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Core Curriculum - Course List

Religious Studies department

Course List

The Religious Studies Department offers courses in three distinct areas: 1) Scripture and Tradition [SCTR], 2) Theology, Ethics and Spirituality [TESP], and 3) Religion and Society [RSOC]. A list of current courses in each area follows.

SCTR TESP RSOC



Area 1. Scripture and Tradition (SCTR)

11 Origins of Western Religion
108 The Impact of the Dead Sea Scrolls
19  Religions of the Book    110  Gods, Heroes and Monsters: Myth & Bible
22 The Synoptic Gospels
119 Law in Judaism, Christianity & Islam
23 Christ in the Four Gospels
125 Quran Interpretation
24  Christian Origins: Luke/Acts   126  Sufi Mysticism 
26 Gender in Early Christianity
128 Human Suffering
27 Historical Jesus
132 Apocalypse Now
30 New Testament
134 Living the Exodus
33 Narratives of Christian Scriptures
128 Human Suffering
35 Science vs the Bible: The Genesis Debates
132 Apocalypse Now
37 Jesus and Judaism
134 Living the Exodus
39  Biblical Women and Power    141  Advanced Hebrew I 
41 Biblical Hebrew I
142 Advanced Hebrew II
42 Biblical Hebrew II
143 Advanced Hebrew III
43 Biblical Hebrew III

144
Aramaic Grammar
48 Jesus the Jew

152
Apostle Paul: Myst, Myth, Mtrix
50  The Bible: Race, War & Sexuality    158  Postcolonial Perspectives on the New Testament
100 Biblical Poetry and Ancient Myth

160
Gospel of St. John
101 The Bible in Conflict

162
Violence and Nonviolence in Scripture

106
Person of Christ in the New Testament

165
Gender & Sex: Biblical Interpretations




198
Practicum




199
Directed Readings and Research








Area 2. Theology, Ethics & Spirituality (TESP)

4 The Christian Tradition
131 Feminist Theologies
8  Franciscans and Jesuits    132  Telling Your Story as Vocational Discernment 
23  The Church in the World    133  God: Mystery and Trinity 
25 Christian Conversion: Changing Self
134 Popes, Peasants & Prophetesses
31 Christ: Mystery & Meaning
136 Rhetorics of Solidarity
38 Contemporary Catholic Theology
137 Theology of Death
40 Exploring Judaism
138 Contemporary Thought of Paul Tillich
43 Catholic Social Thought
139 Catholic Theology & Human Sexuality

45
Christian Ethics
143 Theology and Ethics of Thomas Aquinas
46 Faith, Justice, and Poverty
144 Theology and Law
50 Catholic Theology: Foundations
145 Church of the Poor
51 Catholic Theology: Spirituality
146 The Morality of Violence in the Political Thought of St. Augustine
53 Religious Imagination
147 Religious Autobiographies
54  Meditation   150  St. John of the Cross 
55 Spirituality and Literature
151 Issues in Theology and Science
60 Hispanic Popular Religion
152 Faith, Ethics, Biodiversity
62 Medical Ethics in Christian Perspective
153 Catholic Themes in Literature
65 U.S. Hispanic Theology

154
Theology in the Daily News
66  Spirituality and Social Justice    155  Catholic Social Teaching 
70 Catholic Ethics and Jesuit Spirituality
157 Ethics in the Health Profession
71 Mysticism in Catholicism
159 Ethics of War & Peace
72 Comparative Mysticism in World Religions
161 Environmental Ethics
77 Encounters of Religion and Globalization
163 Christianity and Politics
79 Women in Christian Tradition
167 Christian Ethics and Global Human Rights
82  Witches, Saints, and Heretics    169 Jesuit Perspectives
83 Dialogues Between Science & Religion
170 The Church and Homosexuality
84 Spirituality and Sustainability
171 Mysticism in Action
86  Spirituality & Engineering    173 Religion, Science, & the Environment
88  Hope and Prophetic Politics    175  Women's Theologies from the Margins 
103 Religious Disillusionment
176 Finding Your Own Spirituality
104 Race & Religion in Asian America
181 Christian Sexual Ethics
106 Christian Symbol & Ritual
182 Peacemaking: Theological Models, Modern Examples
109 Hispanic Spirituality: Guadalupe
183 Spiritual Exercises & Christian Theologies

111
Latin American Liberation Theology
184 Jesus Across Cultures
112 Vocation

185
Rahner: Foundations of Christian Faith
115 Tradition and Interpretation

186
Christology and Religious Pluralism
116 Theology and Vocation Colloquium

187
Christ & Catholic Theology
117 God in Contemporary Thought

193
Rise & Meaning of Modern Atheism
118 Clare of Assisi and Ignatius Loyola

198
Practicum
121 The Church and the Future

199
Directed Readings and Research
124 Theology of Marriage


125 Belief and Unbelief


126 Spirituality & Aging


128 Catholic Theology & Contemporary Culture















Area 3. Religion & Society (RSOC)

7 South Asian Religious Traditions
115 Tibetan Buddhism: A Cultural History
9 Ways of Understanding Religions
119 Media & Religion
10 Asian Religious Traditions
121 Rep Relig in World Cinema
18 Religion & Culture: Africa
122 Religion & Psychology
19 Egyptian Religious Traditions
123
Religions @ Silicon Valley
23 Religion & Social Reconciliation
130 East Asian Buddhism
27  Immigrant Jewish Writers    131  RSS: Tanta in Theory and Practice
33 Maya Spirituality
136 Religion in Latin America
41 Women's Spiritualities
140 Animals, Environment, and World Religion
45 Muslims in America
141 Religion & Ecology: Contemporary Voices
46 African Religions
144 Gender, Body & Christianity
49 Religion, Politics, and Civil Society

148		 Religion and the Presidency
51  Religion in America    151  Issues of Science and Religion 
54 Comparative Religion & Social Theory
154 Islamic Jesus
65 Early Christianity
156 Buddhism and Globalization
76 Representing the Holocaust
157
Religious Tradition and Contemporary Moral Issues
80 Protestant Christianity
160
U.S. Catholics in American Culture
81 Islam

164
Religion, Race and Ethnicity in America
82 Shia Islam
168 Gender & Judaism
85 Hinduism
170 Religion, Gender & Globalization
86 Buddhism
173 Modern Jews & Judaism: Text & Film
88 Chinese Religions
176 Religion in Making of American Identities
89 Japanese Religions    179  Research Methods: Religious Studies 
88 Native Spiritual Traditions

184		 Race and Religion in U.S.
99 Sociology of Religion

185		 Gender in Asian Religions
104 Ways of Worship in the SIlicon Valley
188 Religion & Violence
106 Zen in Theory and Practice
190 Islam: Reformation & Modernity
108 Buddhist Spiritual Practices Today
198 Practicum
110 Film and Religion
199 Directed Readings and Research
111 Inventing Religion in America



























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