 13 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 22 / 75
    Section 102
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Daisy Vargas
    Date Mar 13 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 22 / 75
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Mar 13 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 22 / 75
    Section 201
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Daisy Vargas
    Date Mar 13 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 22 / 75
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Mar 13 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 22 / 75

    RELI 305 – Greek and Roman Religion
  • Cross Listed
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Individuals and Societies
  • Gen Ed: Building Connections
  • Writing Emphasis Course
  • Religious beliefs and cult practices in ancient Greece and Rome. All readings in English.

    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Grant Adamson
    Date Jan 11 - Mar 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 437 / 450
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - Mar 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 437 / 450
    Section 201
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Grant Adamson
    Date Jan 11 - Mar 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 437 / 450
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - Mar 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 437 / 450
    Section 401
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Grant Adamson
    Date Jan 11 - Mar 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 437 / 450
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - Mar 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 437 / 450

    RELI 313 – Health and Medicine in Classical Antiquity
  • Cross Listed
  • Writing Emphasis Course
  • The course examines the mythology and practice of medicine in Greek and Roman times from Asclepius to Hippocrates and Galen, medical instruments and procedures, the religious manifestation of healing in Greek and Roman sanctuaries, the votive dedications by patients and cured, midwifery and child care, public hygiene and diseases. The topics cover a large spectrum of the medical practice and public health in the ancient societies of Classical antiquity, as well as how ancient worldviews, including religion and religious practice, shaped health and medicine in Greek and Roman civilization.

    Section 001
    Days MoWe
    Location Haury Anthro Bldg, Rm 216
    Time 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
    Instructor Eleni Hasaki
    Date Jan 11 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 43 / 62
    • +
    • Section: 001
    • Instructor:Eleni Hasaki
    • Days: MoWe
    • Location: Haury Anthro Bldg, Rm 216
    • Time: 2:00 PM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 43 / 62

    RELI 313 – Health and Medicine in Classical Antiquity
  • Cross Listed
  • Honors Course
  • Writing Emphasis Course
  • The course examines the mythology and practice of medicine in Greek and Roman times from Asclepius to Hippocrates and Galen, medical instruments and procedures, the religious manifestation of healing in Greek and Roman sanctuaries, the votive dedications by patients and cured, midwifery and child care, public hygiene and diseases. The topics cover a large spectrum of the medical practice and public health in the ancient societies of Classical antiquity, as well as how ancient worldviews, including religion and religious practice, shaped health and medicine in Greek and Roman civilization.

    Section 002
    Days MoWe
    Location Haury Anthro Bldg, Rm 216
    Time 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
    Instructor Eleni Hasaki
    Date Jan 11 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 43 / 62
    • +
    • Section: 002
    • Instructor:Eleni Hasaki
    • Days: MoWe
    • Location: Haury Anthro Bldg, Rm 216
    • Time: 2:00 PM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 43 / 62

    RELI 331 – Taoist Traditions of China
  • Cross Listed
  • Gen Ed: Diversity Emphasis
  • Intellectual foundations of Taoism in its two classical sources, the Lao Tzu and the Chuang Tzu, and a sampling of the varieties of religious practice which developed later.

    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Shyling Glaze
    Date Jan 11 - Mar 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 57 / 60
    • +
    • Section: 101
    • Instructor:Shyling Glaze
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - Mar 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 57 / 60
    Section 201
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Shyling Glaze
    Date Jan 11 - Mar 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 57 / 60
    • +
    • Section: 201
    • Instructor:Shyling Glaze
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - Mar 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 57 / 60

    RELI 334 – Islamic Thought
  • Cross Listed
  • Gen Ed: Diversity Emphasis
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Individuals and Societies
  • Gen Ed: Exploring Perspectives, Humanist
  • A consideration of Islam, one of the world's major religions, and the view of the universe and the modes of behavior and values it advocates. Most of the course will be dedicated to an examination of the majority (Sunni) opinion, but some attention will be directed also to the more significant minority (Shi'i, et al.) positions as well. The course has no prerequisite but does build on the information presented in TRAD 101 Middle Eastern Humanities.

    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Yaseen Noorani
    Date Mar 13 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 23 / 30
    • +
    • Section: 101
    • Instructor:Yaseen Noorani
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Mar 13 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 23 / 30

    RELI 335 – Rap, Culture and God
  • Cross Listed
  • Gen Ed: Diversity Emphasis
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Humanities
  • Gen Ed: Building Connections
  • Pass/Fail Option Available to Qualified Students
  • This course is a study of popular culture and religion in African-American and Latin@ communities, with a focus on the place of rap music in the cultural identity of these traditions. The class will begin with a study of some major themes in cultural studies concerning identity, class, race, and gender in addition to a study of the role of religion in Black and Latin@ communities. We will consider the approaches and self-understandings of identity and culture in rap music with special attention to the voices of protest, resistance, and spirituality among rap artists.

    Section 001
    Days
    Location Flex In-Person
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Unassigned
    Date Jan 11 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 223 / 224
    • +
    • Section: 001
    • Instructor:Unassigned
    • Days:
    • Location: Flex In-Person
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 223 / 224
    Section 001
    Days Th
    Location J P Schaefer CCP, Rm 108
    Time 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
    Instructor Staff
    Date Jan 11 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 223 / 224
    • +
    • Section: 001
    • Instructor:Staff
    • Days: Th
    • Location: J P Schaefer CCP, Rm 108
    • Time: 11:00 AM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 223 / 224

    RELI 336 – Spirituality, Psychology, and the Mind
  • Cross Listed
  • Pass/Fail Option Available to Qualified Students
  • This course is a survey of psychological theory and research investigating religious beliefs, experiences, and practices.

    Section 001
    Days
    Location Flex In-Person
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Hester Oberman
    Date Jan 11 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 167 / 200
    • Days:
    • Location: Flex In-Person
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 167 / 200
    Section 001
    Days Th
    Location Weaver Sci-Engr Lbry, Rm 200SW
    Time 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
    Instructor Hester Oberman
    Date Jan 11 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 167 / 200
    • Days: Th
    • Location: Weaver Sci-Engr Lbry, Rm 200SW
    • Time: 3:30 PM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 167 / 200

    RELI 350 – Hindu Mythology
  • Gen Ed: Diversity Emphasis
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Humanities
  • Gen Ed: Building Connections
  • Overview of the traditional Hindu narratives found in the Vedic, epic, and puranic literature and in their many forms in regional literary and artistic forms, and the narratives influence on culture, philosophy, literature, and folklore.

    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Caleb Simmons
    Date Mar 13 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 167 / 200
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Mar 13 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 167 / 200
    Section 201
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Caleb Simmons
    Date Mar 13 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 167 / 200
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Mar 13 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 167 / 200

    RELI 351 – Zen, Tea, and Poetry: A Blending of Genres
  • Cross Listed
  • Writing Emphasis Course
  • This course will examine how the three genres of Zen Buddhism, the tea ceremony/tea culture, and poetry, have been presented over time as not only compatible, but as representative expressions of each other. We will consider the contemporaneous cultural, historical, and political factors that contributed to the formation of this discourse. We will also hold up to critical scrutiny the very concept of "genre" in pre-modern East Asia, as well as the distinction between "Zen Buddhism" and what may be termed "Zen culture." We will also investigate in depth how modern commentators such as Okakura Tenshin, Suzuki Daisetsu, and Hisamatsu Shin'ichi's dialogue with the West and Western models informed the now ingrained idea that the tea ceremony represents an artistic, aesthetic, and spiritual nexus of the other two genres, and indeed of East Asian Culture as a whole.

    Section 001
    Days Mo
    Location Live Online
    Time 3:30 PM - 6:00 PM
    Instructor James Baskind
    Date Jan 11 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 10 / 50
    • +
    • Section: 001
    • Instructor:James Baskind
    • Days: Mo
    • Location: Live Online
    • Time: 3:30 PM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 10 / 50

    RELI 367 – Yoga
  • Gen Ed: Diversity Emphasis
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Humanities
  • Gen Ed: Building Connections
  • In this course we examine the philosophy, practice, historical roots, and development of yoga. Students are asked to use and reflect on the disciplinary perspectives of the historian to examine premodern primary texts (in translation)and the anthropologist and cultural critic to examine contemporary yoga practices. Additionally, students will compare and contrast perspectives of Indian yogis and contemporary international yoga influencers in order to understand how the experience of yoga differs across time and culture and how social systems of power and inequality are imposed upon and by yoga and its practitioners. Therefore, the two driving questions of the course are Does your background (race, ethnicity, gender, religious identity) shape how you view yoga (religious, spiritual, or exercise)? and Is Yoga Cultural Appropriation?

    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Caleb Simmons
    Date Jan 11 - Mar 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 1262 / 1300
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - Mar 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 1262 / 1300
    Section 201
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Caleb Simmons
    Date Jan 11 - Mar 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 1262 / 1300
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - Mar 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 1262 / 1300

    RELI 370A – History of the Jews: Modern Jewish History
  • Cross Listed
  • Gen Ed: Diversity Emphasis
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Individuals and Societies
  • Survey of major political, socioeconomic, and cultural developments in the history of Diaspora Jewry: Modern Jewish history.

    Section 001
    Days
    Location
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Unassigned
    Date Dec 31 - Dec 31
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 40
    • +
    • Section: 001
    • Instructor:Unassigned
    • Days:
    • Location:
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Dec 31 - Dec 31
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 40
    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Deborah Kaye
    Date Mar 13 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 36 / 45
    • +
    • Section: 101
    • Instructor:Deborah Kaye
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Mar 13 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 36 / 45
    Section 201
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Deborah Kaye
    Date Mar 13 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 36 / 45
    • +
    • Section: 201
    • Instructor:Deborah Kaye
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Mar 13 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 36 / 45
    Section 401
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Deborah Kaye
    Date Mar 13 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 36 / 45
    • +
    • Section: 401
    • Instructor:Deborah Kaye
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Mar 13 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 36 / 45

    RELI 372A – History and Religion of Israel in Ancient Times -- The Biblical Period
  • Cross Listed
  • Gen Ed: Diversity Emphasis
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Humanities
  • Survey of the history and religion of ancient Israel. Biblical period through the Babylonian Exile; introduction to the Hebrew Bible.

