This course surveys the history and literature of ancient Christianity from its origins as a Jewish sect in Palestine to its establishment as the official religion of the Roman Empire in the fifth century.
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This course introduces the early history of monastic traditions in late ancient Syria and Egypt, focusing pioneers like Antony the Great and the desert fathers, Evagrius Ponticus, Pachomius, Symeon Stylites and Messalian monks. We will study how they disciplined themselves, organized their communities, conceptualized and fought with demons, and prayed to God.
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This course asks what superheroes can tell us about religion, spirituality, and science—as well as race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, and class and age—in American culture.
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This course explores the causes, nature, and implications of evangelical influence through the lenses of history, literature, and religious studies.
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This course thinks about the Americas (with particular attention to the Caribbean and the United States) as a simultaneous racial, religious, and political formation.
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This course explores how ancient Indians answered these questions in the Mahābhārata, a foundational text of Indian civilization.
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This discussion-oriented course introduces students to Buddhism in China, Korea, Japan, and the East Asian diaspora.
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This course explores convergences between religion, colonialism, and post-colonialism, with a primary focus on the Americas.
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This course will examine various theoretical explorations of what we call, simply, “Love.”
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In this course we will try to think through religions as norm-generating and norm-critiquing legitimation engines, examining various theories of power, authority, normativity, and social action along the way.
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