Religious Studies (RELST)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2014-2015.

RELST 2204

This course is designed for students who are interested in reading the language of the Qur'an with accuracy and understanding. The first week (4 classes) will be devoted to an introduction of the history ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 2204NES 2204

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8421 RELST 2204   SEM 101

RELST 2250

This course will explore religious traditions in South Asia (Pakistan, India, and Sri Lanka) and East Asia (China and Japan) including Hinduism, Buddhism (South Asian and East Asian), Sikhism, Confucianism, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 2250

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7347 RELST 2250   LEC 001

  •  7348 RELST 2250   DIS 201

  •  7349 RELST 2250   DIS 202

  •  7350 RELST 2250   DIS 203

  •  8219 RELST 2250   DIS 204

RELST 2575

This course will survey the cultic practices and beliefs of ancient Babylonia and Assyria, the two major civilizations of Mesopotamia. We will examine the major myths of this region, e.g., Ishtar's Descent ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: JWST 2575NES 2575NES 6575

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8181 RELST 2575   LEC 001

RELST 2695

This course offers an introduction to the history of Christianity from the first century through the seventeenth and perhaps a bit beyond. Our emphasis will be on the diversity of Christian traditions, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 2636JWST 2695NES 2695

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15592 RELST 2695   LEC 001

RELST 2724

The Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) is a repository of ancient Israelite religious, political, social, historical, and literary traditions. For the modern reader these ancient traditions are often obscured ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: JWST 2724NES 2724

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15609 RELST 2724   LEC 001

RELST 3260

Study of the New Testament as a product of the first-century Palestinian and Hellenistic Judaism. Other text (also in translation): The Passover Haggadah. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 3260

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6463 RELST 3260   SEM 101

RELST 3270

Ancient Byzantion, rebuilt and renamed by the Roman emperor Constantine the Great, raised by his successors to be the capital of a "Byzantine" empire, object of desire for travelers and crusaders, crowning ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 15982 RELST 3270   LEC 001

RELST 3309

Buddhism is often thought of as a meditative and philosophical tradition, remote from the concerns and pleasures of everyday life, practical ethics, and politics. This course explores the unfolding of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 3309

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8628 RELST 3309   LEC 001

RELST 3311

Structured as a seminar, this course addresses ritual performances as expressed by Muslim communities across Southeast Asia (in both minority and majority contexts), from performativity of the five pillars ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 3311ASIAN 6611NES 3511

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15853 RELST 3311   SEM 101

  • Prerequisite: One course in the humanities.

RELST 3344

This course will survey the rich and sophisticated tradition of Indian philosophical thought from its beginnings in the speculations of Upanishads, surveying debates between Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 3344CLASS 3674

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 15921 RELST 3344   LEC 001

RELST 3420

Examines how systems of thought, symbolic forms, and ritual practice are formulated and expressed in primarily non-Western societies. Focuses on anthropological interpretations of space, time, cosmology, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ANTHR 3420

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6301 RELST 3420   LEC 001

  •  6302 RELST 3420   DIS 201

  •  6303 RELST 3420   DIS 202

RELST 3620

This course explores networks of culture and power that develop over the course of the sixteenth century, from the beginning of the Reformation to the Wars of Religion that swept through the continent.  ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 16344 RELST 3620   LEC 001

  • 16345 RELST 3620   DIS 201

  • 16346 RELST 3620   DIS 202

  • 16347 RELST 3620   DIS 203

  • 16348 RELST 3620   DIS 204

RELST 4100

Reading and translation of Latin philosphical texts.  view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  7854 RELST 4100   SEM 101

RELST 4260

Topic: Sex and Religion in the Bible view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 4260

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: ID/DISC of problems in the Old/New Testament

  •  6461 RELST 4260   SEM 101

RELST 4310

Topic for spring 2015: Narratives of Medieval Art view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Narratives of Medieval Art

  • 16508 RELST 4310   SEM 101

RELST 4434

Structured as a seminar, this course explores various aspects of Shi'i Islam (in cultural, literary, intellectual, ritual, legal, and political terms) in its historical emergence and contemporary manifestations ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 4434ASIAN 6634NES 4634

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15909 RELST 4434   SEM 101

  • Prerequisite: One course in the humanities.

RELST 4449

This course provides advanced students in Religious Studies or the humanities a working familiarity with important methodological issues in the academic study of religion. Following a brief historical ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 4449

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 15902 RELST 4449   SEM 101

  • One course in Religious Studies.

RELST 4618

An examination of Islamic history from 600-750, with special attention to historiography and interpretive issues. Topics to be discussed will include: Arabia and the Near East before Islam; the collection ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 4614NES 4618

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15661 RELST 4618   SEM 101

RELST 4628

What is "Gnosticism" and why has it come to be so hotly debated among scholars and in our contemporary media? What is the Gospel of Judas and are its ideas "heretical"? Who wrote the Gospel of Thomas and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 4636JWST 4628NES 4628

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15606 RELST 4628   SEM 101

RELST 4776

The Babylonian Talmud has long been viewed as the central text of post-Biblical Judaism. Yet little is known about who wrote it and when it was written. Since the Talmud is an extremely difficult text ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 4637JWST 4776NES 4776

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15657 RELST 4776   SEM 101

RELST 4991

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6861 RELST 4991   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Law, J

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9488 RELST 4991   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Boucher, D

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9489 RELST 4991   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Brann, R

RELST 4996

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6843 RELST 4996   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Staff

RELST 6020

Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  7849 RELST 6020   SEM 101

RELST 6310

Topic for spring 2015: Narratives of Medieval Art view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Narratives of Medieval Art

  •  9050 RELST 6310   SEM 101