Religious Studies (RELST)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2015-2016.

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

  •  7569 RELST 2204   SEM 101

RELST 2250

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

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

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6683 RELST 2250   LEC 001

  •  6684 RELST 2250   DIS 201

  •  6685 RELST 2250   DIS 202

  •  6686 RELST 2250   DIS 203

  •  7385 RELST 2250   DIS 204

RELST 2255

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 2255

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16601 RELST 2255   LEC 001

RELST 2277

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 2277

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16604 RELST 2277   LEC 001

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

  •  7369 RELST 2575   LEC 001

RELST 2630

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: PHIL 2530

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16636 RELST 2630   LEC 001

  • 16637 RELST 2630   DIS 201

  • 16638 RELST 2630   DIS 202

RELST 2644

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: JWST 2644NES 2644

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17093 RELST 2644   LEC 001

RELST 3311

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

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

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8243 RELST 3311   SEM 101

  • Prerequisite: One course in the humanities.

RELST 3416

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

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Syllabi: none
  • 16660 RELST 3416   LEC 001

  • This class is now closed. To be put on a wait-list please contact the instructor at jml16@cornell.edu.

RELST 3537

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 3537JWST 3537NES 3537

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17006 RELST 3537   LEC 001

RELST 3667

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

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Syllabi: none
  • 17053 RELST 3667   SEM 101

RELST 4100

Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details

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  •  7126 RELST 4100   SEM 101

RELST 4102

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: JWST 4102NES 4102NES 6102

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17102 RELST 4102   SEM 101

RELST 4304

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

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Syllabi: none
  • 16995 RELST 4304   SEM 101

RELST 4424

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 4424ASIAN 6624RELST 6624

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16596 RELST 4424   LEC 001

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

  •  8275 RELST 4449   SEM 101

  • One course in Religious Studies.

RELST 4455

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 4455ASIAN 6655FGSS 4455

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16594 RELST 4455   SEM 101

  • Prerequisite: One course in Asian Religions.

RELST 4540

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

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Syllabi: none
  • 17068 RELST 4540   SEM 101

RELST 4991

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6212 RELST 4991   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Law, J

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7982 RELST 4991   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Boucher, D

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7983 RELST 4991   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Brann, R

RELST 4996

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6199 RELST 4996   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Staff

RELST 6020

Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  7121 RELST 6020   SEM 101

RELST 6616

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

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Syllabi: none
  • 16662 RELST 6616   LEC 001

  • This class is now closed. To be put on a wait-list please contact the instructor at jml16@cornell.edu.

RELST 6624

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 4424ASIAN 6624RELST 4424

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16598 RELST 6624   LEC 001