Religious Studies (RELST)Arts and Sciences
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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2014-2015.
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- Schedule of Classes - June 22, 2015 4:42PM EDT
- Course Catalog - June 11, 2015 6:21PM EDT
Classes
RELST 2204
Course Description
This course is designed for students who are interested in reading the language of the Qur'an with accuracy and understanding. The first week (4 classes) will be devoted to an introduction of the history ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 2204, NES 2204
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Lincoln Hall 107
Instructors
Younes, M
RELST 2250
Course Description
This course will explore religious traditions in South Asia (Pakistan, India, and Sri Lanka) and East Asia (China and Japan) including Hinduism, Buddhism (South Asian and East Asian), Sikhism, Confucianism, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 2250
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- MW Goldwin Smith Hall 132-HEC Aud
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Boucher, D
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- R Rockefeller Hall 103
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Boucher, D
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- F Rockefeller Hall 112
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Boucher, D
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- F Rockefeller Hall 128
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Boucher, D
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- F Rockefeller Hall 231
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Boucher, D
RELST 2575
Course Description
This course will survey the cultic practices and beliefs of ancient Babylonia and Assyria, the two major civilizations of Mesopotamia. We will examine the major myths of this region, e.g., Ishtar's Descent ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: JWST 2575, NES 2575, NES 6575
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- MWF Baker Laboratory 335
Instructors
Tenney, J
RELST 2695
Course Description
This course offers an introduction to the history of Christianity from the first century through the seventeenth and perhaps a bit beyond. Our emphasis will be on the diversity of Christian traditions, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 2636, JWST 2695, NES 2695
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- MW White Hall 110
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Haines-Eitzen, K
RELST 2724
Course Description
The Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) is a repository of ancient Israelite religious, political, social, historical, and literary traditions. For the modern reader these ancient traditions are often obscured ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: JWST 2724, NES 2724
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Morrill Hall 106
Instructors
Monroe, L
RELST 3260
Course Description
Study of the New Testament as a product of the first-century Palestinian and Hellenistic Judaism. Other text (also in translation): The Passover Haggadah. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 3260
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 122
Instructors
Carmichael, C
RELST 3270
Course Description
Ancient Byzantion, rebuilt and renamed by the Roman emperor Constantine the Great, raised by his successors to be the capital of a "Byzantine" empire, object of desire for travelers and crusaders, crowning ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 3370, ARTH 3270, CLASS 3770, MEDVL 3270, NES 3270, VISST 3270
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Opt NoAud(Student Option(OPI))
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G22
Instructors
Anderson, B
RELST 3309
Course Description
Buddhism is often thought of as a meditative and philosophical tradition, remote from the concerns and pleasures of everyday life, practical ethics, and politics. This course explores the unfolding of ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 3309
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Rockefeller Hall 102
Instructors
Blackburn, A
RELST 3311
Course Description
Structured as a seminar, this course addresses ritual performances as expressed by Muslim communities across Southeast Asia (in both minority and majority contexts), from performativity of the five pillars ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 3311, ASIAN 6611, NES 3511
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 122
Instructors
Formichi, C
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: One course in the humanities.
RELST 3344
Course Description
This course will survey the rich and sophisticated tradition of Indian philosophical thought from its beginnings in the speculations of Upanishads, surveying debates between Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 3344, CLASS 3674
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Rockefeller Hall 128
Instructors
McCrea, L
RELST 3420
Course Description
Examines how systems of thought, symbolic forms, and ritual practice are formulated and expressed in primarily non-Western societies. Focuses on anthropological interpretations of space, time, cosmology, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ANTHR 3420
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- MWF Morrill Hall 107
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Garces, C
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- W Goldwin Smith Hall 283
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Staff
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- W Rockefeller Hall 189
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Staff
RELST 3620
Course Description
This course explores networks of culture and power that develop over the course of the sixteenth century, from the beginning of the Reformation to the Wars of Religion that swept through the continent. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ARTH 3420, COML 3620, FREN 3620, MUSIC 3260, ROMS 3620
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- MW Lincoln Hall 107
Instructors
Kennedy, W
Long, K
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Class Number & Section Details
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- F McGraw Hall 366
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Long, K
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- F McGraw Hall 365
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Long, K
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Class Number & Section Details
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- F McGraw Hall 366
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Long, K
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- F McGraw Hall 365
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Long, K
RELST 4100
Course Description
Reading and translation of Latin philosphical texts. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATIN 7262, MEDVL 4002, MEDVL 6020, PHIL 4002, PHIL 6020, RELST 6020
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA Hans Bethe House 125
Instructors
Brittain, C
MacDonald, S
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
RELST 4260
Course Description
Topic: Sex and Religion in the Bible view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4260
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Section Topic
Topic: ID/DISC of problems in the Old/New Testament
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- W Rockefeller Hall B16
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Carmichael, C
RELST 4310
Course Description
Topic for spring 2015:Â Narratives of Medieval Art view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4310, ARTH 6310, JWST 4310, JWST 6310, MEDVL 4310, MEDVL 6310, NES 4700, NES 6700, RELST 6310, SPAN 4570, SPAN 6590
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Section Topic
Topic: Narratives of Medieval Art
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Goldwin Smith Hall G24
Instructors
Anderson, B
Robinson, C
RELST 4434
Course Description
Structured as a seminar, this course explores various aspects of Shi'i Islam (in cultural, literary, intellectual, ritual, legal, and political terms) in its historical emergence and contemporary manifestations ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4434, ASIAN 6634, NES 4634
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Meeting Pattern
- R Uris Hall 303
Instructors
Formichi, C
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: One course in the humanities.
RELST 4449
Course Description
This course provides advanced students in Religious Studies or the humanities a working familiarity with important methodological issues in the academic study of religion. Following a brief historical ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4449
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Uris Hall 312
Instructors
Boucher, D
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Additional Information
One course in Religious Studies.
RELST 4618
Course Description
An examination of Islamic history from 600-750, with special attention to historiography and interpretive issues. Topics to be discussed will include: Arabia and the Near East before Islam; the collection ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 4614, NES 4618
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Meeting Pattern
- T White Hall 114
Instructors
Powers, D
RELST 4628
Course Description
What is "Gnosticism" and why has it come to be so hotly debated among scholars and in our contemporary media? What is the Gospel of Judas and are its ideas "heretical"? Who wrote the Gospel of Thomas and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 4636, JWST 4628, NES 4628
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Meeting Pattern
- W White Hall B04
Instructors
Haines-Eitzen, K
RELST 4776
Course Description
The Babylonian Talmud has long been viewed as the central text of post-Biblical Judaism. Yet little is known about who wrote it and when it was written. Since the Talmud is an extremely difficult text ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 4637, JWST 4776, NES 4776
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Meeting Pattern
- M White Hall 104
Instructors
Septimus, Z
RELST 4991
Course Description
No description available. view course details
RELST 6020
Course Description
Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATIN 7262, MEDVL 4002, MEDVL 6020, PHIL 4002, PHIL 6020, RELST 4100
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA Hans Bethe House 125
Instructors
Brittain, C
MacDonald, S
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
RELST 6310
Course Description
Topic for spring 2015: Narratives of Medieval Art view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4310, ARTH 6310, JWST 4310, JWST 6310, MEDVL 4310, MEDVL 6310, NES 4700, NES 6700, RELST 4310, SPAN 4570, SPAN 6590
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Section Topic
Topic: Narratives of Medieval Art
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Goldwin Smith Hall G24
Instructors
Anderson, B
Robinson, C