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The Religion major is designed to serve as a focus of a liberal arts education for the general student and as a pre-professional foundation for those pursuing the study of religion beyond the baccalaureate degree. Some courses in the Religion Department are cross-referenced or cross-listed with other programs of study in the College—e.g., African American Studies, East Asian Studies, Jewish Studies, and Gender and Women's Studies. While offering a broad focus in the humanities and in the study of religion, the major also affords an opportunity for concentrated study in particular religious traditions and specific areas of religious thought and practice. Students who contemplate graduate study in religion or professional study in seminary or rabbinical school after graduation are advised to consult with the Chair or other members of the department as early in their undergraduate careers as possible. Entry-Level Courses and Sequence Suggestions. The Department of Religion offers nine introductory courses dealing with traditions and topics in the scholarly study of religion. These courses—101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, and 109—have the same purpose but draw on different traditions and topics. These courses may best meet the needs of students who seek only one course in Religion, or they may serve as a first course for students who plan further study in the department. They are not, however, prerequisites for course work at the 200 level. The department also offers several "First-Year Seminar Program" (FYSP) courses and "Colloquia for First- and Second-Year Students" as indicated in the course listing. Seminars (taught at the 300 level) require the consent of the instructor, and students taking them will ordinarily have done previous 200-level course work in subject matter relevant to the topic of the seminar. Major. The major consists of 27 hours in the department. Under ordinary circumstances, no more than one course from the FYSP or Colloquia for First- and Second-Year Students may be counted in the 27 hours required for the major. Also, no more than one of the nine "Introduction to Religion" (RELG 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109) courses may be counted in the 27 hours required for the major. Students majoring in Religion must complete the following: (a) Take one designated core course at the 200 level in at least four of the ten areas in which course work is offered. The 10 areas, and courses that fall within each area, are listed below. The "core" courses are those marked with an asterisk (*). American Religious History: 282*, 284*, 285 Christian History: 216*, 217*, 218* East Asian Religions: 235*, 236*, 238* Ethics: 245*, 246*, 247, 248*, 249 Gender and Religion: 261*, 262*, 263 Islam: 270*, 271, 272*, 274 Jewish and Christian Scriptures: 205*, 206*, 208* Judaism: 250*, 251*, 252, 255, 258 Modern Religious Thought: 225*, 226*, 227*, 228 South Asian Religions: 231*, 232, 233* (b) Take at least one additional course at the 200 level in one of the four areas in which they have taken a "core" course, thus forming a small concentration. The second 200-level course need not be a "core" course. (c) Take one seminar at the 300 level. Majors are encouraged to take the seminar within the area of their concentration. Minor. Majors in other departments or programs may minor in Religion by taking at least 5 courses totaling 15 hours. One of these courses must be a seminar. Honors. The Honors Program in Religion offers qualified students the opportunity to work closely with a faculty member while pursuing an independent project of research and writing. Honors work is done in the student's senior year and culminates in a written thesis of not less than 40 or more than 70 pages and in an oral defense of the thesis. Credit hours earned from the Honors project should be over and above the basic 27 hours required for the major. On or about March 15, qualified junior majors are invited by the department to apply, or may themselves apply, for Honors work. Applicants must submit to the department a prospectus for the proposed research project by April 15. Guidelines for this prospectus are found at the end of each semester's departmental supplement. More detailed information about the nature of this prospectus can be obtained from the Department Chair or any member of the department. Transfer of Credit. Students wishing to transfer credit toward the Religion major are advised to provide the department with as much information about the transferred course as possible (including the syllabus, papers, exams). The department will not normally count more than six hours of transfer credit toward the major and does not normally accept transferred courses to satisfy distribution requirements in the major. Winter Term. Faculty in the Religion Department sponsor a wide variety of Winter Term projects, particularly projects related to their areas of scholarly expertise. Students planning projects are invited to approach individual faculty members to discuss their ideas and plans.
