Religious Studies (RELST)Arts and Sciences
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- Schedule of Classes - January 14, 2015 6:16PM EST
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RELST 2247
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This course examines the dynamics of Islam's spread from its geographical centre in Arabia to Asia, in both historical and contemporary contexts. Taking a border-crossing thematic approach, the course ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 2247
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- MW Morrill Hall 106
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Formichi, C
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RELST 2255
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The course aims to expose students to the varied landscape of religious realities in Asia offering an understanding of religion's development and interaction with Asia's society, culture, and politics. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 2255
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3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 350
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Formichi, C
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RELST 2299
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This course will explore the Buddhist tradition from its origins in ancient India to its migrations throughout Asia and eventually to the West. The first part of the course will deal with Indian Buddhism: ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 2299
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3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- MW Baker Laboratory 219
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Boucher, D
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- F Uris Hall 262
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Boucher, D
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- F Uris Hall 262
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Boucher, D
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RELST 2630
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In this course we will examine some of the major arguments regarding the existence and nature of a supreme being - ontological, cosmological, teleological, Pascalian, and moral arguments. We will also ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: PHIL 2530
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- MW Rockefeller Hall 230
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Inglis, K
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- F Rockefeller Hall 128
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Inglis, K
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- F Rockefeller Hall 112
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Inglis, K
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- R Goldwin Smith Hall G24
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Inglis, K
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RELST 2634
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This course examines the cultural and historical interaction of Muslims and Jews from the emergence of Islam in the seventh century through the classical age of Islam down to the turn of the thirteenth ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 2634, COML 2634, JWST 2634, NES 2634
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3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR White Hall 106
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Brann, R
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RELST 2644
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In this course, students will survey the development of Judaism from its roots in ancient Mesopotamia to modernity. Rather than thinking of Judaism as static and easily definable, we will explore a history ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: JWST 2644, NES 2644
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- MW White Hall 106
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Grossberg, D
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RELST 2777
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This course offers an overview of Rabbinic Literature from the first century BCE through the eight century of the Common Era. Each class will combine broad historical background with the close reading ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 2631, JWST 2777, NES 2777
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3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- MWF White Hall 110
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Septimus, Z
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RELST 3150
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A selective survey of Western philosophical thought from the fourth to the 14th century. Topics include the problem of universals, the theory of knowledge and truth, the nature of free choice and practical ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MEDVL 3210, PHIL 3210
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Uris Hall G26
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Penner, S
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RELST 3280
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Analysis of small sections of well-known material for in-depth discussion. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 3280
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Rockefeller Hall 128
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Carmichael, C
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RELST 3331
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Examines the new cinemas of Southeast Asia and their engagement with contemporary discourses of gender and sexuality. It pays special attention to the ways in which sexuality and gendered embodiment are ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 3331, ASIAN 6631, FGSS 3331, FGSS 6331, LGBT 3331, LGBT 6331, PMA 3431
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- TR Uris Hall G88
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Fuhrmann, A
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RELST 3353
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This course will examine techniques of spiritual cultivation in both the Daoist and Buddhist traditions of China. In particular we will compare and contrast methods which focus on the manipulation of bodily ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 3353
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- MW Statler Hall 351
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Boucher, D
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RELST 3367
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This course examines how Buddhist identities, communities and self-understandings are constituted in part through moments of encounter with non-Buddhists. How do Buddhists respond to the challenge ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 3367
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- MWF McGraw Hall 365
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White, E
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RELST 3540
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In the age of smartphones and Facebook, the competing claims made on our attention only seem to be multiplying. This course is an opportunity to think about and to enact certain practices of attentiveness ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FREN 3540
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- MW Morrill Hall 111
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Howie, C
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RELST 3637
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This course traces the historical development of Christianity from its roots in 1st century Palestinian Judaism to the emergence of Islam in the early 7th century, with special emphasis on the period prior ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 3637, JWST 3637, MEDVL 3637, NES 3637, NES 6637
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Lincoln Hall 107
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Haines-Eitzen, K
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RELST 4100
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Reading and translation of Latin philosphical texts. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATIN 7262, MEDVL 4002, MEDVL 6020, PHIL 4002, PHIL 6020, RELST 6020
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1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- T Hans Bethe House 125
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Brittain, C
MacDonald, S
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RELST 4280
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Topic: The Book of Genesis view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4280
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- W Uris Hall 438
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Carmichael, C
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Enrollment limited to: 15 students.
RELST 4466
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This course examines how religious ideologies, practices and institutions have been politically mobilized in the public spheres of modern South and Southeast Asia. Divisive social conflict and communal ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4466, ASIAN 6666, RELST 6666
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Uris Hall 394
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White, E
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Prerequisite: 1 course in ANTHR, ASIAN, HIST, RELST at 3000 level or above, or permission of instructor.
RELST 4557
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How and why do landscapes come to inspire the religious imagination? And how do sensory landscapes, more specifically-territories of sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell-inform, inflect, and engage the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 4677, JWST 4557, MEDVL 4557, NES 4557
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- T White Hall B06
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Haines-Eitzen, K
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RELST 4665
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Augustine's De Trinitate 10 argues that the mind is an immaterial substance that models in some respects the divine trinity. This course will study Augustine's conception of the mind, focusing on his arguments ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 4665, PHIL 4210
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- W Olin Library 603
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Brittain, C
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RELST 4707
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How and where does-indeed, can-one write the story of a diaspora of the Muslim creative and critical imagination? Guided by the critical work of e.g. Hawley, Rushdie, and Subramani, we will read and watch ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4601, ENGL 4798, NES 4707
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- T White Hall B04
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Toorawa, S
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RELST 4825
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In the fourth century C.E. the Roman emperors decided to favor Christianity and shortly thereafter to forbid non-Christian activity. The 'end of paganism' however did not occur all at once if it ever did. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 4625, CLASS 6625, HIST 4825, HIST 6825
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall 124
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Rebillard, E
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RELST 6020
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Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATIN 7262, MEDVL 4002, MEDVL 6020, PHIL 4002, PHIL 6020, RELST 4100
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1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- T Hans Bethe House 125
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Brittain, C
MacDonald, S
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RELST 6666
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This course examines how religious ideologies, practices and institutions have been politically mobilized in the public spheres of modern South and Southeast Asia. Divisive social conflict and communal ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4466, ASIAN 6666, RELST 4466
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Uris Hall 394
Instructors
White, E
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Prerequisite: 1 course in ANTHR, ASIAN, HIST, RELST at 3000 level or above, or permission of instructor.
RELST 6707
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Together we explore how contemporary diasporic Muslim, Latin American, European and Asian writers and filmmakers operate with(in) memory, with the impossible longing to belong, with the loss of 'home' ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 6724, NES 6707
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- R White Hall B14
Instructors
Toorawa, S
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