Courses
Welcome! Explore our Winter 2023 classes below and click the course title to register in MyPlan.
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RELIG 101
5 credits, SSc
TBD
James K. Wellman
Discover a course about love, life, and finding your groove: What makes a life worth living? Using religious and humanistic traditions, we create meaning; we develop ethical traditions that enable a thriving social order. We study the resources in our lives, which mobilize energy to drive our dreams. Rites of passage, from the indigenous to the post-modern, empower us to navigate our journeys. Each student will ask, “What makes life worth living?” Each will find the tools to navigate our global market to fashion a flourishing life. A life worth living, therefore, masters meaning, morals, and the resources that create a life that uplifts, delights, and loves the world.
Introduction to World Religions: Western Traditions (I&S)
RELIG 201
5 credits, SSc
TTh 12:30 – 2:20 pm
Philip Tite
Learn about the foundational texts, beliefs and history of Judaism, Christianity and Islam to better understand history and current global events.
Religion and World Politics (I&S)
RELIG 307
5 credits, SSc
8:30 – 9:50 am
Tony Gill
Explores the intersection of religion and politics in various regions of the world, including the United States, Europe, Middle East, Latin America, and other regions. Presents an historical perspective on religion alongside contemporary issues in religion, politics, and church-state relations.
RELIG 456
5 credit, A&H, DIV
MW 1:30 – 3:20 pm
Heidi Pauwels
Explores implications of the perception of a feminine divine for gender issues in South Asia. Includes historical overview of goddess worship in South Asia, mythologies, philosophical systems, cults, and rituals associated with the major goddesses, the phenomena of suttee, goddess possession, and women’s goddess rituals at the village level.
Law, State, and Society: Law and Religion in Israel
JSIS B 315 / RELIG 490
5 credits
MW 10:30-2:20
Smadar Ben-Natan
Colloquium in Comparative Religion
RELIG 598
1 credit
W 5:30 – 7:50 pm
James K. Wellman
Required colloquium for graduate students in comparative religion program. Introduction to faculty research and to major methods and disciplines in the study of religion.
Calderwood Seminar: Writing on US Religion and Politics
JSIS 498 E
5 credits, SSc
TBD
James K. Wellman
Other religion-related courses of interest
See projected courses here.
Essential Sanskrit for Yoga and Meditation
SNKRT 205
TTh 1:30 -2:50
Joe Marino
Islam and Muslims in China
NEAR E 358/559
TTh 1:30-3:20pm
Talant Mawkanuli
Hybrid course with significant online content
Jewish Humor
JEW ST 210
TTh 9:30 -11:20
Noam Pianko
Jewish Cultural History
JEW ST 250
TTh 1:30 – 3:20
Devin Naar
History of Jews and Muslims
JEW ST 495/559
TTh 11:30-1:20
Liora Halperin
Political Islam
JSIS B 406
MW 2:30-4:20
Cabeiri Robinson
Modern Sephardic Cultures
NEAR E 286 A
MW 3:30-5:20
Canan Bolel
History of Modern Israel/Palestine
JSIS A/HSTAFM 314
MW 1:30-3:20pm
Liora Halpern
Classical Arabic Literature in Translation
NEAR E 529
TTh 2:30 – 4:20
Terri DeYoung
1001 Nights
NEAR E 531
TTh 5:00 – 6:20
Terri DeYoung
Islamic Civilization
NEAR E 229
TTh 2:30-3:50pm
Paula Holmes-Eber
Introduction to the Ancient Near East
NEAR E 201
MW 1:30-3:20pm
Kathryn Medill
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