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Pathways 2018-2019 with Religious Studies Courses
* Courses offered in the 2018-2019 academic year
American Studies
Facilitators: James Bennett, Religious Studies and Juliana Chang, English
Religious Studies
RSOC 51 Religion in America*
RSOC 61 Atheism in America*
RSOC 91 Native Spiritual Traditions
RSOC 111 Inventing Religion in America*
RSOC 111R RSS: Inventing Religion in America
RSOC 148R RSS: Religion and the Presidency
RSOC 164 Religion, Race and Ethnicity in America
RSOC 184 Race and Religion in the United States*
TESP 60 Hispanic Popular Religion
TESP 65 U.S. Hispanic Theology
TESP 109 Hispanic Spirituality: Guadalupe
Applied Ethics
Facilitator: Margaret R. McLean, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics and Religious
Studies
Religious Studies
RSOC 135 Architects of Solidarity*
RSOC 157 Religious Traditions and Contemporary Moral Issues
RSOC 170 Religion, Gender & Globalization (cross-listed with WGST 146)*
SCTR 39 Biblical Women and Power (cross-listed with WGST 47)*
SCTR 128 Human Suffering and Hope*
TESP 46 Faith, Justice & Poverty*
TESP 64 Environmental Justice in Catholic Imagination
TESP 84 Spirituality & Sustainability (cross-listed with ENVS 84)
TESP 88 Hope & Prophetic Politics*
TESP 119 Theology, Sex & Relationships*
TESP 142 Conscience, Christianity and Politics
TESP 143 Theology and Ethics of Thomas Aquinas
TESP 152 Faith, Ethics & Biodiversity (cross-listed with ENVS 152)
TESP 156 Christian Ethics and HIV/AIDS
TESP 157 Ethics in the Health Professions*
TESP 158 Immigration and Ethics
TESP 159 Ethics of War and Peace*
TESP 163 Christianity and Politics
TESP 164 Religious Ethics in Business*
Beauty
Facilitator: Timothy Lukes, Political Science
Religious Studies
RSOC 33 Maya Spirituality
RSOC 91 Native Spiritual Traditions
RSOC 136 Religion in Latin America
TESP 176 Nature, Humanity, Spirituality
Cinema Studies
Facilitators: Ron Hansen, English, and Michael Whalen, Communication
Religious Studies
RSOC 67 Film & Judaism*
RSOC 87 Buddhism in Film*
RSOC 110 Film and Religion
RSOC 121 Representing Religion in World Cinema
SCTR 33 New Testament Narratives of Cinema
SCTR 139 Bible in Contemporary Fiction & Film*
Democracy
Facilitator: Chad Raphael, Communication
Religious Studies
TESP 142 Conscience, Christianity and Politics
TESP 163 Christianity and Politics
Design Thinking
Facilitator: Christopher Kitts, Mechanical Engineering
Religious Studies
TESP 84 Spirituality & Sustainability
TESP 86 Spirituality and Engineering
TESP 176 Nature, Humanity, Spirituality
The Digital Age
Facilitator: Yi Fang, Computer Engineering
Religious Studies
RSOC 119 Media and Religion*
Food, Hunger, Poverty, & Environment
Facilitators: Gregory A. Baker, Management; Executive Director, Food and Agribusiness Institute Department; Erika French-Arnold, Director, Food and Agribusiness Institute Department
Religious Studies
TESP 46 Faith, Justice, & Poverty*
Gender, Globalization, & Empire
Facilitators: Naomi Andrews, History Department; Sharmila Lodhia, Women’s and Gender Studies Program
Religious Studies
TESP 158 Immigration and Ethics
TESP 175 Women’s Theologies from the Margins (cross-listed with WGST 151)
TESP 191 Social Issues and Faith: Biblical & Modern Prophets
RSOC 170 Religion, Gender & Globalization (cross-listed with WGST 146)*
SCTR 157 The Bible and Empire
SCTR 158R RSS: Postcolonial Perspectives on the New Testament
Gender, Sexuality, & the Body
Facilitator: Linda Garber, Women's and Gender Studies Department
Religious Studies
RSOC 168 Gender and Judaism (cross-listed with WGST 145)*
SCTR 26 Gender in Early Christianity (cross-listed with WGST 46)*
SCTR 39 Biblical Women and Power (cross-listed with WGST 47)*
SCTR 165R RSS: Gender & Sexuality in Biblical Interpretation (cross-listed with WGST 148)
TESP 79 Women in Christian Tradition*
TESP 139 Catholic Theology & Human Sexuality
Global Health
Facilitators: Sonja Mackenzie and Laura Chyu; Public Health
Religious Studies
RSOC 170 Religion, Gender & Globalization (cross-listed with WGST 146)*
RSOC 170R RSS Religion, Gender & Globalization (cross-listed with WGST 146)
TESP 46 Faith, Justice, & Poverty*
TESP 46EL Faith, Justice & Poverty EL
TESP 156 Christian Ethics and HIV/AIDS
TESP 170 The Church and Homosexuality
TESP 173 Religion, Science, and the Natural World
Human Rights in a Global World
Facilitator: Catherine Montfort, Modern Languages
Religious Studies
RSOC 33 Maya Spirituality
RSOC 136 Religion in Latin America
SCTR 128 Human Suffering and Hope*
SCTR 157 The Bible and Empire
SCTR 158 Postcolonial Perspectives in the New Testament
TESP 46 Faith, Justice, & Poverty*
Islamic Studies
Facilitator: David Pinault, Religious Studies
Religious Studies
RSOC 19 Egyptian Religious Traditions
RSOC 81 Islam*
RSOC 126 Sufi Islam/Christian Mysticism*
RSOC 154 Jesus in Islam and Christianity*
RSOC 182 Shia Islam in the Contemporary World
RSOC 190 Islam: Reformation and Modernity
SCTR 19 Religions of the Book*
SCTR 119 Law in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
SCTR 125 Qu'ran Interpretation
SCTR 126 Sufi Mysticism
Justice & the Arts
Facilitator: Kristin Kusanovich, Theatre and Dance; Co-Director, Justice and the Arts Initiative
Religious Studies
SCTR 39 Biblical Women and Power (cross-listed with WGST 47)*
TESP 46 Faith, Justice, & Poverty*
RSOC 136 Religion in Latin America
Law & Social Justice
Facilitators: Jane Curry, Political Science; Deborah Moss-West, Law
Religious Studies
RSOC 136 Religion in Latin America
TESP 64 Environmental Justice in Catholic Imagination
Leading People, Organization, & Social Change
Facilitator: Barry Posner, Management
Religious Studies
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Paradigm Shifts & the Nature of Human Knowing
Facilitator: Phil Kesten, Physics
Religious Studies
RSOC 91 Native Spiritual Traditions
SCTR 35 Science vs. The Bible: The Genesis Debates
SCTR 128 Human Suffering and Hope*
SCTR 165R RSS: Gender & Sexuality in Biblical Interpretation (cross-listed with WGST 148)
SCTR 170 Darwin & God
SCTR 170R RSS: Darwin & God
TESP 2 Magicians, Athletes and God: Fantasy Literature and Christian Theology*
TESP 50 Catholic Theology: Foundations*
TESP 58 Theology of Vatican II
TESP 72 Darwin, God & the Poets
TESP 124 Theology of Marriage*
TESP 124R RSS Theology of Marriage
TESP 127 Theology of Family
TESP 142 Conscience, Christianity and Politics
TESP 176 Nature, Humanity, Spirituality
Politics & Religion
Facilitator: Thomas Turley, History
Religious Studies
RSOC 33 Maya Spirituality
RSOC 91 Native Spiritual Traditions
RSOC 136 Religion in Latin America
RSOC 148R RSS: Religion and the Presidency
RSOC 188 Religion and Violence*
RSOC 190 Islam: Reformation and Modernity
RSOC 191 Religions of Colonized Peoples*
SCTR 65 Early Christianity (cross-listed as CLAS 69)
SCTR 130 Sacred Politics: Christian Texts in the Public Sphere
SCTR 157 The Bible and Empire
SCTR 158R RSS: Postcolonial Perspectives on the New Testament
TESP 43 Catholic Social Thought
TESP 64 Environmental Justice in Catholic Imagination
TESP 142 Conscience, Christianity and Politics
TESP 158 Immigration and Ethics
TESP 163 Christianity and Politics
Public Policy
Facilitators: Kenneth Faulve-Montojo, Political Science
Religious Studies
RSOC 140 Animals, Environment & World Religion
RSOC 190 Islam: Reformation and Modernity
TESP 64 Environmental Justice in Catholic Imagination
Race, Place & Social Inequalities
Facilitator: James Lai, Political Science and Ethnic Studies
Religious Studies
RSOC 91 Native Spiritual Traditions
RSOC 139 Mexican Popular Catholicism and Gender (cross-listed with WGST 152)
RSOC 164 Religion, Race and Ethnicity in America
RSOC 184 Race and Religion in the United States*
TESP 64 Environmental Justice in Catholic Imagination
TESP 158 Immigration and Ethics
TESP 165 Romero and the Salvadoran Martyrs
TESP 184 Jesus Across Cultures
Sustainability
Facilitator: Leslie Gray, Environmental Studies Institute
Religious Studies
RSOC 64 Comparative Religion and Environmentalism
RSOC 170 Religion, Gender, and Globalization*
TESP 26 Sustainable Theologies*
TESP 64 Environmental Justice in Catholic Imagination
TESP 84 Spirituality & Sustainability (cross-listed with ENVS 84)
TESP 176 Nature, Humanity, Spirituality
Values in Science & Technology
Facilitator: Keith Douglass Warner, OFM; Center for Science, Technology & Society
Religious Studies
SCTR 35 Science vs the Bible: The Genesis Debates
SCTR 170 Darwin & God
SCTR 170R RSS: Darwin & God
TESP 64 Environmental Justice in Catholic Imagination
TESP 72 Darwin, God & the Poets
TESP 83 Dialogues Between Science & Religion
TESP 84 Spirituality & Sustainability (cross-listed with ENVS 84)
TESP 86 Spirituality & Engineering
TESP 139 Catholic Theology & Human Sexuality (cross-listed with WGST 150)
TESP 152 Faith, Ethics & Biodiversity (cross-listed with ENVS 152)
TESP 157 Ethics in the Health Professions*
Vocation
Facilitators: Luis Calero, S.J., Ignatian Center and Anthropology and Jennifer Ferrari, Assistant Director, Arts and Sciences, Career Center
Religious Studies
RSOC 86 Buddhism
RSOC 106 Zen in Theory and Practice*
RSOC 108 Buddhist Spiritual Practices Today
TESP 54 Meditation
TESP 71 Mysticism in Catholicism*
TESP 72 Darwin, God & the Human Question
TESP 118 Clare of Assisi and Ignatius of Loyola
TESP 132 Telling Your Story: Discerning Vocation
TESP 171 Mysticism in Action
TESP 176 Nature, Humanity, Spirituality
TESP 181 Christian Sexual Ethics