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| 370-102-DW |
Introduction to World Religions |
2 - 1 - 3 |
45 |
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| Description for Course: |
This course introduces students to the major elements of religion. It maps religious diversity by surveying the places and spaces that at least two major religious traditions regard as sacred. It investigates prominent aspects of both personal spirituality and the relationship between religion and society by analyzing selected ritual practices, symbolic representations (in art and decoration), texts, beliefs and social structures. This course will also introduce students to some major theorists of religion and some methods for analyzing selected religious phenomena. |
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| 370-121-DW |
Sacred Writings |
3 - 0 - 3 |
45 |
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| Description for Course: |
Tanakh, the Bible and the Qur'an are the central documents and inspirations of the religious and ethical traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, respectively. This course introduces students to these sacred writings and aims to provide the foundation for an understanding of the many aspects of their importance. Students will become acquainted with these texts, their history, translation and scholarship, examining many of their historical, philosophical and moral themes and tracing some of their major influences in literature and culture. |
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| 370-201-DW |
Religions of the East |
3 - 0 - 3 |
45 |
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| Description for Course: |
The purpose of this course is to gain some understanding of the beliefs, obligations, stories (myths, legends, etc), sacred texts, rituals, art and history of some of the religions of India and East Asia (for example, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Shinto, etc.). In this course, students will be taught how to organize the above-mentioned material in a manner that will prepare them for the successful writing of exams. Students will also be shown how to write a research paper, in which: (1) the arguments made in secondary sources are interpreted, compared and assessed; or else (2) the hypotheses of secondary sources are applied to primary sources. |
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| 370-215-DW |
Religion and Popular Culture |
2 - 1 - 3 |
45 |
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| Descriptions for Course: |
The description for this course is not available at this time.
Please check with the Department Chair. |
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| 370-318-DW |
Exploring Religions |
3 - 0 - 3 |
45 |
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| Descriptions for Course: |
The description for this course is not available at this time.
Please check with the Department Chair. |
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| 370-331-DW |
Eastern Religions and the Arts |
2 - 1 - 3 |
45 |
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| Description for Course: |
In this course students examine and analyze the composition and functions of artistic, literary, musical, cinematic and/or theatrical representations of stories and teachings of at least two major religious traditions of the East: Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism and Shinto. |
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| 370-917-DW |
Cults and Culture |
2 - 1 - 3 |
45 |
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| Descriptions for Course: |
The description for this course is not available at this time.
Please check with the Department Chair. |
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| 370-BWS-03 |
Religion |
3 - 0 - 3 |
45 |
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| Description for Course: |
This course introduces students to the major elements of religion. It maps religious diversity by surveying the places and spaces that at least two major religious traditions regard as sacred. It investigates prominent aspects of both personal spirituality and the relationship between religion and society by analyzing selected ritual practices, symbolic representations (in art and decoration), texts, beliefs and social structures. This course will also introduce students to some major theorists of religion and some methods for analyzing selected religious phenomena. |
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| 370-BWS-03 |
Religion and Sexuality: Eastern Tradition |
3 - 0 - 3 |
45 |
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| Description for Course: |
This course introduces students to the basic religious beliefs and practices of Hinduism and Islam. It explores how these two religious traditions have treated the sexual aspect of human life. In particular, attitudes towards sex, love, marriage, pregnancy, contraception, childbirth and divorce will be discussed. |
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| 370-BWS-03 |
Sexuality in the Western Tradition |
3 - 0 - 3 |
45 |
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| Description for Course: |
Students in this course will examine how Judaism and Christianity approach human sexuality. Among the particular aspects of sexuality to be discussed are dating, marriage, divorce, homosexuality and sex education. Challenges to religious values will also be studied. |
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| 370-BWS-03 |
The Holocaust |
3 - 0 - 3 |
45 |
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| Description for Course: |
This course traces the social and religious history of genocide; it demonstrates how the study of religion can be applied to contemporary problems. Modern social science research methods are used in this course, which also attempts to foster cross-cultural understanding. |
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| 370-BXS-03 |
Contemporary Social Concerns |
3 - 0 - 3 |
45 |
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| Description for Course: |
Using one of the approaches of the social sciences, students in this course will analyze a contemporary social problem from an ethical religious standpoint. Among the moral perspectives to be studied are the deontological, utilitarian and existential perspectives. |
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| 370-BXS-03 |
Contemporary Social Concerns: Sex, Gender and Religion |
3 - 0 - 3 |
45 |
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| Description for Course: |
This course explores the relationships between religion, sexuality, and gender. We will examine attitudes towards sexuality within different religions, and see how these attitudes form the basis for gender roles that, once entrenched, are very difficult to change. |
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| 370-BXS-03 |
Religious Cults and Sects |
3 - 0 - 3 |
45 |
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| Description for Course: |
This course explores the origins, beliefs, rituals, and social organization of some of the new religious movements that contribute to the religious landscape in North America. The disciplinary approaches employed to examine this controversial topic will include sociological, historical and psychological approaches to the study of new religious movements. Amongst the topics to be covered are theories of conversion, the “brainwashing”/deprogramming controversy, charismatic authority and the ritual process within these movements. The controversial status of the Scientology, the Wiccan and the Raelian movements will be analysed, as well their relationships with their host societies. |
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