58 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 101Introduction to Religion3
Semester Hours An analytical and topical examination of religious beliefs, feelings and actions, to provide the student with the tools to understand the religious dimension of life, with particular concern for the Judeo-Christian tradition. Wesleyan Core SLO: Ethical and Historical Reasoning
Semester Hours A study of Judaism, Christianity and Islam - the major religions in the Abrahamic tradition. Wesleyan Core SLO: Ethical and Historical Reasoning
Semester Hours A historical, literary and theological study of the books of the Old Testament. Tools and techniques of Biblical interpretation will be emphasized.
Semester Hours A study of Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism, the major religions of the East. Wesleyan Core SLO: Ethical and Historical Reasoning
Semester Hours A study of the indigenous religions of the Americas, including modern-day South and Central America and Canada. Topics include the symbols, myths and rituals of these religions, their evolution and their lasting cultural significance. Wesleyan Core SLO: Ethical and Historical Reasoning
REL 310Wesleyan Traditions: Mission, Practice and Belief3
Semester Hours This course provides and overview of the early Methodist movement in eighteenth-century England and the emergence of the Wesleyan family of churches in the transition to North America, highlighting the cultural contexts within which these developments took place and with which they interacted.
Semester Hours An investigation of rotating topics in the Old and New Testaments, such as law, prophecy, wisdom literature, the synoptic gospels, the writings of Paul and John.
Must be junior standing or have instructor approval. The Bible contains many stories which have endured over several millennia. These stories, however, are reinterpreted by audiences to fit their own historical and religious situations. This course will examine this reinterpretation of biblical stories in modem film, comparing them to their original stories and historical contexts, as well as the reinterpretations which have occurred throughout history. Wesleyan Core SLO: Information Literacy Identical To: COM 321 Writing Intensive Term(s) Offered: Once per year.
REL 321The Bible and Film3
The Bible contains many stories which have endured over several millennia. These stories, however, are reint Wesleyan Core SLO: Information Literacy Identical To: COM 321
Must be junior standing or have instructor approval.
REL 325Church History I3
Semester Hours A study of the Christian movement, its organization, leadership, literature and theological development. From the beginnings of Christianity up to the Protestant Reformation (REL 325); from the Protestant Reformation to the present ( REL 326 ).
Semester Hours A study of the Christian movement, its organization, leadership, literature and theological development. From the beginnings of Christianity up to the Protestant Reformation ( REL 325 ); from the Protestant Reformation to the present (REL 326).
Must be junior standing or have instructor approval. Current issues in applied ethics, ranging from personal to international concerns, in the light of Christian perspectives. Wesleyan Core SLO: Ethical and Historical Reasoning
REL 340Contemporary Moral Issues3
Current issues in applied ethics, ranging from personal to Wesleyan Core SLO: Ethical and Historical Reasoning
Semester Hours This course will examine foundational myths from religions throughout time and place. Examining both texts and oral traditions, we will compare both similarities and differences, ultimately reflecting on the place of myth within religious communities and traditions. Different iterations of this course will exarnine different corpora ranging from lsrael, Mesopotamia, Egypt, east Asia, Scandinavia, Mesoamerica, and North America. Writing Intensive Term(s) Offered: Every 2-3 years
Must be junior standing or have instructor approval. A study of the relationship of ethics to the world of work utilizing a case study approach in order to consider how ethical reflection can help meet the rapidly changing circumstances and new moral dilemmas arising today in business and the professions. Wesleyan Core SLO: Ethical and Historical Reasoning Identical To: PHI 342
REL 342Professional and Business Ethics3
A study of the relationship of ethics to the world of work utilizing a case stu Wesleyan Core SLO: Ethical and Historical Reasoning Identical To: PHI 342
Students will become familiar with basic concepts in the archaeology of religion. Theoretical and methodological readings will include ritual studies, symbol Wesleyan Core SLO: Ethical and Historical Reasoning
Must be junior standing or have instructor approval. This course will examine some of the major historical and religious debates in the field of ancient Israel by engaging with both the textual and archaeological evidence. Wesleyan Core SLO: Ethical and Historical Reasoning Writing Intensive
REL 350Israelite Religion: History, Texts, and Archaeology3
This course will examine some of the major historical and religious Wesleyan Core SLO: Ethical and Historical Reasoning
Must be junior standing or have instructor approval. This course is designed to familiarize students with the basics of Biblical Hebrew, including vocabulary, syntax, the nominal system, and the verbal system. The goal of this course is to enable students to further explore readings in the Hebrew Bible either in the continuation of this course in the spring, or independently. The principles ofBiblical Hebrew covered in this course will also give students a greater appreciation for linguistic elements in other Semitic languages. Wesleyan Core SLO: Ethical and Historical Reasoning
REL 375Introduction to Biblical Hebrew I3
This course is designed to familiarize students with the basics of Biblical Hebrew, including vocabulary, syntax, the nomina Wesleyan Core SLO: Ethical and Historical Reasoning
Must be junior standing or have instructor approval. The basic principles and assumptions of the Christian concept of the good life and applications to contemporary life. Wesleyan Core SLO: Ethical and Historical Reasoning Writing Intensive
REL 401Christian Ethics3
The basic principles and assumptions of the Christian con Wesleyan Core SLO: Ethical and Historical Reasoning
Semester Hours An examination of modern Christian faith; selected problems in theology, the Biblical and Modern-Christian concepts of man, the person and work of Jesus Christ, faith and reason and the nature of the church. Writing Intensive
REL 410Ancient Religious Texts of Africa and the Middle East3
Semester Hours The ongins of writing can be traced to ancient West Asia and North Africa. While our first texts are simple economic documents, the earliest exemplars of narrative literature are what we would now call “religious.” In this course we will examine these early literary texts from Anatolia, Egypt, the Levant, and Mesopotamia. We will also look at the earliest examples of what we would now call “prescriptive ritual,” or texts which describe religious practice. These texts provide wonderful insight into the worldviews and lives of these ancient peoples, while also depicting the origins of many religious beliefs and practices which still exist today. *Different iterattons of this course will cover different material based on the current research of the professor. Writing Intensive Term(s) Offered: Every 2-3 years.
REL 410Ancient Religious Texts of Africa and the Middle East3
The ongins of writing can be traced to ancient West Asia and North Africa. While our first texts are simple economic documents, the earliest exemplars of narrative literature are what we woul
Semester Hours This course will provide an overview of the earliest laws in human history. Examining various genres from Anatolia, Mesopotamia, and Israel, we will compare these law codes, as well as the development of particular ideas, over time. We will also place the laws in their broader context, discussing their implementation (or lack thereof), and what these laws reflect about the societies from which they arise. Writing Intensive Term(s) Offered: Every two years
Senior standing and permission of the instructor The equivalent of a regular course listed in the catalogue which a student needs in order to complete a major/minor but which is not offered before the student’s anticipated graduation. The student will complete the same course requirements, working one-on-one with a faculty member.
REL 421Independent Studies3
The equivalent of a regular course listed in the catalogue which a student needs in
Senior Standing A joint seminar in religion and philosophy intended for majors and open to other interested students by permission of instructor. Readings, student reports and completion of research projects. Identical To: PHI 427
REL 427Seminar in Religion and Philosophy3
A joint seminar in religion and philosophy intended for majors Identical To: PHI 427