FYSP 124. Seeing War and Peace through Religious Traditions 3 hours 3HU, CD, WRi Second Semester. For description, please see "First-Year Seminar Program" in this catalog. Enrollment Limit: 14. Ms. McClure FYSP 131. How Early Jews and Christians Rewrote the Bible 3 hours 3HU, CD, WRi First Semester. For description, please see "First-Year Seminar Program" in this catalog. Enrollment Limit: 14. Mr. Socher FYSP 144. Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. 3 hours 3HU, CD, WRi Second Semester. For description, please see "First-Year Seminar Program" in this catalog. Enrollment Limit: 14. Mr. Miller FYSP 156. Biological Advances and Ethical Questions 3 hours 1.5HU, 1.5NS, WRi Next offered 2005-2006. FYSP 158. Taoism 3 hours 3HU, CD, WRi Next offered 2005-2006. FYSP 164. To Hell and Back: Religious Views of the Underworld 3 hours 3HU, CD, WRi First Semester. For description, please see "First-Year Seminar Program" in this catalog. Enrollment Limit: 14. Ms. Kamitsuka FYSP 172. The Religious Thought of Mohandas Gandhi 3 hours 3HU, CD, WRi First Semester. For description, please see "First-Year Seminar Program" in this catalog. Enrollment Limit: 14. Ms. Richman FYSP 186. Justice and Freedom: Reflections through Western Literature, Philosophy and Religion 3 hours 3HU, WRi First Semester. For description, please see "First-Year Seminar Program" in this catalog. Enrollment Limit: 14. Mr. Gangle FYSP 194. Hidden Traditions of the West 3 hours 3HU, WRi First Semester. For description, please see "First-Year Seminar Program" in this catalog. Enrollment Limit: 14. Mr. Chaplin Introductory Courses 101. Introduction to Religion: Religion as a World Phenomenon 3 hours 3HU, CD, WR Next offered 2005-2006. 102. Introduction to Religion: Roots of the Western Traditions 3 hours 3HU, CD Second Semester. This course serves as an introduction to the study of religious traditions, taking the Western monotheisms (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) as its focus. Through a reading of the sacred texts, classic interpreters, and philosophical exponents of these traditions, we shall study the process through which the literary aspect of traditions develops. In addition to introducing the basic tenets and variants of these three traditions, we shall also raise theoretical issues related to their study, and to the study of religion in general. Enrollment Limit: 35. Staff 103. Introduction to Religion: Material Religion 3 hours 3HU, CD, WR Next offered 2005-2006. 104. Introduction to Religion: Perspectives on Religious Narratives 3 hours 3HU, CD, WR Second Semester. An introduction to the vocabulary, methods, and assumptions of the academic study of religion. Through an examination of diverse religious communities, including Lakota Sioux, Nation of Islam, and Southern Pentecostal, we will analyze patterns that scholars commonly find across religions. Particular attention will be given to the role of religion within social justice and salvation movements, and in the formation of individual and group identities. Enrollment Limit: 35. Mr. Gangle 105. Introduction to Religion: African Religions and Their Thought Systems 3 hours 3HU, CD First Semester. An introduction to the philosophical basis of African society through a study of various African Religious Traditions, and Islam and Christianity, especially in their indigenized forms. This study will also examine the underlying nature of African religious thought, and the function of myth and ritual. Consideration will be given to the relationship between religion and culture in various societies. Questions will be raised regarding the different ways religion is conceived in various cultures: African and "non-African," "Western" and "non-Western." Enrollment Limit: 35. Mr. Miller 107. Introduction to Religion: Cosmogony and Ethics 3 hours 3HU, CD Next offered 2005-2006. 108. Introduction to Religion: Women and the Western Traditions 3 hours 3HU, CD Second Semester. An introduction to Judaism, Christianity and Islam that focuses on women's experiences and gender roles. This course will examine representations of women in sacred texts; primary sources by and about women from various historical periods and contemporary feminist voices within each religious tradition. Enrollment Limit: 40. Ms. Kamitsuka 109. Introduction to Religion: Jerusalem: Negotiating Sacred Space 3 hours 3HU, CD Next offered 2005-2006.
