REL-A 300 STUDIES IN AFRICAN EUROPEAN AND WEST ASIAN RELIGIONS (3 CR.)
Selected topics and movements in African, European, and West Asian religions.
2 classes found
Spring 2025
| Component | Credits | Class | Status | Time | Day | Facility | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEC | 3 | 29129 | Open | 9:35 a.m.–10:50 a.m. | MW | BH 344 | Furey C |
Regular Academic Session / In Person
LEC 29129: Total Seats: 25 / Available: 5 / Waitlisted: 0
Lecture (LEC)
- COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inq
- COLL (CASE) Global Civ & Cultr
- TOPIC: Bible and Body: Reformation Christianity
- COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inquiry credit
- COLL (CASE) Global Civ & Culture credit
Topic: Bibles&bodies:ref christianity
Why are some Christian churches filled with statues and pictures while others are largely bare except for a cross? Why do some Christians venerate the Eucharist as a sacrament while others believe reading and talking about the Bible should be the focus of worship? In this course we will examine how these different perspectives emerged and clashed--often violently--in the course of the Protestant and Catholic Reformations. Did the Protestant Reformation, in all its manifestations, successfully ¿spiritualize¿ Christianity? How did it influence subsequent assumptions about the authority of the Bible? This historical focus will allow us to also examine theoretical questions central to the study of religion and culture today: Who cares about ritual? When and why? What is the relationship between ritual and belief, and how does this relationship vary within and between religious traditions? Work will include weekly posts, a take-home midterm and final, and an independent research project.
| Component | Credits | Class | Status | Time | Day | Facility | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEC | 3 | 29130 | Open | 12:45 p.m.–2:00 p.m. | TR | WH 109 | Carlson Hasler L |
Regular Academic Session / In Person
LEC 29130: Total Seats: 30 / Available: 21 / Waitlisted: 0
Lecture (LEC)
- COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inq
- Above class meets with JSTU-J 303
- COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inquiry credit
Topic: The bible and ethics
What does the Hebrew Bible say about: who you should marry (and who you can't), and whose wellbeing you should care about (and whose you can ignore)? In this course, we will explore the diverse regulations and values around marriage, sex, economics, and violence represented in ancient Jewish literature from the mid-to-late first millennium BCE. We will read texts from a range of literary genres and historical contexts, and will ask: what behaviors are prescribed or prohibited by these texts? What sorts of hopes or fears underlie these ancient documents, and how do we make sense of conflicting values represented within them? And what does any of this mean for modern readers?
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