Religious Studies (RELST)Arts and Sciences
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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2020-2021.
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Classes
RELST 2273
Course Description
This course serves as both an introduction to the academic study of religion and a survey of major topics in the intersections of religious communities and environmentally sustainable practices. Using ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 2273
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Law, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
RELST 2277
Course Description
This course probes the truths behind traditional claims of the priority of internal practice in Indian traditions. We will examine both practices themselves - techniques of meditation and contemplation ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 2277
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Gold, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
RELST 2299
Course Description
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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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Boucher, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Boucher, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Boucher, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
RELST 2515
Course Description
This course explores the major debates that define the study of contemporary Iran. Drawing from ethnographic works, literary criticism, intellectual histories and more, we will examine historical events ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 2415, NES 2515
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Golestaneh, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
RELST 2620
Course Description
Jewish cultures in the New World are far more diverse than most Americans realize. Some know the history of Ashkenazi (German and Eastern European) Jews, most of whom immigrated to the U.S. between 1880-1920. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 2630, COML 2630, ENGL 2630, JWST 2630
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Branfman, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
RELST 2655
Course Description
At the beginning of the 7th century, a new religion, Islam, appeared in Arabia and by the end of the century, Muslims had defeated the Byzantines and Persians and created an empire that stretched from ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 2530, MEDVL 2655, NES 2655
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Milstein Hall B01
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Powers, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person Transition to Online
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 2530, MEDVL 2655, NES 2655
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Powers, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
RELST 2852
Course Description
Most people think of Christianity as the "daughter religion" of Judaism. In this course, we will see that what we now know as Judaism and Christianity both claimed ownership of the same textual tradition ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 2852, JWST 2852
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Litvak, O
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
RELST 3309
Course Description
How do Buddhists live out their philosophies and ethics? What are the spaces of ritual, devotion, meditation, education, and politics? How do Buddhist practices and affiliations satisfy aesthetic and emotional ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 3309
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Ives Hall 305
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Blackburn, A
- R Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Blackburn, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Hybrid-Online and In Person
In person attendance supplemented by additional online contact hours.
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 3309
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Blackburn, A
- R Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Blackburn, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.
RELST 3311
Course Description
What role does Islam take in the politics, history, arts and rituals of Southeast Asia? Structured as a seminar, this course takes you on a journey through Southeast Asia, home to almost a quarter of the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 3311, ASIAN 6611, NES 3511
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Formichi, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Prerequisite: one course in the humanities.
RELST 3888
Course Description
This course explores the interactions between Jews, Christians, and other religious groups in late antiquity, especially in Sasanian Persia circa the first through seventh century C.E. Students pay particular ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: JWST 3888, JWST 6888, NES 3888, NES 6888, RELST 6888
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Mokhtarian, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
RELST 4100
Course Description
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 6020
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Brittain, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Department Consent Required (Add)
RELST 4449
Course Description
This seminar will explore the development of and variety in the academic discipline of Religious Studies. We will consider the emergence of secular approaches to the study of religion arising out of the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4449
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Boucher, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Prerequisite: one course in religious studies or permission of instructor.
RELST 4537
Course Description
This course offers a broad survey of contemporary Shi'i beliefs, practices, and politics with a focus on Twelver or Imami Shi'ism. Through a close examination of ethnographies, intellectual and political ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4637, ANTHR 7637, NES 4537, NES 6537, RELST 6537
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Golestaneh, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
RELST 4626
Course Description
Narratives, particularly sacred narratives, are not static or fixed but rather infinitely flexible and malleable.  Subject to multiple retellings—elaborations, modifications, and deletions—stories take ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 4626, CLASS 7626, JWST 4626, MEDVL 4626, MEDVL 6626, NES 4626, NES 6626, RELST 6626
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Haines-Eitzen, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
RELST 4652
Course Description
This experimental seminar examines religious artisans and designers as central contributors to the religious worlds they help create. Reading across religious traditions and time periods, we will learn ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4482, ASIAN 6682, RELST 6652, SHUM 4652, SHUM 6652, VISST 4652, VISST 6652
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Irwin, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4482, ASIAN 6682, RELST 6652, SHUM 4652, SHUM 6652, VISST 4652, VISST 6652
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Irwin, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
RELST 4931
Course Description
Chinese discourses have long linked the circulation of cosmic energies, political power, and bodily vitalities. In these models political order, spiritual cultivation, and health are achieved and enhanced ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4429, BSOC 4911, CAPS 4931, HIST 4931, HIST 6931, STS 4911
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Hinrichs, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
RELST 4990
Course Description
For undergraduates who wish to obtain research experience or do extensive reading on a special topic. Students select a topic in consultation with the faculty member who has agreed to supervise ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Haines-Eitzen, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Law, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
RELST 4995
Course Description
RELST 4995 is the first course in the Honors two-part sequence. The Honors Program is open to Religious Studies majors who have done superior work and who wish to devote a substantial part of their senior ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
RELST 4995 is the FIRST course in the Honors two-part sequence. To enroll in Honors, please email akc52@cornell.edu to request a permission number.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
RELST 4996
Course Description
RELST 4996 is the second course in the Honors two-part sequence. The Honors Program is open to Religious Studies majors who have done superior work and who wish to devote a substantial part of their senior ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
RELST 4996 is the SECOND course in the Honors two-part sequence. To enroll in Honors, please email akc52@cornell.edu to request a permission number.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
RELST 6020
Course Description
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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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Brittain, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
RELST 6537
Course Description
This course offers a broad survey of contemporary Shi'i beliefs, practices, and politics with a focus on Twelver or Imami Shi'ism. Through a close examination of ethnographies, intellectual and political ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4637, ANTHR 7637, NES 4537, NES 6537, RELST 4537
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Golestaneh, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
RELST 6626
Course Description
Narratives, particularly sacred narratives, are not static or fixed but rather infinitely flexible and malleable.  Subject to multiple retellings—elaborations, modifications, and deletions—stories take ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 4626, CLASS 7626, JWST 4626, MEDVL 4626, MEDVL 6626, NES 4626, NES 6626, RELST 4626
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Haines-Eitzen, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
RELST 6652
Course Description
This experimental seminar examines religious artisans and designers as central contributors to the religious worlds they help create. Reading across religious traditions and time periods, we will learn ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4482, ASIAN 6682, RELST 4652, SHUM 4652, SHUM 6652, VISST 4652, VISST 6652
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Irwin, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4482, ASIAN 6682, RELST 4652, SHUM 4652, SHUM 6652, VISST 4652, VISST 6652
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Irwin, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
RELST 6888
Course Description
This course explores the interactions between Jews, Christians, and other religious groups in late antiquity, especially in Sasanian Persia circa the first through seventh century C.E. Students pay particular ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: JWST 3888, JWST 6888, NES 3888, NES 6888, RELST 3888
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Mokhtarian, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online