118. Immanence and Transcendence in Buddhism 3 hours 3HU, CD, WRi First Semester. An overview of the history and ideas of Buddhism as it spread throughout Asia. Topics include Buddhism's core teachings from ancient India, the rise of Mahayana Buddhism with its all-embracing philosophy of non-dualism and its bodhisattva ideal of selflessness, and the transformation of Buddhism into such schools as Zen and Pure Land in China and Japan. THIS COLLOQUIUM IS OFFERED IN CONJUNCTION WITH A WINTER-TERM STUDY TOUR OF JAPAN SPONSORED BY THE FREEMAN FOUNDATION. Enrollment Limit: 10 first-year and 5 second-year students. Mr. Dobbins 202. The Nature of Suffering: The Book of Job and its History of Interpretation 3 hours 3HU, CD, WR Second Semester. This course will focus on the biblical book of Job as a piece of ancient religious literature that has fostered centuries of theological and existential questioning on the nature of divine justice and activity in the world, the meaning of suffering, and the existence of evil. The course will first consider Job in its ancient Israelite context as it spoke to a conquered and exiled "people of God." Secondarily, the course will introduce Jewish and Christian interpretations of the book as these interpretations evolved through history addressing different contexts of human alienation and suffering. Identical to JWST 202. Enrollment Limit: 35. Ms. Chapman 205. Hebrew Bible in its Ancient Near Eastern Context 3 hours 3HU, CD First Semester. An introduction to the literature and history of ancient Israel as contained within the Hebrew Bible and to the methods of interpretation used by modern scholars to understand this ancient text. This course introduces the student to the skill of a close and critical reading of ancient texts and of modern scholarly interpretations of those texts. Thematic emphases will include the emergence of monotheism, the divine/human relationship, the mediation of priest, prophet and king, and issues of canon. Identical to JWST 205. Enrollment Limit: 40. Mr. Goering 208. New Testament and Christian Origins 3 hours 3HU, WR Second Semester. An introduction to the academic study of the New Testament in its ancient Jewish and Greco-Roman contexts. The course explores early Christian writings as Jewish sectarian literature and as early Christian foundational scripture. An important aspect of this course will be learning the art and skill of a close and critical reading of ancient texts and of modern scholarly interpretations of those texts. Thematic emphases include the diversity of early Christian writings, Christianity within first-century Judaisms, the evolution of the Jesus narrative, and the rise of institutional Christianity. No previous knowledge of the New Testament is assumed. Enrollment Limit: 40. Mr. Goering 217. Christian Thought and Action: Early and Medieval 3 hours 3HU First Semester. A historical study of the Christian tradition from the time of the early Church through the 15th century. Theological issues and the relationship of Christianity to society are considered along with such subjects as the development of the Papacy, saints, monasticism, mysticism, worship, popular religious devotion, and the roles of reform, dissent, and heresy. Enrollment Limit: 35. Mr. Chaplin 218. Christian Thought and Action: Reformation and Modern 3 hours 3HU Second Semester. A historical study of the Western Christian traditions from the 15th to the 19th century, with emphasis on the formative ideas of the 16th-century reformers, Protestant and Catholic, and the development of these ideas as Christianity faced far-reaching changes in society and the world of thought. Key spiritual texts and figures will be explored. Distinctive theologies, social activist traditions, pietism, modern Roman Catholicism, and the emergence of liberal and evangelical