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Course Schedule for RELIGION - Fall 2013

Class No.	Course ID	Title	Credits	Type	Instructor(s)	Days:Times	Location	Permission Required	Dist
2084	RELG-109-01	Jewish Tradition	1.00	LEC	Kiener,Ronald	TR: 1:30PM-2:45PM	TBA		GLB2
		Enrollment limited to 100
		NOTE: 20 spaces are being reserved for the incoming first-year students.
		A thematic introduction to the major concepts, ritual cycles, holidays, and beliefs of Judaism. Readings and course material will be taken from classic Jewish texts as well as modern secondary sources. (May be counted toward International Studies, Middle Eastern Studies and Jewish Studies.)
3326	RELG-110-01	Introduction to Christianity	1.00	LEC	Jones,Tamsin	TR: 2:55PM-4:10PM	TBA		HUM
		Enrollment limited to 40
		This course offers a survey of Christian thought from its origins to the present. Through the reading of a wide range of primary texts – encompassing different historical periods, literary genres, polemical concerns and religious sensibilities – the course demonstrates the rich diversity within Christianity. The course seeks to cultivate broad historical familiarity with the basic questions and debates in, as well as the central authors of, Christian thought. We will track the changing configurations of three sets of relationships that resurface variously throughout Christian history: the relationship between 1) faith and reason, 2) church and state, and 3) understandings of the identity and work of Jesus Christ and theories of redemption or salvation.
3224	RELG-150-01	Sanskrit Tutorial	1.00	LEC	Findly,Ellison Banks	M: 1:15PM-3:55PM	TBA		GLB2
		Enrollment limited to 8
		An introduction to the grammar, vocabulary, and translation of classical Sanskrit. Subsequent semesters can be taken as independent studies. First-year studies focus on epic materials, second-year on the Bhagavad Gita. (May be counted toward Asian Studies.)
2683	RELG-151-01	Religions of Asia	1.00	LEC	Findly,Ellison Banks	MWF: 10:00AM-10:50AM	TBA		GLB2
		Enrollment limited to 50
		An introduction to the major religions of Asia: Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism, with special emphasis on how each of these modes of thought gives rise to a special vision of man in the universe, a complex of myth and practice, and a pattern of ethical behavior. (May be counted toward international studies/Asian studies.)
2300	RELG-181-01	The Religion of Islam	1.00	LEC	Ziad,Homayra	WF: 1:15PM-2:30PM	TBA		GLB2
		Enrollment limited to 35
		This survey course explores the diversity of Muslim experiential and intellectual approaches to the key sacred sources of the religion, the Qur'an, and the figure of the Prophet. The course addresses pre-Islamic Arabia and the rise of Islam; Muhammad and the Qur'an; prophetic traditions and jurisprudence; theology and mysticism; art and poetry; basic beliefs and practices of the Muslim community; responses to colonialism and modernity; and Islam in the United States.
2462	RELG-211-01	Intro Hebrew Bible/Old Testame	1.00	LEC	Sanders,Seth L.	TR: 10:50AM-12:05PM	TBA		HUM
		Enrollment limited to 40
		Where did the Bible come from? This class will examine the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) in its evolution and complexity. We will pay careful attention to the text's many powerful voices and striking literary features, its great figures such as Abraham, Moses, and David, and its relationship with the major historical events which shaped the life of ancient Israel and later Jewish and Christian tradition. (May be counted toward Jewish Studies and International Studies/Middle Eastern Studies.)
3327	RELG-248-01	Women, Gender, Sex in Religion	1.00	LEC	Jones,Tamsin	MW: 1:15PM-2:30PM	TBA		GLB2
		Enrollment limited to 35
		Why do particular embodiments render some people “other” within their religion? How are women represented in religious texts and images? How does gender determine what counts for religiously-sanctioned behavior? This course provides an overview of topics where issues of gender and sexuality intersect with particular religious traditions (including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Native American traditions). Topics include: purity and power, celibacy and virginity, marriage and reproduction, veiling and eating practices, violence and sacrifice, as well as the issue of religious leadership and ordination. This course may count towards the Women, Gender and Sexuality major.
3223	RELG-253-01	Indian and Islamic Painting	1.00	LEC	Findly,Ellison Banks	MWF: 11:00AM-11:50AM	TBA		GLB1
		Enrollment limited to 30
		A survey of the history of miniature painting from the Persian, Mughal, and Rajput schools, with emphasis on their religious and cultural backgrounds. (May be counted toward art history, international studies/Asian studies, international studies/comparative development studies, and international studies/Middle Eastern studies.)
2139	RELG-267-01	Religion and the Media	1.00	LEC	Silk,Mark R.	TR: 9:25AM-10:40AM	TBA		HUM
		Enrollment limited to 30
		Western religion, and Christianity in particular, has always put a premium on employing the available techniques of mass communication to get its message out. But today, many religious people see the omnipresent “secular” media as hostile to their faith. This course will look at the relationship between religion and the communications media, focusing primarily on how the American news media have dealt with religion since the creation of the penny press in the 1830s. Attention will also be given to the ways that American religious institutions have used mass media to present themselves, from the circulation of Bibles and tracts in the 19th century through religious broadcasting beginning in the 20th century to the use of the Internet today. (May be counted toward American studies and public policy studies.)
