Religious Studies (RELST)Arts and Sciences
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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2015-2016.
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- Schedule of Classes - June 15, 2016 6:14PM EDT
- Course Catalog - June 9, 2016 6:15PM EDT
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RELST 2204
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 2204, NES 2204
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MWF White Hall 114
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Younes, M
RELST 2250
Course Description
This course will explore religious traditions in South Asia (Pakistan, India, and Sri Lanka) and East Asia (China, Japan, and Korea) including Hinduism, Buddhism (South Asian and East Asian), Sikhism, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 2250
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Goldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
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Boucher, D
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- R Rockefeller Hall 128
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Boucher, D
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- F Rockefeller Hall 128
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Boucher, D
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- F Rockefeller Hall 102
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Boucher, D
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- F Rockefeller Hall 112
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Boucher, D
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RELST 2255
Course Description
Asia, in its territorial expanse, hosts believers of all religions, from Hinduism to Judaism, from Islam to Shinto, Christianity, Buddhism and more. In this course you will be exposed to the varied landscape ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 2255
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Rockefeller Hall B16
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Formichi, C
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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- MWF Caldwell Hall 100
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Gold, D
RELST 2575
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: JWST 2575, NES 2575, NES 6575
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Rockefeller Hall 132
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Tenney, J
RELST 2630
Course Description
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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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G22
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Bulthuis, N
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- R Uris Hall G26
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Bulthuis, N
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- F Rockefeller Hall 105
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Bulthuis, N
RELST 2644
Course Description
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(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Rockefeller Hall 105
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Grossberg, D
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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- MW Rockefeller Hall B16
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Formichi, C
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: One course in the humanities.
RELST 3416
Course Description
This course explores the Zen's central religious, historical and aesthetic developments. We read primary sources in translation and secondary sources. We examine the rise of the Ch'an tradition in China ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 3316, ASIAN 6616, RELST 6616
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Johnson Museum Of Art 2B07
Instructors
Law, J
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Additional Information
This class is now closed. To be put on a wait-list please contact the instructor at jml16@cornell.edu.
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RELST 3537
Course Description
This course examines the history of Zionism as an idea and as a political movement in all its various forms, currents, and transformations from its origins in mid-nineteenth century Europe to the present. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 3537, JWST 3537, NES 3537
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Stimson Hall 206
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Brann, R
RELST 3667
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Unlike Moses or Jesus, Muhammad is said to have been born in the full light of history. The earliest extant biography of the Prophet, the Life of Muhammad by Ibn Hisham (d. 833), contains a full account ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 3677, MEDVL 3677, NES 3677, NES 6677
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR White Hall 104
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Powers, D
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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- M Hans Bethe House 125
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MacDonald, S
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RELST 4102
Course Description
The books of 1 and 2 Samuel tell the riveting story of the rise to power of Israel's kings Saul and David. In this class we will read these books in the original Hebrew, paying attention to details of ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: JWST 4102, NES 4102, NES 6102
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- W White Hall 417
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Monroe, L
RELST 4304
Course Description
This seminar investigates the nexus of music, poetry, cosmology, and iconography in medieval Arabo-Persian culture from, roughly, the Sāmānids (ninth/tenth century) to the Safavids (sixteenth/seventeenth ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MEDVL 4304, MEDVL 6304, MUSIC 4304, MUSIC 7304, NES 4304
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- M Lincoln Hall 316
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Hicks, A
RELST 4424
Course Description
By providing an opportunity to engage, explore and examine how local and global ideas and forces interact, this course examines the dynamic interactions between religion and modernity. It inquires how ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4424, ASIAN 6624, RELST 6624
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Rockefeller Hall 189
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Barua, D
RELST 4449
Course Description
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
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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- W Rockefeller Hall 343
Instructors
Law, J
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Additional Information
One course in Religious Studies.
RELST 4455
Course Description
Women have from the beginning been integral members of Buddhist traditions. But their voices have often been silenced by male clergy. This course will explore ways in which images of women and the feminine ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4455, ASIAN 6655, FGSS 4455
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- T Rockefeller Hall 382
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Boucher, D
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: One course in Asian Religions.
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RELST 4540
Course Description
Moses Maimonides who was born in Cordoba (1138), moved to Fez as a youth and died in Cairo (1204) is regarded by Jewish, Islamic, and Christian tradition alike as the most important Jewish religious ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: JWST 4540, MEDVL 4540, MEDVL 6540, NES 4540, NES 6540, SPAN 4540
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- M White Hall 110
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Brann, R
RELST 4991
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No description available. view course details
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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- M Hans Bethe House 125
Instructors
MacDonald, S
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RELST 6616
Course Description
This course explores the Zen's central religious, historical and aesthetic developments. We read primary sources in translation and secondary sources. We examine the rise of the Ch'an tradition in China ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 3316, ASIAN 6616, RELST 3416
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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
- TR Johnson Museum Of Art 2B07
Instructors
Law, J
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Additional Information
This class is now closed. To be put on a wait-list please contact the instructor at jml16@cornell.edu.
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RELST 6624
Course Description
By providing an opportunity to engage, explore and examine how local and global ideas and forces interact, this course examines the dynamic interactions between religion and modernity. It inquires how ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4424, ASIAN 6624, RELST 4424
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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
- TR Rockefeller Hall 189
Instructors
Barua, D