    Section 001
    Days
    Location Flex In-Person
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Beth Nakhai
    Date Jan 11 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 13 / 22
    • Days:
    • Location: Flex In-Person
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 13 / 22
    Section 001
    Days TuTh
    Location Modern Languages, Rm 312
    Time 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
    Instructor Beth Nakhai
    Date Jan 11 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 13 / 22
    • +
    • Section: 001
    • Instructor:Beth Nakhai
    • Days: TuTh
    • Location: Modern Languages, Rm 312
    • Time: 11:00 AM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 13 / 22

    RELI 379 – Religion in German Culture
  • Cross Listed
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Humanities
  • Gen Ed: Building Connections
  • Introduction to major cultural figures of German speaking countries who have seen, imagined, or experienced what role religion may or can play in human life. Taught in English.

    Section 001
    Days TuTh
    Location Education, Rm 308
    Time 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
    Instructor Albrecht Classen
    Date Jan 11 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 11 / 48
    • Days: TuTh
    • Location: Education, Rm 308
    • Time: 11:00 AM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 11 / 48

    RELI 389 – Middle Eastern Ethnic and Religious Minorities
  • Cross Listed
  • Writing Emphasis Course
  • Overview of ethnic and religious minorities in the contemporary Middle East, study of ethnic and religious diversity and its origin and manifestations in the modern Middle East. Examination of how the concept of religious and ethnic minority has emerged as a key factor in state policies towards minorities as well as the cultural, economic, political, religious, and educational lives of its people.

    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Sean Tomlinson
    Date Mar 13 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 28 / 30
    • +
    • Section: 101
    • Instructor:Sean Tomlinson
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Mar 13 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 28 / 30

    RELI 390 – Asian and Pacific Religions in American Spirituality
  • Cross Listed
  • Writing Emphasis Course
  • Throughout the modern development of what has been called "spirituality" in the United States, Asian Pacific Americans along with Asian and Pacific Islander religions have been integral. In the mid-nineteenth century, Asian Pacific American (APA) immigrants brought their religions, and towards the end of the nineteenth century non-APAs enthusiastically brought APA religious teachers to the mainland United States. In the twentieth century, this mixture of APA people and religions continued to reach new communities and develop into independent US-based religions; eventually, these influenced the emergence of more individualistic, non-traditional forms of religion - popularly called 'spirituality.' These lines of influence crisscrossed over the decades, leading to a complex mixture of interests, investments, discourses, and depictions of different racial groups. As a result, this course's examination of Asian and Pacific religions in US-based spirituality engages questions about its definition in distinction to the term 'religion' and in relationship to the social dynamics of race. The course explores its presence in diverse locations such as medicine, theatre, environmental activism, and children's video games.

    Section 001
    Days MoWeFr
    Location Modern Languages, Rm 214
    Time 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
    Instructor Brett Esaki
    Date Jan 11 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 7 / 25
    • Days: MoWeFr
    • Location: Modern Languages, Rm 214
    • Time: 12:00 PM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 7 / 25

    RELI 401A – Early Christian Literature: Greek Texts
  • Cross Listed
  • Writing Emphasis Course
  • 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.

    Section 001
    Days TuTh
    Location Modern Languages, Rm 304
    Time 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
    Instructor Courtney Friesen
    Date Jan 11 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 11 / 22
    • Days: TuTh
    • Location: Modern Languages, Rm 304
    • Time: 9:30 AM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 11 / 22

    RELI 406 – Religious Diversity in Healthcare: Intercultural Training
    This course is designed to offer tools for engaging religious and cultural diversity within healthcare settings, which includes consideration of religious patients, religious healthcare workers, faith-based healthcare institutions, and the impact of religious communities on healthcare laws and services. To develop skills for navigating intercultural differences, students will practice applying academic approaches to religion to health-related case studies.

    Section 001
    Days
    Location Flex In-Person
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Kristy Slominski
    Date Jan 11 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 9 / 20
    • Days:
    • Location: Flex In-Person
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 9 / 20
    Section 001
    Days Tu
    Location M Pacheco ILC, Rm 117
    Time 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
    Instructor Kristy Slominski
    Date Jan 11 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 9 / 20
    • Days: Tu
    • Location: M Pacheco ILC, Rm 117
    • Time: 9:30 AM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 9 / 20

    RELI 408 – The Renaissance
  • Cross Listed
  • Europe between the 14th and 16th centuries with special emphasis on Italy as the seat of the Renaissance. Topics include the city states, humanism, the Church in an age of Schism and secularization, Renaissance art, the New Monarchies and European exploration and imperialism.

    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Marjorie Plummer
    Date Jan 11 - Mar 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 23 / 30
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - Mar 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 23 / 30
    Section 201
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Marjorie Plummer
    Date Jan 11 - Mar 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 23 / 30
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - Mar 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 23 / 30
    Section 401
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Marjorie Plummer
    Date Jan 11 - Mar 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 23 / 30
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - Mar 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 23 / 30

    RELI 408A – Islamic Movements in the Contemporary Muslim World
  • Cross Listed
  • Writing Emphasis Course
  • The course objectives are (1) to acquaint students with traditional literature and contemporary research on Islamic movements, and 2) to introduce students to the historical and ideological basis of an emerging globalized political Islam.

    Section 001
    Days MoWe
    Location M Pacheco ILC, Rm 129
    Time 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
    Instructor Scott Lucas
    Date Jan 11 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 20 / 28
    • Days: MoWe
    • Location: M Pacheco ILC, Rm 129
    • Time: 3:00 PM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 20 / 28

    RELI 420 – Archaic Greek Sanctuaries
  • Cross Listed
  • Writing Emphasis Course
  • This course therefore concentrates on the evidence for Greek sanctuary sites between 1000 and 600 B.C. We examine the excavated material from numerous sanctuary sites, including architectural remains (temples and/or altars), votive offerings of bronze and clay, and any other evidence revealing religious practices during these formative years. The role the sanctuaries played in society is also considered with a view to their political, social, economic and spiritual implications for Archaic Greek life.

    Section 001
    Days Tu
    Location Modern Languages, Rm 213
    Time 3:30 PM - 6:00 PM
    Instructor David Gilman Romano
    Date Jan 11 - May 3
    Status Closed
    Enrollment 12 / 15
    • +
    • Section: 001
    • Instructor:David Gilman Romano
    • Days: Tu
    • Location: Modern Languages, Rm 213
    • Time: 3:30 PM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - May 3
    • Status: Closed
    • Enrollment: 12 / 15

    RELI 475 – Religion and the Law
  • Cross Listed
  • The evolving relationship between law and religion has had a profound influence on American political life and discourse since the country's founding. This course is designed to develop familiarity with that history and the resulting major tenets of the First Amendment's religion clauses. Taking as our starting point the concept of the separation of church and state, we examine what this idea has meant in U.S. Constitutional law. Class time will be structured around in-depth study of the Constitution and of Supreme Court precedents, and will integrate these formative Supreme Court decisions and decisions from state and lower federal courts into the social and historical contexts from which they derive meaning. In addition, the course will survey the scholarly treatment of such threshold questions as the meaning of "religion" in society, and will evaluate the evolving notion of religious liberty in a pluralistic society. We conclude with an examination of current legal debates and cases and of the prominent role of religious discourse about law, social change, politics and culture in today's society.

    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Judith Mcdaniel
    Date Jan 11 - Mar 3
    Status Closed
    Enrollment 30 / 30
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - Mar 3
    • Status: Closed
    • Enrollment: 30 / 30
    Section 201
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Judith Mcdaniel
    Date Jan 11 - Mar 3
    Status Closed
    Enrollment 30 / 30
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - Mar 3
    • Status: Closed
    • Enrollment: 30 / 30

    RELI 482 – Tantric Buddhism
  • Cross Listed
  • Writing Emphasis Course
  • What is ritual? Tantric Buddhism employs ritual in radical ways to work towards the goal of enlightenment in this very lifetime. This course provides an introduction to the principles of tantric ritual, including themes of guru devotion, rites of consecration, vows of secrecy, and visualization practice. In particular, the course guides students in contemplating what it means to imagine oneself as a deity as a means of attaining enlightenment. The importance of ritual to the practice of Tantric Buddhism invites us to reflect upon the larger significance of "ritual" for understanding tantra, Buddhism, and religion at large. The course culminates in an in-class colloquium aimed at defining ritual in dialogue with tantric materials.

    Section 001
    Days TuTh
    Location Learning Services Bldg, Rm 107
    Time 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
    Instructor Rae Dachille
    Date Jan 11 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 19 / 20
    • Days: TuTh
    • Location: Learning Services Bldg, Rm 107
    • Time: 2:00 PM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 19 / 20

    RELI 489 – History of Japanese Religions: Modern
  • Cross Listed
  • Gen Ed: Diversity Emphasis
  • A selective survey of the history of Japanese religion from the 16th century through the present. Topics may include Shinto and Buddhism; Christianity and its suppression; Edo-period official and popular religion; State Shinto; and Japan's "new religions" and "new new religions."

    Section 001
    Days We
    Location Modern Languages, Rm 203
    Time 3:30 PM - 6:00 PM
    Instructor Takashi Miura
    Date Jan 11 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 15 / 15
    • Days: We
    • Location: Modern Languages, Rm 203
    • Time: 3:30 PM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 15 / 15

    RELI 491 – Preceptorship
    Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of instruction and practice in actual service in a department, program, or discipline. Requires faculty member approval, preceptor application on file with department.