2687	RELG-280-01	Approaching the Qur'an	1.00	LEC	Ziad,Homayra	TR: 2:55PM-4:10PM	TBA		GLB2
		Enrollment limited to 30
		The Qur'an, believed by Muslims to be the perfect Word of God, has played a central role in the life of the Muslim community since its appearance in the seventh century. This course will explore the sacred text of Islam through its foundational concepts and terminologies, history of the text and thematic development, literary style, connection to Jewish and Christian sacred texts, history and methods of interpretation, and role in Muslim ritual life. We will also explore manifestations of the Qur'an in the literature, visual arts, and music of the Muslim world.
3279	RELG-281-01	Anthropology of Religion	1.00	LEC	Desmangles,Leslie G.	MWF: 11:00AM-11:50AM	TBA		GLB5
		Enrollment limited to 30
		Introduction to the foundations of religion through an examination of religious phenomena prevalent in traditional cultures. Some of the topics covered in this course include a critical examination of the idea of primitivity, the concepts of space and time, myths, symbols, ideas related to God, man, death, and rituals such as rites of passage, magic, sorcery, witchcraft, and divination. (May be counted toward anthropology and international studies/comparative development.)
3225	RELG-308-01	Jewish Mysticism	1.00	LEC	Kiener,Ronald	TR: 2:55PM-4:10PM	TBA		HUM
		Enrollment limited to 30
		Prerequisite: C- or better in Religion 109.
		An examination of the secret speculative theologies of Judaism from late antiquity to the present. The course will touch upon the full range of Jewish mystical experience: visionaries, ascetics, ecstatics, theosophists, rationalists, messianists, populists, and pietists. Readings will include classical texts (such as the Zohar) and modern secondary studies.
2256	RELG-399-01	Independent Study	0.50 - 2.00	IND	TBA	TBA	TBA	Y
		Enrollment limited to 100
		Advanced work on an approved project under the guidance of a faculty member. Submission of the special registration form, available in the Registrar’s Office, and the approval of the instructor and chairperson are required for enrollment.
2257	RELG-466-01	Teaching Assistant	0.50 - 1.00	IND	TBA	TBA	TBA	Y
		Enrollment limited to 100
		A teaching assistant works with a faculty member in the preparation and teaching of a course and receives academic credit for his or her work. See the Student Handbook for the specific guidelines. Submission of the special registration form, available in the Registrar’s Office, and the approval of the instructor and chairperson are required for enrollment.
2258	RELG-497-01	Senior Thesis	1.00 - 2.00	IND	TBA	TBA	TBA	Y	WEB
		Enrollment limited to 100
		Submission of the special registration form, available in the Registrar’s Office, and the approval of the instructor and chairperson are required for enrollment in this single-semester thesis.
2393	RELG-498-01	Senior Thesis Part 1	2.00	IND	TBA	TBA	TBA	Y	WEB
		Enrollment limited to 100
		Submission of the special registration form, available in the Registrar’s Office, and the approval of the instructor and chairperson are required for each semester of this yearlong thesis. (two course credits are considered pending in the first semester; two course credits will be awarded for completion in the second semester.)
2630	RELG-499-01	Senior Thesis Part 2	2.00	IND	Staff,Trinity	TBA	TBA	Y	WEB
		Enrollment limited to 100
		Submission of the special registration form, available in the Registrar’s Office, and the approval of the instructor and chairperson are required for each semester of this yearlong thesis. (two course credits are considered pending in the first semester;two course credits will be awarded for completion in the second semester.)
2022	GDST-121-01	Biblical Tradition	1.00	LEC	Sanders,Seth L.	TR: 1:30PM-2:45PM	TBA		HUM
		Enrollment limited to 30
		Only students in the Guided Studies Program are allowed to enroll in this course.
		NOTE: Course is only open to students who have been accepted into the Guided Studies Program.
		The Biblical world up to the beginnings of Christianity. The emergence of Israel and its life as a nation, the prophetic critique, Israel’s Exile and Reconstruction, the emergence of its scripture, and its foundation for Judaism and Christianity in the West.
3189	PHIL-282-01	Medieval Philosophy	1.00	LEC	Ryan,Todd	MW: 1:15PM-2:30PM	TBA		HUM
		Enrollment limited to 25
		A study of representative thinkers of the medieval period. Discussion will focus on such major issues as the existence of God, the problem of evil, the nature of universals, the relation between philosophical reason and religious faith. Attention will also be paid to the cultural, historical and religious climates which helped influence the unique scholastic doctrines under discussion. (Students enrolling in Philosophy 282 must also enroll in Philosophy 290-01L.) Enrollment limited.

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