forms of Christianity are among subjects considered. Enrollment Limit: 35. Mr. Chaplin 219. Mysticism in Christianity 3 hours 3HU Second Semester. A study of some of the classic texts of the Christian mystical tradition from its origins until the early modern era. We shall examine mystical texts across the spectrum of Christian denominations (Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Protestant), eras (ancient, medieval, early modern), and experiences (cloistered and non-cloistered, male and female, lay and clerical) in an attempt to come to terms with such theoretical questions as the nature of the study of mystical texts, and the idea of "mysticism" itself. Some figures to be studied include Gregory of Nyssa, Bernard of Clairvaux, Bonaventure, Catherine of Siena, Meister Eckhart, Teresa of Avila and Jacob Boehme. Enrollment Limit: 35. Mr. Chaplin 225. Modern Religious Thought in the West: Late 17th to early 19th Century 3 hours 3HU First Semester. An analysis of Western philosophy of religion and theology as developed in Europe and North America from the end of the Thirty Years War to the early 19th century. Of special interest will be how the emerging scientific worldview affected traditional religious beliefs including views of God, human nature, the authority of scripture, the legitimacy of religious institutions, and the true "essence"of religion. Some of the thinkers to be studied include Pascal, Locke, Hume, Voltaire, Rousseau, Kant, Mendelssohn, Schleiermacher and Feuerbach. Enrollment Limit: 40. Mr. Gangle 226. Modern Religious Thought in the West: 19th to mid-20th Century 3 hours 3HU Second Semester. An analysis of developments in Western philosophy of religion and theology from the 19th to the mid-20th century. Central topics to be examined include theological responses to modern scientific and historical consciousness, secular critical analyses of religion, debates on the human condition, and efforts to address cultural and religious issues arising from the devastation of the two world wars. Some of the thinkers to be studied include: Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Buber, Tillich, R. Niebuhr, A. Cohen and J. Plaskow. Enrollment Limit: 40. Mr. Gangle 227. Contemporary Religious Thought in the West 3 hours 3HU Next offered 2005-2006. 228. Recent Developments in Christian Theology 3 hours 3HU, CD Next offered 2005-2006. 231. Origins and Development of Hinduism 3 hours 3HU, CD First Semester. A study of the Hindu tradition in India, from its origins to the development of the later devotional movements. Textual study focuses on ritual hymns, renunciatory texts, devotional poems, and classical mythology. Attention is also paid to analysis of religious practices, especially as they vary according to social location and gender of adherents. Societal aspects of Hinduism to be explored include religious constructions of "caste," notions of religious kingship, and gendered perceptions of the divine. Enrollment Limit: 35. Ms. Richman 233. Religion in Modern India 3 hours 3HU, CD Second Semester. A study of the effect of colonial rule and social change on Indian religious traditions. We examine theological tracts and debates, mythological and ritual texts, oral traditions, and contemporary novels about religion. Topics include social mobility and orthodoxy, religious roots of the Gandhian movement for independence, changing rituals within the joint family, religion in the present-day political sphere, and Hinduism in the West. Enrollment Limit: 40. Ms. Richman 235. Chinese Thought and Religion 3 hours 3HU, CD Next offered 2005-2006. 236. Japanese Thought and Religion 3 hours 3HU, CD First Semester. A survey of the development of Shinto and Buddhism in Japan and the roles they play in Japanese culture and society. Among the topics discussed are the ancient myths of Shinto, the transmission of Buddhism to Japan, the emergence of native forms of Buddhism (e.g. Zen, Pure Land, and Nichiren), and the use of Shinto as a nationalistic ideology. Identical to EAST 152. Enrollment Limit: 50. Mr. Dobbins 245. Modern Moral Issues in Religious Perspective 3 hours 3HU Second Semester. An examination of selected moral issues from the perspective of Christian and Jewish traditions, as well as secular positions. Topics will include such issues as lying, euthanasia, abortion, human sexuality, war and peace, and the death penalty. This course also offers an introduction to systematic ethical reasoning. Enrollment Limit: 40. Ms. McClure 247. Feminist Ethical Issues 3 hours 3HU, CD, WRi Next offered 2005-2006. 