    Section 001
    Days
    Location Room To Be Announced
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Grant Adamson
    Date Jan 11 - Mar 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 1 / 3
    • Days:
    • Location: Room To Be Announced
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - Mar 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 1 / 3
    Section 014
    Days
    Location
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Eleni Hasaki
    Date Jan 11 - May 3
    Status Closed
    Enrollment 1 / 1
    • +
    • Section: 014
    • Instructor:Eleni Hasaki
    • Days:
    • Location:
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - May 3
    • Status: Closed
    • Enrollment: 1 / 1
    Section 015
    Days
    Location
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Unassigned
    Date Jan 11 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 30
    • +
    • Section: 015
    • Instructor:Unassigned
    • Days:
    • Location:
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 30

    RELI 501A – Early Christian Literature: Greek Texts
  • Cross Listed
  • Writing Emphasis Course
  • 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.

    Section 001
    Days TuTh
    Location Modern Languages, Rm 304
    Time 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
    Instructor Courtney Friesen
    Date Jan 11 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 11 / 22
    • Days: TuTh
    • Location: Modern Languages, Rm 304
    • Time: 9:30 AM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 11 / 22

    RELI 506 – Religious Diversity in Healthcare: Intercultural Training
    This course is designed to offer tools for engaging religious and cultural diversity within healthcare settings, which includes consideration of religious patients, religious healthcare workers, faith-based healthcare institutions, and the impact of religious communities on healthcare laws and services. To develop skills for navigating intercultural differences, students will practice applying academic approaches to religion to health-related case studies.

    Section 001
    Days
    Location Flex In-Person
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Kristy Slominski
    Date Jan 11 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 9 / 20
    • Days:
    • Location: Flex In-Person
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 9 / 20
    Section 001
    Days Tu
    Location M Pacheco ILC, Rm 117
    Time 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
    Instructor Kristy Slominski
    Date Jan 11 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 9 / 20
    • Days: Tu
    • Location: M Pacheco ILC, Rm 117
    • Time: 9:30 AM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 9 / 20

    RELI 508A – Islamic Movements in the Contemporary Muslim World
  • Cross Listed
  • The course's objectives are (1) to acquaint students with traditional literature and contemporary research on Islamic movements, and 2) to introduce students to the historical and ideological basis of an emerging globalized political Islam. Graduate-level requirements include a 12 page student essay and final paper 25-30 pages.

    Section 001
    Days MoWe
    Location M Pacheco ILC, Rm 129
    Time 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
    Instructor Scott Lucas
    Date Jan 11 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 20 / 28
    • Days: MoWe
    • Location: M Pacheco ILC, Rm 129
    • Time: 3:00 PM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 20 / 28

    RELI 520 – Archaic Greek Sanctuaries
  • Cross Listed
  • This course concentrates on the evidence for Greek sanctuary sites between 1000 and 600 B.C. We examine the excavated material from numerous sanctuary sites, including architectural remains (temples and/or altars), votive offerings of bronze and clay, and any other evidence revealing religious practices during these formative years. The role the sanctuaries played in society is also considered with a view to their political, social, economic and spiritual implications for Archaic Greek life. Graduate-level requirements include a more extensive paper than undergraduates.

    Section 001
    Days Tu
    Location Modern Languages, Rm 213
    Time 3:30 PM - 6:00 PM
    Instructor David Gilman Romano
    Date Jan 11 - May 3
    Status Closed
    Enrollment 12 / 15
    • +
    • Section: 001
    • Instructor:David Gilman Romano
    • Days: Tu
    • Location: Modern Languages, Rm 213
    • Time: 3:30 PM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - May 3
    • Status: Closed
    • Enrollment: 12 / 15

    RELI 582 – Tantric Buddhism
  • Cross Listed
  • What is ritual? Tantric Buddhism employs ritual in radical ways to work towards the goal of enlightenment in this very lifetime. This course provides an introduction to the principles of tantric ritual, including themes of guru devotion, rites of consecration, vows of secrecy, and visualization practice. In particular, the course guides students in contemplating what it means to imagine oneself as a deity as a means of attaining enlightenment. The importance of ritual to the practice of Tantric Buddhism invites us to reflect upon the larger significance of "ritual" for understanding tantra, Buddhism, and religion at large. The course culminates in an in-class colloquium aimed at defining ritual in dialogue with tantric materials. Graduate-level requirements include additional class presentations on research topics which will build upon the themes of the class to provide additional context, investigate a particular topic in greater depth, or diversify the scope of the material.

    Section 001
    Days TuTh
    Location Learning Services Bldg, Rm 107
    Time 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
    Instructor Rae Dachille
    Date Jan 11 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 19 / 20
    • Days: TuTh
    • Location: Learning Services Bldg, Rm 107
    • Time: 2:00 PM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 19 / 20

    RELI 589 – History of Japanese Religions: Modern
  • Cross Listed
  • A selective survey of the history of Japanese religion from the 16th century through the present. Topics may include Shinto and Buddhism; Christianity and its suppression; Edo-period official and popular religion; State Shinto; and Japan's "new religions" and "new new religions." Graduate-level requirements include oral presentations and longer, more in-depth papers.

    Section 001
    Days We
    Location Modern Languages, Rm 203
    Time 3:30 PM - 6:00 PM
    Instructor Takashi Miura
    Date Jan 11 - May 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 15 / 15
    • Days: We
    • Location: Modern Languages, Rm 203
    • Time: 3:30 PM
    • Dates: Jan 11 - May 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 15 / 15
    Summer 2023
    RELIGIOUS STUDIES

    RELI 160A1 – Gods, Goddesses, and Demons: Divinity in South Asia
  • Gen Ed: Diversity Emphasis
  • Gen Ed: Tier 1 Traditions and Cultures/160
  • Gen Ed: Exploring Perspectives, Humanist
  • This course is an introduction to multiple concepts of the divine in South Asia. We will explore the different ways that the religious traditions of South Asia understand supernatural beings and forces. In order to do this we will read portions of primary texts in translation, examine iconography, and watch rituals as they unfold. In addition to learning about the South Asia traditions, we will put those conceptions of the divine in conversation with those rooted in a European context, forcing you to learn to think critically about the ways people from different cultures view the world around them.

    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Caleb Simmons
    Date Jul 10 - Aug 9
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 40
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jul 10 - Aug 9
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 40
    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Caleb Simmons
    Date Jun 5 - Jul 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 40
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jun 5 - Jul 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 40
    Section 201
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Caleb Simmons
    Date Jul 10 - Aug 9
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 40
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jul 10 - Aug 9
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 40
    Section 201
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Caleb Simmons
    Date Jun 5 - Jul 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 40
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jun 5 - Jul 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 40

    RELI 160D4 – Introduction to World Religions
  • Gen Ed: Diversity Emphasis
  • Gen Ed: Tier 1 Traditions and Cultures/160
  • Gen Ed: Exploring Perspectives, Humanist
  • This course explores the diversity of religions and religious experiences across the globe. Religions to be examined include, but are not limited to, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, as well as indigenous traditions.

    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Konden Smith Hansen
    Date Jul 10 - Aug 9
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 40
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jul 10 - Aug 9
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 40
    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Konden Smith Hansen
    Date Jun 5 - Jul 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 40
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jun 5 - Jul 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 40
    Section 201
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Konden Smith Hansen
    Date Jul 10 - Aug 9
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 40
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jul 10 - Aug 9
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 40
    Section 201
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Konden Smith Hansen
    Date Jun 5 - Jul 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 40
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jun 5 - Jul 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 40

    RELI 202 – Myths, Legends, and Religion: Foundational Literature of the European Visual World
  • Cross Listed
  • This literature course examines Greek and Roman classical myths and Jewish and Christian biblical stories that have frequently been represented in visual cultures over the centuries in Europe and beyond. When taught as part of a study abroad trip, the course will be customized to provide the literary background of the specific visual material students will view while abroad.

    Section 001
    Days MoTuWeThFr
    Location Room To Be Announced
    Time 10:30 AM - 12:15 PM
    Instructor Grant Adamson
    Date May 22 - Jun 23
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 25
    • Days: MoTuWeThFr
    • Location: Room To Be Announced
    • Time: 10:30 AM
    • Dates: May 22 - Jun 23
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 25

    RELI 203 – Religion and Medicine in the Western Healing Traditions
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Humanities
  • Gen Ed: Building Connections
  • An examination of the intersections between medicine and religion in western healing traditions, from ancient times to the modern era. Key scientific and humanistic questions will be addressed.

    Section 131
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Hester Oberman
    Date May 15 - Jun 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 25
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: May 15 - Jun 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 25

    RELI 220 – Religion in Japanese Society
  • Cross Listed
  • Gen Ed: Diversity Emphasis
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Humanities
  • Introduction to texts, images and activities, both historical and contemporary, that comprise Japanese religion.

    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Takashi Miura
    Date Jun 5 - Jul 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 25
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jun 5 - Jul 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 25

    RELI 227 – Religion and Film
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Arts
  • Gen Ed: Building Connections
  • This course explores religion and its relationship with visual storytelling culture. We will analyze, explore, and challenge various religious, pop-cultural, ideological, and moral messages as presented in various types of film, from art house cinema to blockbuster movies, and genres ranging from horror to comedy.

    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Konden Smith Hansen
    Date Jul 10 - Aug 9
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 40
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jul 10 - Aug 9
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 40
    Section 201
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Konden Smith Hansen
    Date Jul 10 - Aug 9
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 40
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jul 10 - Aug 9
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 40

    RELI 241 – Introduction to Chinese Religions
  • Cross Listed
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Humanities
  • The course is a comprehensive historical survey of the main religious traditions in China, including Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, and popular religion. Through lectures, discussions, and reading of select primary and secondary sources, we will explore the formulations and subsequent transformations of key beliefs, doctrines, practices, and institutions that characterized specific religious traditions. We will also examine the patterns of interaction among different traditions, as well as the general character of religious life in both traditional and modern China.

    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Shyling Glaze
    Date Jun 5 - Jul 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 25
    • +
    • Section: 101
    • Instructor:Shyling Glaze
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jun 5 - Jul 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 25

    RELI 304 – The Question of God
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Humanities
  • Study of the question of God from a theological, philosophical, and literary perspective.

