REL 130The Judeo-Christian Heritage Three credit hours
The essential insights and ideas of the Old and New Testaments and their continuing value for people today.
- Subject
- REL
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2012-2013
- Source
- www.jcsu.edu
Johnson C Smith University · Courses
REL
13 courses with the subject REL, 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.
REL 131Survey of the Great Living Religions3.00
A study of the world’s living religions, including those of Africa, in light of their historical development, beliefs, practices, and contemporary importance. LSP: IG
- Subject
- REL
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- credit hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- www.jcsu.edu
REL 132Survey of the History of Christianity3.00
This course is a one-semester survey of key ideas and events in the development of Christianity as a global religion. Its purpose is not to be comprehensive, but to lay a foundation for a more in-depth learning in upper-level courses.
- Subject
- REL
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- credit hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- www.jcsu.edu
REL 231Introduction to the Old Testament3.00
This course is a survey of the literature of the Hebrew Bible with readings from the law, prophets and other writings. Emphasis is placed on the use of literary methodologies that contemporary scholars use to understand Old Testament literature. LSP: HU
- Subject
- REL
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- credit hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- www.jcsu.edu
REL 232Introduction to the New Testament3.00
This course is a survey of New Testament literature with readings from the gospels, Acts, and Pauline and pastoral letters. Topics include the literary structure, audience, and religious perspective of the writings, as well as the historical and cultural context of the early Christian community. Students are introduced to the critical methodologies that contemporary scholars use to understand New Testament literature.
- Subject
- REL
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- credit hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- www.jcsu.edu
REL 236The History of Christianity in America3.00
Major aspects of Christian thought and institutions in the United States, from colonial times to the present, with special reference to the development of Afro-American churches.
- Subject
- REL
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- credit hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- www.jcsu.edu
REL 237Religious Art and Visual Culture3.00
An examination of religious artwork from ancient civilization to today. This course will examine the role and purpose of artwork through the ages as well as the social and cultural implications of the artwork.
- Subject
- REL
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- credit hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- www.jcsu.edu
- Prerequisite
- REL 131.
REL 330The Black Man: His Religious Institutions and Thought3.00
A study of the Afro-American religious experience. Attention to its African antecedents; its development from, dependence upon, and independence of Euro-American Christianity; and the emerging critique of religions relevance to culture.
- Subject
- REL
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- credit hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- www.jcsu.edu
REL 331History and Theology of the Black Church3.00
A review and analysis of the significant religious experiences unique to African American churches and the theology that developed out of the black church experience. Special attention is given to the African and European sources of African American Christianity, the social, political, spiritual, and cultural dynamics that influence religious expressions in the black church, and the development of approaches and processes to bring about justice and social change in response to systemic discrimination and the institutionalization of social barriers.
- Subject
- REL
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- credit hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- www.jcsu.edu
- Prerequisite
- REL 132.
REL 332Introduction to Liberation Theology3.00
This course will explore Latin American Liberation Theology, Black Theology, Feminist Theology, Womanist Theology, and other theologies of liberation emanating from the developing countries of the world, through a careful reading of some of the most significant writings of the proponents of these movements.
- Subject
- REL
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- credit hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- www.jcsu.edu
- Prerequisite
- REL 132.
REL 335The Sociology of Religion3
Hours REL 337 Islam in America 3 3 Generalist Concentration Two courses from each of the above concentrations (24 credits 3 total). 27
- Subject
- REL
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- credit hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- www.jcsu.edu
REL 337Islam in America3.00
After a brief review of the emergence and development of Islam as a global religion, this course will explore the history of Islam in the United States, taking note especially of the relationship between global Islam and the Nation of Islam, and the effects of post- September 11th "War on Terror" for the Islamic communities of the United States. LSP: IG
- Subject
- REL
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- credit hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- www.jcsu.edu
- Prerequisite
- REL 131
REL 430Seminar in Religion3.00
Advanced research on selected topics in religion.
- Subject
- REL
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- credit hours
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- www.jcsu.edu
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