| Course | CRN | Title | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|
| RST 1 | - | Survey of Religion | W. Terry |
| 79301 | (sec. 1, Discussion Section) | ||
| 79302 | (sec. 2, Discussion Section) | ||
| 79303 | (sec. 3, Discussion Section) | ||
| 79304 | (sec. 4, Discussion Section) | ||
| 79305 | (sec. 5, Discussion Section) | ||
| 79305 | (sec. 6, Discussion Section) | ||
| RST 1D | 83147 | Topic: Conversion | M. O'Keefe |
| RST 1F | - | Topic: Religion Today | M.Elmore |
| 82956 | (sec. 1, Discussion Section) | ||
| 82957 | (sec. 2, Discussion Section) | ||
| 82958 | (sec. 3, Discussion Section) | ||
| 82959 | (sec. 4, Discussion Section) | ||
| 82960 | (sec. 5, Discussion Section) | ||
| 82961 | (sec. 6, Discussion Section) | ||
| RST 10 | 79313 | Ethical Eating | A. Coudert |
| 79314 | (sec. 1, Discussion Section) | ||
| 79315 | (sec. 2, Discussion Section) | ||
| 79316 | (sec. 3, Discussion Section) | ||
| RST 21 | 79320 | Hebrew Scriptures | W. Terry |
| RST 40 | - | New Testament | C. Chin |
| 79321 | (sec. 1, Discussion Section) | ||
| 79322 | (sec. 2, Discussion Section) | ||
| 79323 | (sec. 3, Discussion Section) | ||
| 79324 | (sec. 4, Discussion Section) | ||
| 79325 | (sec. 5, Discussion Section) | ||
| 79326 | (sec. 6, Discussion Section) | ||
| RST 68 | 79328 | Hinduism | A. Venkatesan |
| RST 110 | 72967 | Life, Meaning, and Identity | M. Elmore |
| RST 120 | 79334 | Religion, Magic, and Science | A. Coudert |
| RST 141C | 82969 | New Testament Lit: Paul | C. Chin |
Religious Studies 1: Survey of Religion
Prof. Wendy Terry
Lecture: TR 12:10-13:30, 206 Olson
Discussion Sections:
A01 (M 9:00-9:50, 127 Wellman) CRN 79301
A02 (M 1:10-2:00, 70 Soc Sci) CRN 79302
A03 (R 5:10-6:00, 70 Soc Sci) CRN 79303
A04 (R 4:10-5:00, 141 Olson) CRN 79304
A05 (F 4:10-5:00, 159 Olson) CRN 79305
A06 (F 2:10-3:00, 244 Olson) CRN 79306
Description: This course is an introductory survey of religions and assumes no academic knowledge on the part of the student. We will spend the first half of the term introducing students to the Vedic traditions (Hinduism and Buddhism) and Abrahamic traditions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) through primary source readings and video clips from contemporary practice. The second half of the class will be devoted to introducing students to traditional and new religious traditions, covering examples close to home (e.g., Wintun and Heaven’s Gate) and examples from the other side of the globe (e.g., Australian Aboriginal and Aum Shinrikyo). This is all done in an effort to ask questions and hopefully glean some basic understandings about religion, its place in the world, and its dynamicity. Because it would be impossible to cover all religious traditions in the time allotted for one course, students will be given the opportunity to choose a religious tradition for a group presentation to take place during the last week of class.
GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.
Prerequisite: None.
Text:
- A Course Reader
Religious Studies 1D: Topics in Comparative Religion - Conversion
Prof. Meaghan O'Keefe
(MW 2:10-4:00, 1150 Hart) CRN 83147
Description: This course surveys the topic of religious conversion across religious traditions and time periods: 1) Existential anxieties and conversion 2) The question of conversion in ancient Near Eastern Religions 3) Judaism and Conversion 4) Christianity and Conversion in Late Antiquity 5) Islam and Conversion in the Middle Ages 6) Reformation, Counter-Reformation, and Conversion around the World in the Early Modern Era 7) Conversion in Eastern Religions 8) Conversion and Secularism 9) A Case Study of Conversion - I: Born Again Christians 10) A Case Study of Conversion - II: Muslim Americans
GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.
Prerequisite: None.
Text:
- Malcolm X and Alex Haley (ed.), Autobiography of Malcolm X
- Course Readings on SmartSite
Religious Studies 1F: Topics in Comparative Religion - Religion Today
Prof. Mark Elmore
Lecture: TR 10:30-11:50, 206 Olson)
Discussion Sections:
A01 (T 3:10-4:00, 127 Wellman) CRN 82956
A02 (M 4:10-5:00, 151 Olson) CRN 82957
A03 (W 9:00-9:50, 101 Olson) CRN 82958
A04 (R 4:10-5:00, 117 Olson) CRN 82959
A05 (F 4:10-5:00, 151 Olson) CRN 82960
A06 (F 5:10-6:00, 151 Olson) CRN 82961
Description: This course will explore the ways in which religion is adapted and transformed in the modern world. Special attention will be given to the means by which older forms of traditional religious authority are revised, abandoned, or challenged by new forms of individualism and religious pluralism. One of the central aims of the course is to help students avoid essentializing religion with analyses that emphasize timeless doctrines, beliefs, or rituals. Topics of study include contemporary processes of secularism, pilgrimage, embodiment, mediation, violence, and globalism. Consideration will also be given to the validity of different approaches to the study of religion.
GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.
Prerequisite: None.
Texts:
- Asad, On Suicide Bombing
- Schmidt, Restless Souls
- Gould, At Home in Nature
Religious Studies 10 & 10A: Ethical Eating
Prof. Allison Coudert
Lecture: (TR 12:10-1:30, 1003 Giedt NEW LOCATION) CRN 79313
Discussion Sections:
RST 10A - 01 (M 5:10-6:00, 105 Olson) CRN 79314
RST 10A - 02 (T 6:10-7:00,117 Olson) CRN 79315
RST 10A - 03 (W 5:10-6:00, 105 Olson) CRN 79316
Note: RST 10 is a 2-unit, lecture course and can be taken by itself. Concurrent enrollment in RST 10 is required for any student enrolling in the discussion sections, RST 10A.
Description: This course presents students to challenging, contemporary perspective. For this course, students will explore the the issue of ethical eating.
Prerequisite: None.
Texts:
- Michael Pollan, An Omnivore's Dilemma
- Simon Blackburn, Being Good: A Short Introduction to Ethics
Religious Studies 21: Hebrew Scriptures
Prof. Wendy Terry
TR 9:00-10:20, 216 Wellman
CRN 40033
Description: This course introduces students to the Hebrew Scriptures through selected primary source readings and secondary modern scholarship. No previous academic knowledge is expected or required. Course work is done in English translation; therefore, no knowledge of Hebrew is required. Students will be exposed to a variety of modern critical tools for analysis, including historical, literary and sociological approaches.
GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.
Prerequisite: None.
Text:
- Coogan, Brief Introduction to Old Testament
Religious Studies 40: New Testament
Prof. Catherine Chin
Lecture: MWF 11:00-11:50, 206 Olson
Discussion Sections:
A01 (W 5:10-6:00, 244 Olson) CRN 79321
A02 (W 6:10-7:00, 244 Olson) CRN 79322
A03 (R 5:10-6:00, 101 Olson) CRN 79323
A04 (R 6:10-7:00, 101 Olson) CRN 79324
A05 (F 9:00-9:50, 267 Olson) CRN 79325
A06 (F 10:00-10:50, 267 Olson) CRN 79326
Description: This course is an introduction to the study of earliest Christianity, and of the documents that came to be understood as a “New Testament” in the early centuries of Christian history. In order to understand these documents, we will be looking at many different aspects of the contexts in which they were written. Students will come to an understanding of how Christian thought emerged from: the political situation of Judaism in Roman Palestine; the intellectual and cultural situation of Judaism in the wider Hellenistic and Roman world; Greek and Roman religions and philosophies; Greek and Roman literary genres. Students will also learn the basic methods of modern New Testament studies, in order to understand why the academic study of the New Testament takes the shape that it does, and why New Testament scholars ask the questions that they ask.
Prerequisite: None.
Texts:
- Bart Ehrman, The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings
- The New Oxford Annotated Bible
Religious Studies 68: Hinduism
Prof. Archana Venkatesan
MWF 2:10-3:00, 212 Wellman
CRN 79328
Description: This course is a survey of Hinduism. The course will introduce students to Hinduism's major philosophical ideas, and to the diversity of Hinduism in India and in the diaspora. Students will read and analyze a number of primary sources (in translation) including selections from the Upanisads, Bhagavad Gita, the devotional poetry of south Indian and north Indian poets, and the writings of Hindu reformers of the nineteenth and early twentieth century.
GE credit: TBA.
Prerequisite: None.
Texts:
- Gavin Flood, An Introduction to Hinduism
- A Course Reader
Religious Studies 110: Life, Meaning, and Identity
Prof. Mark Elmore
TR 1:40-3:00, 101 Olson
CRN 82967
Description: This course is a study of religious lives, the quest for meaning and for personal identity; how religions frame the problems of life; how cultural and personal crises affect youthful identity; the nature and structure of dreams, myths, and ideals.
GE credit: TBA.
Prerequisite: course 1 or Upper-Division Standing.
Texts:
- Dalai Lama, Meaning of Life
- Marino, Basic Writings of Existentialism
- Foucault, Ethics: Subjectivity and Truth (Volume 1)
- Lear, Radical Hope
Religious Studies 120: Religion, Magic, and Science
Prof. Allison Coudert
MW 2:10-3:30, 101 Olson
CRN 79334
Description: This course examines the religion, magic, and science from the middle ages to the present. Student will explore the contrast between scientific methodology and religious and magical thinking. This course is cross-listed with Science and Technology Studies (STS) 120.
Format: Lecture - 3 hours; Term Paper.
Prerequisite: TBA.
Text:
- A Course Reader
Religious Studies 141C: New Testament Literature - Paul
Prof. Catherine Chin
TR 2:10-4:00, 101 Olson
CRN 82969
Description: This course examines the religion, magic, and science from the middle ages to the present. Student will explore the contrast between scientific methodology and religious and magical thinking.
Format: Lecture - 3 hours; Term Paper.
Prerequisite: TBA.
Text:
- Sanders, Paul: Very Short Introduction
- Augustine, On the Free Choice of the Will
- Origen, Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans