Fall 2022 Religious Studies Courses
- For day, time, room, and TA information, see our PDF SCHEDULE or see the course search tool https://registrar-apps.ucdavis.edu/courses/search/index.cfm.
- For all courses not described below, please refer to the General Catalog course descriptions: https://catalog.ucdavis.edu/courses-subject-code/rst/
Undergraduate Courses
RST 001C: Sacrifice
Prof. Allison Coudert
RST 001G: Myth Ritual Symbol
Prof. Naomi Janowitz
RST 010 (2 units) & 010A (2 units): Contemporary Ethical Issues
Yael Teff-Seker
RST 032: History of Yoga
Prof. Lynna Dhanani
RST 040: New Testament
Prof. Wendy Terry
RST 045: Christianity
Prof. Wendy Terry
RST 130: Topics Rel Studies - Sufism (Islamic Mysticism)
Ryan Brizendine
Introduction to the mystical tradition of Islam; its sources and development, teachings and practices, diverse cultural forms and regional expressions. Special focuses on early ascetic and ecstatic Sufism, the philosophical Sufism of Ibn ʿArabi, and the Persian poetic "school of love" of Jalal al-Din Rumi. Sufi Qurʾan interpretation, relations with Shiʿism, and communal practices including contemplative hearing of recited poetry (samāʿ, qawwālī). Distinctive Sufi concepts such as the oneness of existence, the perfect human being, and the cosmos as theophany. Additional units on Sufism and ethics, the arts, gender, jihad, and Sufism in the modern world.
RST 154: The Hindu Temple
Prof. Layne Little
RST 172: Ch'An Buddhism
Prof. Layne Little
RST 190 Seminar
Prof. Miller