    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Alejandro Nava
    Date Jun 5 - Jul 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 40
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jun 5 - Jul 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 40
    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Alejandro Nava
    Date Jul 10 - Aug 9
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 40
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jul 10 - Aug 9
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 40

    RELI 305 – Greek and Roman Religion
  • Cross Listed
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Individuals and Societies
  • Gen Ed: Building Connections
  • Writing Emphasis Course
  • Religious beliefs and cult practices in ancient Greece and Rome. All readings in English.

    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Grant Adamson
    Date Jul 10 - Aug 9
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 100
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jul 10 - Aug 9
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 100
    Section 201
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Grant Adamson
    Date Jul 10 - Aug 9
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 100
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jul 10 - Aug 9
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 100

    RELI 320 – Reformations and Revolutions in Early Modern Britain, 1485 - 1714
  • Cross Listed
  • This course aims at a broad analysis of the enthralling history and legacies of the Tudor and Stuart dynasties that ruled England from 1458 to 1714. The objective is to understand how in a quarter century the radical political and religious events, and figures, transformed the social, political and religious structures of England, giving birth to the foundation of England as a united kingdom, and significant world power. The course begins by focusing on the Tudors with emphasis on Henry VIII and the English Reformation, the return to Catholicism under Mary Tudor, the creation of a new Anglican Church under Elizabeth I and its unforeseen consequences. From there, it explores the Stuarts, with attention to the catastrophic English Revolution culminating in the public execution of King Charles I in 1649, and the rise of the English republic that ended with the restoration of monarchy in 1660. The course then reflects on the transformation of the English state following the elite coup d'etat of 1688, the Glorious Revolution, a fundamental watershed that cleared the way for a constitutional monarchy, parliamentary sovereignty, and religious toleration in England.

    Section 131
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Mary Pierce
    Date May 15 - Jun 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 30
    • +
    • Section: 131
    • Instructor:Mary Pierce
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: May 15 - Jun 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 30

    RELI 321 – Women in Judaism
  • Cross Listed
  • Gen Ed: Building Connections
  • This course examines religion and gender through the study of women in Judaism. How do scholars construct a history of women in ancient Judaism when Jewish sacred texts are written by and for men? How have modern Jewish women accommodated feminist ideals without undermining the authority of the established tradition? What impact has the feminist movement had on Jewish communal institutions in the United States and Israel? In this course, we explore these questions and others by examining the influence Jewish religious beliefs and practices have played in the formation of Jewish women's identities, image and their understanding of power and authority. Students study the role of women in the formation of Judaism and Jewish society as a culturally constructed and historically changing category through archaeology, biblical studies, rabbinics, theology, folklore, social and political movements.

    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Deborah Kaye
    Date Jun 5 - Jul 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 30
    • +
    • Section: 101
    • Instructor:Deborah Kaye
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jun 5 - Jul 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 30
    Section 201
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Deborah Kaye
    Date Jun 5 - Jul 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 10
    • +
    • Section: 201
    • Instructor:Deborah Kaye
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jun 5 - Jul 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 10
    Section 401
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Deborah Kaye
    Date Jun 5 - Jul 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 10
    • +
    • Section: 401
    • Instructor:Deborah Kaye
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jun 5 - Jul 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 10

    RELI 331 – Taoist Traditions of China
  • Cross Listed
  • Gen Ed: Diversity Emphasis
  • Intellectual foundations of Taoism in its two classical sources, the Lao Tzu and the Chuang Tzu, and a sampling of the varieties of religious practice which developed later.

    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Shyling Glaze
    Date Jul 10 - Aug 9
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 25
    • +
    • Section: 101
    • Instructor:Shyling Glaze
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jul 10 - Aug 9
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 25

    RELI 332 – The Holocaust: Witnesses and Representations
  • Cross Listed
  • Gen Ed: Building Connections
  • This course explores Holocaust memory and representation in Europe, Israel and the United States through various media and genres from diaries, memoirs and oral testimonies to Yiddish and Hebrew poetry, second generation graphic novels and film to memorial gardens and resistance monuments, archives and museums. We engage with some of the most fundamental questions of memory and Holocaust trauma from multiple perspectives and contexts. Is it possible to communicate the horrors of the concentration camp? Who has the right to speak about the Holocaust? How does "Jewish" memory of the Holocaust shape our understanding of the history of Nazism, genocide, World War II and its aftermath? In what ways, has Holocaust memory become associated with movements for historical justice and human rights, in particular, in the United States?

    Section 131
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Deborah Kaye
    Date May 15 - Jun 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 30
    • +
    • Section: 131
    • Instructor:Deborah Kaye
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: May 15 - Jun 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 30
    Section 201
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Deborah Kaye
    Date May 15 - Jun 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 10
    • +
    • Section: 201
    • Instructor:Deborah Kaye
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: May 15 - Jun 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 10
    Section 401
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Deborah Kaye
    Date May 15 - Jun 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 10
    • +
    • Section: 401
    • Instructor:Deborah Kaye
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: May 15 - Jun 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 10

    RELI 335 – Rap, Culture and God
  • Cross Listed
  • Gen Ed: Diversity Emphasis
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Humanities
  • Gen Ed: Building Connections
  • Pass/Fail Option Available to Qualified Students
  • This course is a study of popular culture and religion in African-American and Latin@ communities, with a focus on the place of rap music in the cultural identity of these traditions. The class will begin with a study of some major themes in cultural studies concerning identity, class, race, and gender in addition to a study of the role of religion in Black and Latin@ communities. We will consider the approaches and self-understandings of identity and culture in rap music with special attention to the voices of protest, resistance, and spirituality among rap artists.

    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Alejandro Nava
    Date Jun 5 - Jul 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 40
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jun 5 - Jul 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 40
    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Alejandro Nava
    Date Jul 10 - Aug 9
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 40
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jul 10 - Aug 9
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 40
    Section 131
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Alejandro Nava
    Date May 15 - Jun 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 40
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: May 15 - Jun 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 40

    RELI 336 – Spirituality, Psychology, and the Mind
  • Cross Listed
  • Pass/Fail Option Available to Qualified Students
  • This course is a survey of psychological theory and research investigating religious beliefs, experiences, and practices.

    Section 131
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Hester Oberman
    Date May 15 - Jun 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 25
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: May 15 - Jun 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 25

    RELI 350 – Hindu Mythology
  • Gen Ed: Diversity Emphasis
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Humanities
  • Overview of the traditional Hindu narratives found in the Vedic, epic, and puranic literature and in their many forms in regional literary and artistic forms, and the narratives influence on culture, philosophy, literature, and folklore.

    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Caleb Simmons
    Date Jun 5 - Jul 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 40
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jun 5 - Jul 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 40
    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Caleb Simmons
    Date Jul 10 - Aug 9
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 40
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jul 10 - Aug 9
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 40
    Section 131
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Caleb Simmons
    Date May 15 - Jun 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 40
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: May 15 - Jun 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 40
    Section 201
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Caleb Simmons
    Date Jun 5 - Jul 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 40
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jun 5 - Jul 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 40
    Section 201
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Caleb Simmons
    Date Jul 10 - Aug 9
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 40
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jul 10 - Aug 9
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 40

    RELI 367 – Yoga
  • Gen Ed: Diversity Emphasis
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Humanities
  • Gen Ed: Building Connections
  • In this course we examine the philosophy, practice, historical roots, and development of yoga. Students are asked to use and reflect on the disciplinary perspectives of the historian to examine premodern primary texts (in English translation) that provide a window into the origins of yoga, as well as the perspectives of the anthropologist and cultural critic to examine contemporary yoga practices. Students will compare and contrast perspectives of Indian yogis and contemporary international yoga influencers in order to understand how the experience of yoga differs across time and culture and how social systems of power and inequality are both subverted and reinforced by yoga and its practitioners.

    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Caleb Simmons
    Date Jun 5 - Jul 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 100
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jun 5 - Jul 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 100
    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Caleb Simmons
    Date Jul 10 - Aug 9
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 100
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jul 10 - Aug 9
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 100
    Section 131
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Caleb Simmons
    Date May 15 - Jun 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 60
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: May 15 - Jun 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 60
    Section 201
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Caleb Simmons
    Date Jun 5 - Jul 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 100
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jun 5 - Jul 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 100
    Section 201
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Caleb Simmons
    Date Jul 10 - Aug 9
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 100
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jul 10 - Aug 9
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 100

    RELI 370B – History of the Jews: Cultural Loss and Resilience from the Middle Ages to the French Revolution
  • Cross Listed
  • Gen Ed: Diversity Emphasis
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Individuals and Societies
  • Survey of major political, socioeconomic, and cultural developments in the history of Diaspora Jewry from the Middle ages to the French Revolution.

    Section 131
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Deborah Kaye
    Date May 15 - Jun 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 20
    • +
    • Section: 131
    • Instructor:Deborah Kaye
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: May 15 - Jun 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 20
    Section 201
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Deborah Kaye
    Date May 15 - Jun 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 10
    • +
    • Section: 201
    • Instructor:Deborah Kaye
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: May 15 - Jun 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 10
    Section 401
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Deborah Kaye
    Date May 15 - Jun 3
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 10
    • +
    • Section: 401
    • Instructor:Deborah Kaye
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: May 15 - Jun 3
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 10

    RELI 372A – History and Religion of Israel in Ancient Times -- The Biblical Period
  • Cross Listed
  • Gen Ed: Diversity Emphasis
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Humanities
  • Survey of the history and religion of ancient Israel. Biblical period through the Babylonian Exile; introduction to the Hebrew Bible.

    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Matthew Winter
    Date Jul 10 - Aug 9
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 30
    • +
    • Section: 101
    • Instructor:Matthew Winter
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jul 10 - Aug 9
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 30
    Section 201
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Matthew Winter
    Date Jul 10 - Aug 9
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 10
    • +
    • Section: 201
    • Instructor:Matthew Winter
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jul 10 - Aug 9
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 10
    Section 401
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Matthew Winter
    Date Jul 10 - Aug 9
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 10
    • +
    • Section: 401
    • Instructor:Matthew Winter
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jul 10 - Aug 9
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 10

    RELI 372B – History & Religion of Israel in Ancient Times: Ezra-Nehemiah to the Roman Empire
  • Cross Listed
  • Gen Ed: Diversity Emphasis
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Humanities
  • Survey of the history and religion of ancient Israel. Ezra-Nehemiah to the Roman Empire, with emphasis on the formation of rabbinic Judaism.

    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Matthew Winter
    Date Jun 5 - Jul 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 30
    • +
    • Section: 101
    • Instructor:Matthew Winter
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jun 5 - Jul 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 30
    Section 201
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Matthew Winter
    Date Jun 5 - Jul 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 10
    • +
    • Section: 201
    • Instructor:Matthew Winter
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jun 5 - Jul 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 10
    Section 401
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Matthew Winter
    Date Jun 5 - Jul 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 10
    • +
    • Section: 401
    • Instructor:Matthew Winter
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jun 5 - Jul 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 10

    RELI 387 – The History of Anti-Semitism
  • Cross Listed
  • This course examines various definitions of anti-Semitism and traces the history of anti-Semitism (or "anti-Judaism") from the earliest arguments between Christianizing Jews and Judaizing Christians to the birth of Islam, through the period of Muslim expansion and the Crusades, to the Middle Ages, the Enlightenment, and the Holocaust. It looks at the differences among various types of Christian anti-Semitism, Muslim anti-Semitism, and Jewish anti-Semitism, and concludes with a look at contemporary forms of anti-Semitism.

    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Deborah Kaye
    Date Jul 10 - Aug 9
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 35
    • +
    • Section: 101
    • Instructor:Deborah Kaye
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jul 10 - Aug 9
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 35
    Section 201
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Deborah Kaye
    Date Jul 10 - Aug 9
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 10
    • +
    • Section: 201
    • Instructor:Deborah Kaye
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jul 10 - Aug 9
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 10
    Section 401
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Deborah Kaye
    Date Jul 10 - Aug 9
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 10
    • +
    • Section: 401
    • Instructor:Deborah Kaye
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jul 10 - Aug 9
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 10

    RELI 489 – History of Japanese Religions: Modern
  • Cross Listed
  • Gen Ed: Diversity Emphasis
  • A selective survey of the history of Japanese religion from the 16th century through the present. Topics may include Shinto and Buddhism; Christianity and its suppression; Edo-period official and popular religion; State Shinto; and Japan's "new religions" and "new new religions."

    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Takashi Miura
    Date Jul 10 - Aug 9
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 25
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Jul 10 - Aug 9
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 25
    Fall 2023
    RELIGIOUS STUDIES

    RELI 150B1 – Religion and Popular Culture
  • Gen Ed: Tier 1 Individuals & Societies/150
  • This course provides an introduction to the study of Religion and Popular Culture in modern societies. We will study what constitutes "religion" and how definitions of religion change over time. We will examine the ways popular culture becomes "religious" and how religious institutions reflect popular taste and opinion.

    Section 001
    Days
    Location Flex In-Person
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Unassigned
    Date Sep 25 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 150
    • +
    • Section: 001
    • Instructor:Unassigned
    • Days:
    • Location: Flex In-Person
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Sep 25 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 150
    Section 001
    Days TuTh
    Location M Pacheco ILC, Rm 150
    Time 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM
    Instructor Staff
    Date Sep 25 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 150
    • +
    • Section: 001
    • Instructor:Staff
    • Days: TuTh
    • Location: M Pacheco ILC, Rm 150
    • Time: 9:00 AM
    • Dates: Sep 25 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 150
    Section 002
    Days
    Location Flex In-Person
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Unassigned
    Date Sep 25 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 150
    • +
    • Section: 002
    • Instructor:Unassigned
    • Days:
    • Location: Flex In-Person
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Sep 25 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 150
    Section 002
    Days TuTh
    Location M Pacheco ILC, Rm 150
    Time 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM
    Instructor Staff
    Date Sep 25 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 150
    • +
    • Section: 002
    • Instructor:Staff
    • Days: TuTh
    • Location: M Pacheco ILC, Rm 150
    • Time: 9:00 AM
    • Dates: Sep 25 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 150

    RELI 160A1 – Gods, Goddesses, and Demons: Divinity in South Asia
  • Gen Ed: Diversity Emphasis
  • Gen Ed: Tier 1 Traditions and Cultures/160
  • Gen Ed: Exploring Perspectives, Humanist
  • This course is an introduction to multiple concepts of the divine in South Asia. We will explore the different ways that the religious traditions of South Asia understand supernatural beings and forces. In order to do this we will read portions of primary texts in translation, examine iconography, and watch rituals as they unfold. In addition to learning about the South Asia traditions, we will put those conceptions of the divine in conversation with those rooted in a European context, forcing you to learn to think critically about the ways people from different cultures view the world around them.

    Section 001
    Days MoWeFr
    Location Meinel Optical Sci, Rm 410
    Time 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
    Instructor Bhakti Mamtora
    Date Aug 21 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 150
    • +
    • Section: 001
    • Instructor:Bhakti Mamtora
    • Days: MoWeFr
    • Location: Meinel Optical Sci, Rm 410
    • Time: 10:00 AM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 150

    RELI 160D4 – Introduction to World Religions
  • Gen Ed: Diversity Emphasis
  • Gen Ed: Tier 1 Traditions and Cultures/160
  • Gen Ed: Exploring Perspectives, Humanist
  • This course explores the diversity of religions and religious experiences across the globe. Religions to be examined include, but are not limited to, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, as well as indigenous traditions.

    Section 001
    Days TuTh
    Location Ctr English Second Lng, Rm 102
    Time 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
    Instructor Kristy Slominski
    Date Aug 21 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 230
    • Days: TuTh
    • Location: Ctr English Second Lng, Rm 102
    • Time: 9:30 AM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 230
    Section 002
    Days MoWeFr
    Location Education, Rm 211
    Time 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
    Instructor Grant Adamson
    Date Aug 21 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 200
    • Days: MoWeFr
    • Location: Education, Rm 211
    • Time: 11:00 AM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 200
    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Konden Smith Hansen
    Date Oct 12 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 75
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Oct 12 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 75
    Section 201
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Konden Smith Hansen
    Date Oct 12 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 75
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Oct 12 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 75

    RELI 160D5 – Spirituality, Ceremony, and Saints of the Southwest
  • Gen Ed: Diversity Emphasis
  • Gen Ed: Tier 1 Traditions and Cultures/160
  • Gen Ed: Building Connections
  • An introduction to the religious history and contemporary religious diversity of the region currently known as the American Southwest, focusing on a variety of topics such as land based spirituality, shrines, pilgrimage, folk saints, religious syncretism, and New Age movements. The religious landscape of this area includes the traditions of indigenous communities, Spanish colonial descendants, Mexican Americans, Anglos, and immigrants from around the globe.

    Section 001
    Days TuTh
    Location R P Harvill Bldg, Rm 204
    Time 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
    Date Aug 21 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 75
    • Days: TuTh
    • Location: R P Harvill Bldg, Rm 204
    • Time: 2:00 PM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 75

    RELI 160D6 – Gender and Religion
  • Gen Ed: Diversity Emphasis
  • Gen Ed: Tier 1 Traditions and Cultures/160
  • This course is an introduction to the study of gender and religion. We will examine the ways religious roles have been shaped by gender, and how religion has formulated understandings of gender, including gendered representations of the divine.

    Section 001
    Days TuTh
    Location Modern Languages, Rm 350
    Time 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
    Instructor Max Strassfeld
    Date Aug 21 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 230
    • Days: TuTh
    • Location: Modern Languages, Rm 350
    • Time: 11:00 AM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 230

    RELI 203 – Religion and Medicine in the Western Healing Traditions
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Humanities
  • Gen Ed: Building Connections
  • An examination of the intersections between medicine and religion in western healing traditions, from ancient times to the modern era. Key scientific and humanistic questions will be addressed.

    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Hester Oberman
    Date Aug 21 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 60
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 60

    RELI 211 – Life After Death in World Religions and Philosophies
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Humanities
  • Gen Ed: Building Connections
  • This course focuses on one Big Question: "How do afterlife beliefs affect the way we live?" It builds connections among the humanities [Religious Studies and Philosophy], the social sciences [Anthropology, Psychology, and Law], and the natural sciences [Medicine] to explore the ways in which religious afterlife beliefs are approached from multiple disciplinary perspectives. Students will analyze a variety of religious afterlife beliefs through case studies, problem-based assignments, and reading/writing genres from the six disciplinary perspectives in order to tackle the Big Question as it relates to their personal, academic, and/or career aspirations.

    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Alison Jameson
    Date Aug 21 - Oct 11
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 100
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Oct 11
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 100
    Section 201
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Alison Jameson
    Date Aug 21 - Oct 11
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 100
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Oct 11
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 100

    RELI 212 – American Indian Religious Traditions
  • Cross Listed
  • Gen Ed: Diversity Emphasis
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Humanities
  • Gen Ed: Exploring Perspectives, Humanist
  • This course offers a broad introduction to the diversity and complexity of American Indian religious traditions historically and in the contemporary. Students will explore general themes in the study of American Indian religions and spirituality along with analyzing specific examples. Of particular importance are the history and effects of colonialism and missionization on Native people, continuing struggles for religious freedom and cultural survival, and historical and contemporary religious responses to social, cultural, political, and geographical changes.

    Section 001
    Days TuTh
    Location R P Harvill Bldg, Rm 204
    Time 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
    Date Aug 21 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 75
    • Days: TuTh
    • Location: R P Harvill Bldg, Rm 204
    • Time: 3:30 PM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 75

    RELI 220 – Religion in Japanese Society
  • Cross Listed
  • Gen Ed: Diversity Emphasis
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Humanities
  • Introduction to texts, images and activities, both historical and contemporary, that comprise Japanese religion.

    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Chieko Nakano
    Date Oct 12 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 75
    • +
    • Section: 101
    • Instructor:Chieko Nakano
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Oct 12 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 75

    RELI 220A – Literature of the Bible
  • Cross Listed
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Humanities
  • Old Testament: legendary and historical narratives, prophetic literature, and poetry.

    Section 001
    Days TuTh
    Location R P Harvill Bldg, Rm 319
    Time 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
    Instructor Leerom Medovoi
    Date Aug 21 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 30
    • Days: TuTh
    • Location: R P Harvill Bldg, Rm 319
    • Time: 12:30 PM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 30

    RELI 222 – Introduction to Zen Buddhism
  • Cross Listed
  • This course is designed to introduce students to the history,teachings,and practice of Zen Buddhism in China,Japan, Korea and the United States. The course will discuss Zen from a variety of perspectives but will center around the question of the meaning of history. Zen is a tradition of Buddhism that claims to have inherited and to pass on, in an unbroken historical transmission from patriarch to patriarch, the living experience of the Buddha's enlightenment. The course will discuss how Zen's conception of its history is related to its identity as a special tradition within Buddhism, as well as its basic teachings on the primacy of enlightenment, the role of practice, the nature of the mind, and the limitations of language.

    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Alison Jameson
    Date Oct 12 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 60
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Oct 12 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 60
    Section 201
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Alison Jameson
    Date Oct 12 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 60
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Oct 12 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 60

    RELI 227 – Religion and Film
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Arts
  • Gen Ed: Building Connections
  • This course explores religion and its relationship with visual storytelling culture. We will analyze, explore, and challenge various religious, pop-cultural, ideological, and moral messages as presented in various types of film, from art house cinema to blockbuster movies, and genres ranging from horror to comedy.

    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Konden Smith Hansen
    Date Aug 21 - Oct 11
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 75
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Oct 11
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 75
    Section 201
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Konden Smith Hansen
    Date Aug 21 - Oct 11
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 75
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Oct 11
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 75

    RELI 241 – Introduction to Chinese Religions
  • Cross Listed
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Humanities
  • The course is a comprehensive historical survey of the main religious traditions in China, including Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, and popular religion. Through lectures, discussions, and reading of select primary and secondary sources, we will explore the formulations and subsequent transformations of key beliefs, doctrines, practices, and institutions that characterized specific religious traditions. We will also examine the patterns of interaction among different traditions, as well as the general character of religious life in both traditional and modern China.

    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Lu Zhang
    Date Aug 21 - Oct 11
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 30
    • +
    • Section: 101
    • Instructor:Lu Zhang
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Oct 11
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 30

    RELI 277A – History of the Middle East: 600-1453
  • Cross Listed
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Humanities
  • Gen Ed: Exploring Perspectives, Humanist
  • In this course, students take a humanistic disciplinary perspective to explore the cultural products of the pre-modern Middle East and answer questions about its historical development. Using primary sources in translation and secondary scholarship, students will explore the context of the rise of Islam; the process of conversion and expansion across the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia; the crystallization of Shi'ism and changing notions of religious authority; and the impact of Turkish migrations and Mongol conquests. They will become familiar with major genres of pre-modern Middle Eastern literary, religious, and scientific writings, and use techniques of close reading to answer questions about those texts' ideological positions and contexts.

    Section 001
    Days MoWeFr
    Location Aero & Mech Engr, Rm S314
    Time 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM
    Instructor Austin O'Malley
    Date Aug 21 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 70
    • +
    • Section: 001
    • Instructor:Austin O'Malley
    • Days: MoWeFr
    • Location: Aero & Mech Engr, Rm S314
    • Time: 1:00 PM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 70

    RELI 277A – History of the Middle East: 600-1453
  • Cross Listed
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Humanities
  • Gen Ed: Exploring Perspectives, Humanist
  • Honors Course
  • In this course, students take a humanistic disciplinary perspective to explore the cultural products of the pre-modern Middle East and answer questions about its historical development. Using primary sources in translation and secondary scholarship, students will explore the context of the rise of Islam; the process of conversion and expansion across the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia; the crystallization of Shi'ism and changing notions of religious authority; and the impact of Turkish migrations and Mongol conquests. They will become familiar with major genres of pre-modern Middle Eastern literary, religious, and scientific writings, and use techniques of close reading to answer questions about those texts' ideological positions and contexts.

    Section 002
    Days MoWeFr
    Location Aero & Mech Engr, Rm S314
    Time 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM
    Instructor Austin O'Malley
    Date Aug 21 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 70
    • +
    • Section: 002
    • Instructor:Austin O'Malley
    • Days: MoWeFr
    • Location: Aero & Mech Engr, Rm S314
    • Time: 1:00 PM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 70

    RELI 280 – Introduction to the Bible: New Testament
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Humanities
  • Gen Ed: Exploring Perspectives, Humanist
  • This course introduces students to the New Testament in light of the contexts in which it was written and compiled, and as a window into reconstructing the world of early Christianity. The course will also examine how various Christian communities have understood the meaning and authority of the New Testament.

    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Grant Adamson
    Date Oct 12 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 150
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Oct 12 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 150
    Section 201
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Grant Adamson
    Date Oct 12 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 150
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Oct 12 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 150

    RELI 302 – Ellis Island, 9/11, and Border Walls: Religion and Immigration in the U.S.
  • Gen Ed: Diversity Emphasis
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Individuals and Societies
  • This course will explore the central role of religion in shaping constructions of race and ethnicity in U.S. history, especially in light of immigration debates. Since the country's founding, immigrants have expanded ethnic and religious diversity in the United States in the face of powerful anti-immigrant movements. Students will engage with in-depth studies of immigrant communities who shaped the American religious and ethnic landscape, including diverse American expressions of religions such as Roman Catholicism, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Evangelical Protestantism, and Vodou.

    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Daisy Vargas
    Date Oct 12 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 50
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Oct 12 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 50
    Section 201
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Daisy Vargas
    Date Oct 12 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 50
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Oct 12 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 50

    RELI 303 – Spirituality and Sickness: Religion and Health in the U.S.
  • Gen Ed: Diversity Emphasis
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Humanities
  • This course explores diverse religious and spiritual conceptions of health in the United States and their relationships to experiences of sickness and healing. It will include a critical examination of historical and contemporary cases in which religious and spiritual views of health have interacted with healthcare systems, including cases of cooperation and conflict.

    Section 001
    Days
    Location Flex In-Person
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Unassigned
    Date Aug 21 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 50
    • +
    • Section: 001
    • Instructor:Unassigned
    • Days:
    • Location: Flex In-Person
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 50
    Section 001
    Days Th
    Location M Pacheco ILC, Rm 125
    Time 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
    Instructor Staff
    Date Aug 21 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 50
    • +
    • Section: 001
    • Instructor:Staff
    • Days: Th
    • Location: M Pacheco ILC, Rm 125
    • Time: 12:30 PM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 50

    RELI 305 – Greek and Roman Religion
  • Cross Listed
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Individuals and Societies
  • Gen Ed: Building Connections
  • Writing Emphasis Course
  • Religious beliefs and cult practices in ancient Greece and Rome. All readings in English.

    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Grant Adamson
    Date Aug 21 - Oct 11
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 250
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Oct 11
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 250
    Section 201
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Grant Adamson
    Date Aug 21 - Oct 11
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 250
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Oct 11
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 250

    RELI 308 – Does Pikachu Have a Buddha Nature? Buddhism in Japan
  • Cross Listed
  • Gen Ed: Diversity Emphasis
  • This course provides an overview of the history of Buddhism in Japan. Major themes covered in the course include an integration of indigenous "kami veneration" (Shinto) into a Buddhist theological framework; a doctrinal emphasis placed on the notion of Buddha nature or "original enlightenment" (hongaku); the rise of the so-called Kamakura schools of Buddhism; bureaucratic roles imparted to Buddhist temples during the Tokugawa period; and challenges Buddhism faces in contemporary Japanese society.

    Section 001
    Days We
    Location C E Chavez Bldg, Rm 306
    Time 3:30 PM - 6:00 PM
    Instructor Takashi Miura
    Date Aug 21 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 15
    • Days: We
    • Location: C E Chavez Bldg, Rm 306
    • Time: 3:30 PM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 15

    RELI 310 – Apocalyptic Imagination
  • Cross Listed
  • Survey of Jewish and Christian apocalyptic literature which explores the literary features and sociological significance of apocalyptic thought in Western culture from antiquity to the present.

    Section 001
    Days
    Location Flex In-Person
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor J Edward Wright
    Date Aug 21 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 30
    • Days:
    • Location: Flex In-Person
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 30
    Section 001
    Days TuTh
    Location Room To Be Announced
    Time 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
    Instructor J Edward Wright
    Date Aug 21 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 30
    • Days: TuTh
    • Location: Room To Be Announced
    • Time: 11:00 AM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 30

    RELI 313 – Health and Medicine in Classical Antiquity
  • Cross Listed
  • Writing Emphasis Course
  • The course examines the mythology and practice of medicine in Greek and Roman times from Asclepius to Hippocrates and Galen, medical instruments and procedures, the religious manifestation of healing in Greek and Roman sanctuaries, the votive dedications by patients and cured, midwifery and child care, public hygiene and diseases. The topics cover a large spectrum of the medical practice and public health in the ancient societies of Classical antiquity, as well as how ancient worldviews, including religion and religious practice, shaped health and medicine in Greek and Roman civilization.

    Section 001
    Days TuTh
    Location Haury Anthro Bldg, Rm 129
    Time 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
    Instructor Eleni Hasaki
    Date Aug 21 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 80
    • +
    • Section: 001
    • Instructor:Eleni Hasaki
    • Days: TuTh
    • Location: Haury Anthro Bldg, Rm 129
    • Time: 2:00 PM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 80

    RELI 313 – Health and Medicine in Classical Antiquity
  • Cross Listed
  • Honors Course
  • Writing Emphasis Course
  • The course examines the mythology and practice of medicine in Greek and Roman times from Asclepius to Hippocrates and Galen, medical instruments and procedures, the religious manifestation of healing in Greek and Roman sanctuaries, the votive dedications by patients and cured, midwifery and child care, public hygiene and diseases. The topics cover a large spectrum of the medical practice and public health in the ancient societies of Classical antiquity, as well as how ancient worldviews, including religion and religious practice, shaped health and medicine in Greek and Roman civilization.

    Section 002
    Days TuTh
    Location Haury Anthro Bldg, Rm 129
    Time 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
    Instructor Eleni Hasaki
    Date Aug 21 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 80
    • +
    • Section: 002
    • Instructor:Eleni Hasaki
    • Days: TuTh
    • Location: Haury Anthro Bldg, Rm 129
    • Time: 2:00 PM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 80

    RELI 315 – Saints and Superheroes
  • Writing Emphasis Course
  • This course is a study of religion, mythology, and popular culture in North American culture, with a focus on the role of saints in the Catholic tradition, on the one hand, and the role of the hero in ancient Greco-Roman traditions, as well as contemporary Marvel and DC universes. Admired and revered in their respective cultures, the saint and the superhero are otherworldly figures for their devotees, capable of miraculous, amazing, and superhuman feats. Neither the laws of nature nor the conventions and norms of society circumscribe the actions and powers of such figures; they overturn common standards of reason and science, and operate in a region of reality that is filled with wonder and marvel, a deeper and more expansive universe than meets the eye. Both figures, too, are capable of extraordinary acts of selflessness and compassion, acts that exceed everyday ethical norms. In addition to exploring the points of contact between the two, this class will consider the phenomena and traits that are distinctive to each one, with the saint belonging to a Christian universe and the hero to Greco-Roman and non-Christian worlds. Ultimately, the class is interested in what the saint and superhero can tell us about fundamental existential questions: What does it mean to be human? What can we know about the universe? What ethical principles should we live by, and why should we embrace ethics in the first place? How does the figure of saint or superhero articulate, address, and respond to perceived injustices and wrongs in the world? How does the representation of the superheroes¿ gender, class, and race influence the identity and purpose of the superhero? Can the examples of saints and superheroes inspire or thwart human development? How is God, and the Gods, understood in these traditions?

    Section 001
    Days TuTh
    Location Saguaro Hall, Rm 114
    Time 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
    Instructor Alejandro Nava
    Date Aug 21 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 40
    • Days: TuTh
    • Location: Saguaro Hall, Rm 114
    • Time: 11:00 AM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 40

    RELI 321 – Women in Judaism
  • Cross Listed
  • Gen Ed: Building Connections
  • This course examines religion and gender through the study of women in Judaism. How do scholars construct a history of women in ancient Judaism when Jewish sacred texts are written by and for men? How have modern Jewish women accommodated feminist ideals without undermining the authority of the established tradition? What impact has the feminist movement had on Jewish communal institutions in the United States and Israel? In this course, we explore these questions and others by examining the influence Jewish religious beliefs and practices have played in the formation of Jewish women's identities, image and their understanding of power and authority. Students study the role of women in the formation of Judaism and Jewish society as a culturally constructed and historically changing category through archaeology, biblical studies, rabbinics, theology, folklore, social and political movements.

    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Deborah Kaye
    Date Aug 21 - Oct 11
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 35
    • +
    • Section: 101
    • Instructor:Deborah Kaye
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Oct 11
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 35
    Section 201
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Deborah Kaye
    Date Aug 21 - Oct 11
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 10
    • +
    • Section: 201
    • Instructor:Deborah Kaye
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Oct 11
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 10
    Section 401
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Deborah Kaye
    Date Aug 21 - Oct 11
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 10
    • +
    • Section: 401
    • Instructor:Deborah Kaye
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Oct 11
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 10

    RELI 331 – Taoist Traditions of China
  • Cross Listed
  • Gen Ed: Diversity Emphasis
  • Intellectual foundations of Taoism in its two classical sources, the Lao Tzu and the Chuang Tzu, and a sampling of the varieties of religious practice which developed later.

    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Shyling Glaze
    Date Aug 21 - Oct 11
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 60
    • +
    • Section: 101
    • Instructor:Shyling Glaze
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Oct 11
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 60

    RELI 333 – Buddhist Meditation Traditions
  • Cross Listed
  • Gen Ed: Diversity Emphasis
  • Major forms of Buddhist meditation from both the South Asian and East Asian traditions, with emphasis on the nature of meditation as a variety of religious experience.

    Section 001
    Days
    Location Flex In-Person
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor James Baskind
    Date Aug 21 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 40
    • +
    • Section: 001
    • Instructor:James Baskind
    • Days:
    • Location: Flex In-Person
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 40
    Section 001
    Days Mo
    Location Live Online
    Time 3:30 PM - 6:00 PM
    Instructor James Baskind
    Date Aug 21 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 40
    • +
    • Section: 001
    • Instructor:James Baskind
    • Days: Mo
    • Location: Live Online
    • Time: 3:30 PM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 40
    Section 002
    Days
    Location Flex In-Person
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor James Baskind
    Date Aug 21 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 40
    • +
    • Section: 002
    • Instructor:James Baskind
    • Days:
    • Location: Flex In-Person
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 40
    Section 002
    Days Mo
    Location Live Online
    Time 3:30 PM - 6:00 PM
    Instructor James Baskind
    Date Aug 21 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 40
    • +
    • Section: 002
    • Instructor:James Baskind
    • Days: Mo
    • Location: Live Online
    • Time: 3:30 PM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 40

    RELI 334 – Islamic Thought
  • Cross Listed
  • Gen Ed: Diversity Emphasis
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Individuals and Societies
  • Gen Ed: Exploring Perspectives, Humanist
  • A consideration of Islam, one of the world's major religions, and the view of the universe and the modes of behavior and values it advocates. Most of the course will be dedicated to an examination of the majority (Sunni) opinion, but some attention will be directed also to the more significant minority (Shi'i, et al.) positions as well. The course has no prerequisite but does build on the information presented in TRAD 101 Middle Eastern Humanities.

    Section 001
    Days Fr
    Location Flex In-Person
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Unassigned
    Date Aug 21 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 25
    • +
    • Section: 001
    • Instructor:Unassigned
    • Days: Fr
    • Location: Flex In-Person
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 25
    Section 001
    Days MoWe
    Location Education, Rm 432
    Time 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM
    Instructor Staff
    Date Aug 21 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 25
    • +
    • Section: 001
    • Instructor:Staff
    • Days: MoWe
    • Location: Education, Rm 432
    • Time: 3:00 PM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 25

    RELI 335 – Rap, Culture and God
  • Cross Listed
  • Gen Ed: Diversity Emphasis
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Humanities
  • Gen Ed: Building Connections
  • Pass/Fail Option Available to Qualified Students
  • This course is a study of popular culture and religion in African-American and Latin@ communities, with a focus on the place of rap music in the cultural identity of these traditions. The class will begin with a study of some major themes in cultural studies concerning identity, class, race, and gender in addition to a study of the role of religion in Black and Latin@ communities. We will consider the approaches and self-understandings of identity and culture in rap music with special attention to the voices of protest, resistance, and spirituality among rap artists.

    Section 001
    Days
    Location Flex In-Person
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Unassigned
    Date Aug 21 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 300
    • +
    • Section: 001
    • Instructor:Unassigned
    • Days:
    • Location: Flex In-Person
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 300
    Section 001
    Days Tu
    Location R P Harvill Bldg, Rm 150
    Time 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
    Instructor Staff
    Date Aug 21 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 300
    • +
    • Section: 001
    • Instructor:Staff
    • Days: Tu
    • Location: R P Harvill Bldg, Rm 150
    • Time: 12:30 PM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 300

    RELI 336 – Spirituality, Psychology, and the Mind
  • Cross Listed
  • Pass/Fail Option Available to Qualified Students
  • This course is a survey of psychological theory and research investigating religious beliefs, experiences, and practices.

    Section 001
    Days
    Location Flex In-Person
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Hester Oberman
    Date Aug 21 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 264
    • Days:
    • Location: Flex In-Person
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 264
    Section 001
    Days Th
    Location Gittings Bldg, Rm 129B
    Time 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
    Instructor Hester Oberman
    Date Aug 21 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 264
    • Days: Th
    • Location: Gittings Bldg, Rm 129B
    • Time: 3:30 PM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 264

    RELI 342 – Persian World
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Humanities
  • This course provides students with a critical understanding of the histories and cultures of the Persian-speaking world, which includes the communities in Persian, Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, China, Pakistan, India, Turkey, Iraq, United States, Israel, United Arab Emirates, Canada, and European countries. This course introduces students to the Persian civilization from a variety of approaches. This course will help students to engage with major historical and cultural developments in Persian history and civilization. In light of the disciplinary methodologies related to those fields, students will study the texts and material culture of Iran in order to understand historical, literary, and political developments within their social contexts. Eventually, students will gain an understanding of how Persia developed into a world power, how it was divided, and how it continued to exist as a cultural concept. Students will read texts in English, watch films, and experience music, dance, and food. Through a comparative and critical approach, the course will also examine the value and limitations of theoretical perspectives offered by related disciplines such as literary, political science, religion, and cultural studies. Teaching will include lectures, discussions, and learner-centered activities using cooperative learning techniques. There will be live and interactive performances in some of the sessions on food and dance. Readings will be accompanied by short video and/or audio clips. All learning materials including articles, chapters, films, audios, etc. will be uploaded on the course's website and D2L.

    Section 001
    Days TuTh
    Location Psychology, Rm 305
    Time 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
    Instructor Kamran Talattof
    Date Aug 21 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 30
    • +
    • Section: 001
    • Instructor:Kamran Talattof
    • Days: TuTh
    • Location: Psychology, Rm 305
    • Time: 9:30 AM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 30

    RELI 344 – African American Religion
  • Cross Listed
  • Critical, thematic exegesis of indigenous African and Christian contributions to African American religions. Analyzes role of religion in resisting oppression and racial injustice.

    Section 001
    Days MoWeFr
    Location Modern Languages, Rm 310
    Time 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM
    Instructor Unassigned
    Date Aug 21 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 40
    • +
    • Section: 001
    • Instructor:Unassigned
    • Days: MoWeFr
    • Location: Modern Languages, Rm 310
    • Time: 1:00 PM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 40

    RELI 367 – Yoga
  • Gen Ed: Diversity Emphasis
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Humanities
  • Gen Ed: Building Connections
  • In this course we examine the philosophy, practice, historical roots, and development of yoga. Students are asked to use and reflect on the disciplinary perspectives of the historian to examine premodern primary texts (in English translation) that provide a window into the origins of yoga, as well as the perspectives of the anthropologist and cultural critic to examine contemporary yoga practices. Students will compare and contrast perspectives of Indian yogis and contemporary international yoga influencers in order to understand how the experience of yoga differs across time and culture and how social systems of power and inequality are both subverted and reinforced by yoga and its practitioners.

    Section 001
    Days MoWeFr
    Location Henry Koffler Bldg, Rm 204
    Time 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
    Instructor Bhakti Mamtora
    Date Aug 21 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 150
    • +
    • Section: 001
    • Instructor:Bhakti Mamtora
    • Days: MoWeFr
    • Location: Henry Koffler Bldg, Rm 204
    • Time: 12:00 PM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 150
    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Unassigned
    Date Oct 12 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 200
    • +
    • Section: 101
    • Instructor:Unassigned
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Oct 12 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 200
    Section 201
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Unassigned
    Date Oct 12 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 200
    • +
    • Section: 201
    • Instructor:Unassigned
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Oct 12 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 200

    RELI 370A – History of the Jews: Modern Jewish History
  • Cross Listed
  • Gen Ed: Diversity Emphasis
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Individuals and Societies
  • Survey of major political, socioeconomic, and cultural developments in the history of Diaspora Jewry: Modern Jewish history.

    Section 001
    Days MoWe
    Location Modern Languages, Rm 410
    Time 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
    Instructor Gil Ribak
    Date Aug 21 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 36
    • +
    • Section: 001
    • Instructor:Gil Ribak
    • Days: MoWe
    • Location: Modern Languages, Rm 410
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 36
    Section 001
    Days
    Location Flex In-Person
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Unassigned
    Date Oct 12 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 30
    • +
    • Section: 001
    • Instructor:Unassigned
    • Days:
    • Location: Flex In-Person
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Oct 12 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 30
    Section 001
    Days Tu
    Location C E Chavez Bldg, Rm 316
    Time 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
    Instructor Staff
    Date Oct 12 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 30
    • +
    • Section: 001
    • Instructor:Staff
    • Days: Tu
    • Location: C E Chavez Bldg, Rm 316
    • Time: 4:00 PM
    • Dates: Oct 12 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 30

    RELI 372B – History & Religion of Israel in Ancient Times: Ezra-Nehemiah to the Roman Empire
  • Cross Listed
  • Gen Ed: Diversity Emphasis
  • Gen Ed: Tier 2 Humanities
  • Survey of the history and religion of ancient Israel. Ezra-Nehemiah to the Roman Empire, with emphasis on the formation of rabbinic Judaism.

    Section 001
    Days
    Location Flex In-Person
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor J Edward Wright
    Date Aug 21 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 35
    • Days:
    • Location: Flex In-Person
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 35
    Section 001
    Days TuTh
    Location Room To Be Announced
    Time 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
    Instructor J Edward Wright
    Date Aug 21 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 35
    • Days: TuTh
    • Location: Room To Be Announced
    • Time: 9:30 AM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 35
    Section 002
    Days
    Location Flex In-Person
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor J Edward Wright
    Date Aug 21 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 35
    • Days:
    • Location: Flex In-Person
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 35
    Section 002
    Days TuTh
    Location Room To Be Announced
    Time 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
    Instructor J Edward Wright
    Date Aug 21 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 35
    • Days: TuTh
    • Location: Room To Be Announced
    • Time: 9:30 AM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 35

    RELI 389 – Middle Eastern Ethnic and Religious Minorities
  • Cross Listed
  • Writing Emphasis Course
  • Overview of ethnic and religious minorities in the contemporary Middle East, study of ethnic and religious diversity and its origin and manifestations in the modern Middle East. Examination of how the concept of religious and ethnic minority has emerged as a key factor in state policies towards minorities as well as the cultural, economic, political, religious, and educational lives of its people.

    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Unassigned
    Date Oct 12 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 30
    • +
    • Section: 101
    • Instructor:Unassigned
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Oct 12 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 30

    RELI 435 – Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism
  • Cross Listed
  • Surveys the ideology, symbolism, and major themes of Jewish mysticism as evidenced in several prominent mystical texts. The core of this course will be reading the texts in English translation and the development of skills in reading and understanding a Jewish mystical text.

    Section 001
    Days TuTh
    Location Modern Languages, Rm 310
    Time 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
    Instructor David Graizbord
    Date Aug 21 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 36
    • Days: TuTh
    • Location: Modern Languages, Rm 310
    • Time: 9:30 AM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 36

    RELI 435 – Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism
  • Cross Listed
  • Honors Course
  • Surveys the ideology, symbolism, and major themes of Jewish mysticism as evidenced in several prominent mystical texts. The core of this course will be reading the texts in English translation and the development of skills in reading and understanding a Jewish mystical text.

    Section 002
    Days TuTh
    Location Modern Languages, Rm 310
    Time 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
    Instructor David Graizbord
    Date Aug 21 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 36
    • Days: TuTh
    • Location: Modern Languages, Rm 310
    • Time: 9:30 AM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 36

    RELI 484 – History of East Asian Buddhism
  • Cross Listed
  • Gen Ed: Diversity Emphasis
  • Buddhism in China, Korea and Japan with emphasis on the relationship between East Asian Buddhist thought and practice and the various historical contexts in which they emerged.

    Section 101
    Days
    Location Online
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Jiang Wu
    Date Aug 21 - Oct 11
    Status Closed
    Enrollment 0 / 25
    • Days:
    • Location: Online
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Oct 11
    • Status: Closed
    • Enrollment: 0 / 25

    RELI 491 – Preceptorship
    Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of instruction and practice in actual service in a department, program, or discipline. Requires faculty member approval, preceptor application on file with department.

    Section 001
    Days
    Location
    Time 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Instructor Unassigned
    Date Aug 21 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 5
    • +
    • Section: 001
    • Instructor:Unassigned
    • Days:
    • Location:
    • Time: 5:00 PM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 5
    Section 014
    Days
    Location
    Time 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
    Instructor Grant Adamson
    Date Aug 21 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 5
    • Days:
    • Location:
    • Time: 12:00 AM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 5

    RELI 496G – Islamic Law and Society
  • Cross Listed
  • Writing Emphasis Course
  • This course focuses on Islamic Law and Society, topics such as the life and teachings of Muhammad, political and theological controversies, and the classical tradition of Islam.

    Section 001
    Days MoWe
    Location R P Harvill Bldg, Rm 315
    Time 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
    Instructor Scott Lucas
    Date Aug 21 - Dec 1
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 20
    • Days: MoWe
    • Location: R P Harvill Bldg, Rm 315
    • Time: 3:00 PM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Dec 1
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 20

    RELI 535 – Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism
  • Cross Listed
  • Surveys the ideology, symbolism, and major themes of Jewish mysticism as evidenced in several prominent mystical texts. The core of this course will be reading the texts in English translation and the development of skills in reading and understanding a Jewish mystical text. Graduate-level requirements include a substantial research paper.

    Section 001
    Days TuTh
    Location Modern Languages, Rm 310
    Time 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
    Instructor David Graizbord
    Date Aug 21 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 36
    • Days: TuTh
    • Location: Modern Languages, Rm 310
    • Time: 9:30 AM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 36

    RELI 550 – Graduate Readings in Theories and Methods for the Study of Religion
  • Cross Listed
  • The course provides graduate training in the theories and methods of religious studies and guides students in contextualizing their own work within this discourse. It is an opportunity to learn how religion became an object of study, to explore the approaches of key theorists, and to assess the efficacy of these approaches. Controversies surrounding ritual, canon, culture, power, translation, and "experience" will inform our conversations. Students will develop a more nuanced understanding of the relationship of religious studies and area studies, in terms of historical and continuously-evolving dynamics. Finally, this course challenges students to evaluate the broader role of religious studies in the humanities and to set goals for their professional contributions to this discourse.

    Section 001
    Days TuTh
    Location Modern Languages, Rm 201
    Time 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
    Instructor Max Strassfeld
    Date Aug 21 - Dec 6
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 18
    • Days: TuTh
    • Location: Modern Languages, Rm 201
    • Time: 9:30 AM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Dec 6
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 18

    RELI 596G – Islamic Law and Society
  • Cross Listed
  • Writing Emphasis Course
  • This course focuses on Islamic Law and Society, topics such as the life and teachings of Muhammad, political and theological controversies, and the classical tradition of Islam. Graduate-level requirements include at least one in-class presentation of the assigned readings for the week, including distribution of an outline and active leading of subsequent discussion.

    Section 001
    Days MoWe
    Location R P Harvill Bldg, Rm 315
    Time 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
    Instructor Scott Lucas
    Date Aug 21 - Dec 1
    Status Open
    Enrollment 0 / 20
    • Days: MoWe
    • Location: R P Harvill Bldg, Rm 315
    • Time: 3:00 PM
    • Dates: Aug 21 - Dec 1
    • Status: Open
    • Enrollment: 0 / 20