36 courses with the subject RELI, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
RELI 1000Introduction to Religious Studies3
EE:GL GE:HU Formerly RELI 2000 Examination of a variety of human expressions of religiosity and raising questions about how humans have created meaning for themselves through religion. Explores major historical and methodological approaches basic to the study of religion.
GE:HU 3 lecture hours per week are required. Application of humanistic disciplines including history, literature and the arts, philosophy, and religious studies to the context, experience, goals, and concepts in and of medicine. Topics may include the patient experience, death and dying, narrative medicine, pain, and bioethics.
EE:DL GE:HU An exploration of the biblical perspective on issues such as: sex, divorce, homosexuality, war, women’s rights, and the supremacy of Christianity. Biblical critical methods are introduced to interpret various passages and facilitate discussion on current topics of interest.
RELI 1600Sex, Spells and Sacrifices: Religion in the Classical World3
EE:GL GE:HU Formerly RELI 3600 Same as CLAS 1600 Religious ideas, practices and beliefs in the ancient Mediterranean world. Topics may include mystery cults, festivals and games, sacred places and sanctuaries, sacrifices, prophecy, and witchcraft and magic.
EE:GL GE:HU Formerly PHIL 1690 Historical and contemporary expressions of major living religions, such as Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and Taoism.
EE:GL GE:HU Examines religious conceptions of the natural world and their relationship to environmental concerns. Topics covered include dominionism, Abrahamic religions, nature religions, ecofeminism, contemporary religious environmental movements, and sacred literature about nature.
EE:GL GE:HU Explores religious views of human sexuality, particularly the influence of various religious teachings on sexual formation, practice, identity, gender, rituals, and general behavior.
EE:GL GE:HU Formerly PHIL 2691 Islam and some of its cultural manifestations during the formative period. Topics covered include early history, basic beliefs and practices, and the Qur’an.
EE:GL GE:HU Formerly PHIL 2692 Buddhism during the formative period. Topics covered include early history, formation of the canon, basic philosophy, initial spread through Asia, and basic practices such as mediation and pilgrimage.
EE:GL GE:HU Concepts of the sacred, individual and group identity, and ritual practices of indigenous religions, such as Native American religions, African traditional religions, and Aboriginal religions of Australia.
EE:GL GE:HU An exploration of the varieties of Judaism from ancient Israel to the modern period, with a focus upon history, religious practices, social interaction, and sacred texts.
RELI 3400The History of the Devil in the Judeo-Christian Traditions3
EE:DL GE:HU WI* Introduction to the conception of a single personification of evil, “Satan” or the “Devil,” as it was and is understood by the Christian church from nascent Christianity to the twenty-first century. Includes the historical development of the concept of Satan and the range and diversity of interpretations of the personification of evil across time and cultures, along with demonstrating the various ways in which marginalized groups have been and are presently described as agents of Satan.
EE:GL GE:HU WI* A study of religion and gender that focuses on theories and gender experiences as these relate to religion. Includes an examination of the implications of religious values on spiritual, personal, social, political and economic dimensions as they relate to gender.
EE:GL GE:HU WI* Traditional religions of Africa with emphasis on myths, symbols, and rituals, as well as the encounter of these beliefs with Christianity and Islam in Africa and in diaspora.
EE:DL GE:HU WI* May be repeated up to 6 s.h. with a change of topic. Exploration of the religious dimensions of social issues, including social justice, liberation theology, and other themes.
EE:GL GE:HU WI Classic and contemporary theoretical approaches to the study of religious violence and critical analysis of religious practices, ideologies, and imagery that involve violence and non-violence.
GE:HU WI* May be repeated for maximum of 9 s.h. with change of topic. P: Consent of religious studies director. In-depth exploration of topic chosen in consultation with directing professor.
WI* May be repeated for a maximum of 6 s.h. with change of topic. P: Consent of instructor or religious studies director. Selected topics with emphasis on research methods.
WI* May be repeated for a maximum of 9 s.h. with change of topic. P: 6 s.h. in religion or philosophy or consent of instructor. Selected topics in religious studies.
May be repeated for credit with change of topic. P: Consent of instructor or religious studies director. Interdisciplinary seminar examines selected topics.