249. Issues in Medical Ethics 3 hours 3HU Next offered 2005-2006. 250. Intro to Judaism 3 hours 3HU, CD First Semester. A theoretical introduction to Judaism as a religious system. Special attention will be paid to the historical development of the religion through interpretation of traditional texts and ritual practices. Identical to JWST 150. Enrollment Limit: 40. Mr. Socher 251. Modern Jewish Thought 3 hours 3HU, CD, WR Second Semester. An interpretive study of key figures and movements in modern Jewish thought, from the 17th to the 20th century. Central topics to be examined include the ideologies of the modern movements (Reform, Conservative, Orthodox), challenges to the veracity of biblical texts, authority of rabbinic tradition, and the place of the Jew and Judaism in an enlightened secular society. Thinkers to be studied include Spinoza, Mendelssohn, the Baal Shem Tov, Marx, Herzl, Kook, Buber, Soloveitchik, and Heschel. Identical to JWST 151. Enrollment Limit: 40. Mr. Socher 258. Introduction to the Talmud: Argument and Interpretation 3 hours 3HU, CD, WR Second Semester. The Talmud is a sprawling multi-volume compendium of rigorous legal argument, ingenious and fanciful biblical interpretations, rabbinic anecdotes, jokes and deep moral and theological investigations. Compiled between 200 and 600 CE, it has been the most important generative force in Jewish religion and culture for the following two millennia. Exemplary texts will be studied (in English translation) with an emphasis on developing students' skills in close reading and critical discussion. Identical to JWST 258. Enrollment Limit: 25. Mr. Socher 261. Gender Theory and the Study of Religion 3 hours 3HU, CD First Semester. This course will examine the various ways in which feminist scholars bring gender issues to the academic study of religion. Topics to be addressed will include: feminist critiques of androcentrism in "classic" theories of religion; methods for the historical retrieval of suppressed women's voices in historical texts; sociological and ethnographical approaches to investigating women's marginalized ritual practices; feminist approaches to philosophy of religion and theology. Enrollment Limit: 35. Ms. Kamitsuka 262. Feminist Religious Thought in Multicultural Perspective 3 hours 3HU, CD Second Semester. This course will examine critical and constructive women's religious thought from multiple perspectives ("third world," academic, grassroots, lesbian, Latina, etc.) and within multiple religious traditions (Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Buddhist). Students will study a range of theories (standpoint theory, feminist poststructuralism, queer theory, etc.) in order to analyze critically the intersections of oppressions such as sexism, racism, heterosexism, and colonialism in women's religious experiences. Enrollment Limit: 35. Ms. Kamitsuka 263. Roots of Religious Feminism in North America 3 hours 3HU, CD Next offered 2005-2006. 271. Islamic Authorities: Law and Society 3 hours 3HU, CD Next offered 2005-2006. 282. Survey of American Christianity 3 hours 3HU Second Semester. Introduction to major issues, figures and movements in American religious history and American Christianity. Attention will be given to persistent themes such as individualism, the search for community, religion and reform, religious conservatism and innovation, and the religious nature of American culture. Class, race, ethnicity and gender will also be addressed as we explore American religious experience in all its diversity. The goal is to better understand the place of religion in American society, and to evaluate its past impact and future role. Enrollment Limit: 35. Mr. Miller 284. The History of the African American Religious Experience 3 hours 3HU, CD First Semester. An introduction to the religious movements and institutions of African Americans from the period of slavery to the present. Various topics including African religions; slave religion; independent black Protestant churches; gender and race relations in American church life; politics in black churches; missionary efforts to Africa and the Caribbean; Islam, Judaism, Catholicism, Pentecostalism; the civil rights movement; modern role of religion in African-American life. Enrollment Limit: 45. Mr. Miller 285. Evangelicalism in the United States 3 hours 3HU Next offered 2005-2006. 286. Religions in the New World: Pre-Columbian to Slave Emancipation 3 hours 3HU, CD First Semester. This course is a topical examination of the history of religions in the colonial Americas. Themes to be discussed include Aztec, Mayan and Incan sacred calendars, cosmographs, myths, rituals and architecture; European ceremonies of conquest; indigenous and African resistance and adaptation to European evangelization and the Inquisition; the formation of religious organizations; plantation religion, the religious roots of slave revolts, and religion in fugitive slave polities. Enrollment Limit: 35. Ms. Schmidt 289. Festivals of the Americas: Performing Religious Rituals and Cultural Identities 3 hours 3HU, CD Second Semester. This course examines various contemporary religious celebrations, such as Brazilian Carnival, the Mexican Days of the Dead, and New Orleans' Mardi Gras, in locations throughout the Caribbean and South, Central and North America. With the aid of ritual theory and performance theory, we will consider the themes of sacred time and ritual space, as well as religious syncretism and cultural hybridity among the indigenous, African and European elements of these festivals. Enrollment Limit: 30 Ms. Schmidt 291. Research Methodology 3 hours 3HU, WRi Second Semester. Using five recently published award-winning books as case studies, this course examines theoretical frameworks and research methods of historians of religions. Participants complete a major research paper examining diverse methods used to analyze a key issue in their field of concentration. Course includes workshops on selecting and conceptualizing research projects, search strategies, electronic databases, grant writing, and citation practices. Recommended for students planning to attend graduate school. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 15 Ms. Richman
303. Anthropological Approaches to the Study of the Bible: Kinship and the Family in Ancient Israel 3 hours 3HU, WR Next offered 2005-2006. 321. Seminar: Buddhism and Orientalism 3 hours 3HU, CD, WR First Semester. An examination of Buddhism's 19th- and 20th-century image as refracted through Western fascination with it and Asian reinterpretation of it in the context of colonialism, modernization, and Asia's encounter with the West. The course will survey Westerners' discovery and perception of Buddhism in various parts of Asia, but will quickly focus on Japan as a primary setting in which Buddhism's modern reinterpretation occurred. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 15. Mr. Dobbins 322. Seminar: Selected Issues in Buddhism 3 hours 3HU, CD, WR Next offered 2005-2006. 328. Seminar: Selected Topics in the Study of Hinduism: The Ramayana Tradition in South Asia 3 hours 3HU, CD, WRi Second Semester. Throughout Indian history many authors and performers have produced many tellings of Rama's story (Ramkatha). This seminar explores this narrative diversity, with attention to tellings that question the texts by Valmiki and Tulsidas. Versions include women's song cycles, puppetry performances, tellings that subvert brahmanical norms, and dramatic performances in diaspora communities. Themes explored include the effect of print culture and television on cultural perceptions of Ramayana characters. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 15. Ms. Richman 335. Seminar: Salvation, Tragedy, Apocalpse: Christian Visions of History 3 hours 3HU Second Semester. From its origins, Christian theology has striven to come to terms with the meaning of history, and the agency (human as well as divine) therein. Through close reading of selected classic sources, we shall survey some of these attempts and discover the different paths which Christian thinkers have pursued concerning the question of history, including models which stress some mutual cooperation between history and agency, those which imagine human agency tragically negated by the divine plan, and those which doubt even the stability of human history. Figures to be considered include Origen, Augustine, Lactantius, Hildegard of Bingen, Joachim da Fiore and his followers, Martin Luther, Jean Racine, and Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 15. Mr. Chaplin 338. Seminar: Biblical Historiography and the Shaping of National Memory: The Book of Isaiah and its Canonical Legacy 3 hours 3HU, WR Second Semester. This course first investigates the eighth-century prophet known as Isaiah of Jerusalem and the prophetic oracles traditionally attributed to him (Isaiah 1-39). Secondarily, it traces the literary and theological afterlife of this prophet's writings as they are reshaped and expanded upon by later prophets including Nahum, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Deuteronomy-Isaiah. Topics for discussion include: the historical context of Judah under Assyrian domination, Israelite historiography, the development of monotheism, the inviolability of Jerusalem, and the role of foreign conquerors in the divine plan. Identical to JWST 338. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 15. Ms. Chapman 339. Seminar: Approaches to Religious Ethics 3 hours 3HU, CD, WRi Next offered 2005-2006. 342. Seminar: Selected Thinkers in Modern and Contemporary Religious Thought 3 hours 3HU, WR Next offered 2005-2006. 343. Seminar: Selected Topics in Modern and Contemporary Religious Thought: Religion and the Romantic Imagination 3 hours 3HU, WR First Semester. This seminar investigates the concept and practice of the poetic imagination in Blake, Coleridge, Kant and Stevens. The relationship between this Romantic imagination and Western religious and philosophical traditions will be stressed. Participation in the course presumes at least some familiarity with the major Romantic poets as well as one or more completed courses in modern religious thought or philosophy. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 15. Mr. Gangle 348. Seminar: Approaches to Religion and Ethics 3 hours 3HU, CD, WRi Next offered 2005-2006. 353. Seminar: Moses Maimonides: Philosophy and Law 3 hours 3HU, CD, WRi Next offered 2005-2006. 354. Seminar: Spinoza: Heresy and Modern Judaism 3 hours 3HU, WR Second Semester. The great modern philosopher and bible critic Baruch Spinoza (1632-77) was excommunicated by the Jewish community of Amsterdam and is often described as the first modern or secular Jew. This seminar will examine Spinoza's writings, especially the Tractatus Theologico-Politicus, and writings about Spinoza. It will focus not only on Spinoza's life and thought but the way in which he anticipated some of the central issues of Jewish modernity, such as the authority of religious tradition and the question of Jewish identity in the modern state. Identical to JWST 354. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 15. Mr. Socher 365. Seminar: Religion and the Body 3 hours 3HU, CD, WR First Semester. This seminar investigates representations and regulations of women's bodies in religious texts and ritual practices, using current feminist theoretical tools and feminist ethnographic research in the study of religion. Topics to be studied will include: asceticism, veiling, menstruation and ritual impurity, ecstatic mystical experience, death and the afterlife. Consent of the instructor and at least one previous course in religion required. Enrollment Limit: 15. Ms. Kamitsuka 366. Seminar: Feminist Interpretations of Evil 3 hours 3HU, WRi Next offered 2005-2006. 372. Seminar: Southeast Asian Religious Systems 3 hours 3HU, CD, WR Next offered 2005-2006. 384. Seminar: Selected Topics in African American Religious History: The Black Theology Movement 3 hours 3HU, WR First Semester. An intensive study of the Black Theology movement as a theology of liberation. Topics will include responses to the movement: the white theological community; critiques from within the black theological and church community; Black Christian Nationalism and the Nation of Islam; issues of gender and class; dialogue with Latin American and African liberation theology movements; and its relationship with and challenge to the modern black church. Prerequisite: RELG 284 or equivalent course in African American history. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 15. Mr. Miller 385. Seminar: Selected Topics in American Religious History 3 hours 3SS, WR Next offered 2005-2006. 401. Senior Honors 2-5 hours 2-5HU, WR Consent of instructor required. Projects could be sponsored by Ms. Chapman, Mr. Dobbins, Mr. Gangle, Ms. Kamitsuka, Ms. McClure, Mr. Miller, Ms. Richman, Ms. Schmidt, and Mr. Socher. 995. Private Reading 1-3 hours 1-3HU Consent of instructor required. Projects could be sponsored by Ms. Chapman, Mr. Dobbins, Mr. Gangle, Ms. Kamitsuka, Ms. McClure, Mr. Miller, Ms. Richman, Ms. Schmidt, and Mr. Socher. |
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