Consult the Bulletin
Consult the online Bulletin for the official list of courses.
Courses
Courses of Instruction |
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| REL 97a |
Senior Essay |
| REL 97b | Senior Essay |
| REL 98a |
Independent Study |
| REL 98b |
Independent Study |
| REL 107a |
Introduction to World Religions |
| REL 121a |
Mysticism and the Moral Life |
| REL 131b |
The Dynamics of Religious Experience |
| REL 151a |
The Buddha: His Life and Teachings |
| REL 161a |
Chinese Religion and Thought: Understanding Confucianism and Daoism (Taoism) |
| REL/SAS 152a |
Introduction to Hinduism |
Traditions Courses |
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The following courses are approved for the program. Not all are given in any one year. Please consult the Schedule of Classes each semester. |
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| ANTH 80a | Anthropology of Religion |
| CLAS 170a | Classical Mythology |
| HIST 181a |
Seminar on Traditional Chinese Thought |
| IMES 140a |
Islam: Civilizations and Institutions |
| NEJS 3a |
Introduction to Judaism, Christianity and Islam |
| NEJS 5a |
Foundational Course in Judaic Studies |
| NEJS 9a |
The World of the Ancient Near East |
| NEJS 111a |
The Hebrew Bible / Old Testament |
| NEJS 114b |
Ritual and Magic in the Bible |
| NEJS 116a |
Ancient Near Eastern Religion and Mythology |
| NEJS 128a |
Introduction to Christianity |
| NEJS 130a |
The New Testament: A Historical Introduction |
| NEJS 153a |
Hasidism and a Religious and Social Movement |
| NEJS 186a |
Introduction to the Qur'an |
| NEJS 187b |
Shi'ism and Political Protest in the Middle East |
| NEJS 198b |
Modern Islamic Thought: The 18th Century Through the Contemporary Era |
| REL 151a |
The Buddha: His Life and Teachings |
| REL 161a |
Chinese Religion and Thought: Understanding Confucianism and Daoism (Taoism) |
| REL/SAS 152a |
Introduction to Hinduism |
Elective Courses |
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| The following courses are approved for the program. Not all are given in any one year. Please consult the Schedule of Classes each semester. | |
| AAAS 81b |
Religion in African-American History |
| AMST 167b |
The Cultural Work of Religion in America |
| AMST 168b |
American Religious History |
| ANTH 105a |
Myth and Ritual |
| ANTH 135a |
The Sanctification of Space in Contemporary Israel |
| ANTH 137b |
Gender and the Sacred in Asia |
| CLAS 190b |
Ancient Mysteries, Cults, and Myths |
| COML 179a |
Life Stories, Spiritual and Profane |
| ENG 78b |
Modernism, Atheism, God |
| Eng 108a |
Literature and Heresy |
| FA 13b |
Buddhist Art |
| FA 15b |
Arts of the Ming Dynasty |
| FA 39b |
Islamic Art and Architecture |
| FA 42b |
The Age of Cathedrals |
| FA 45a |
St. Peter's and the Vatican |
| FECS 147a |
Jewish Identities in France Since 1945 |
| HIST 110b |
The Civilization of the High and Late Middle Ages |
| HIST 123b |
Reformation Europe (1400-1600) |
| HIST 126a |
Early Modern Europe (1500-1700) |
| HIST 148a |
Religion and Society in Modern Russia |
| HIST 152b |
Salem, 1692 |
| HUM 10a |
The Western Canon |
| IECS 104a |
Dante's "Divine Comedy" |
| LAT 125a |
Medieval Latin |
| NEJS 112a |
The Book of Genesis |
| NEJS 115a |
The Book of Deuteronomy |
| NEJS 115b |
Women and the Bible |
| NEJS 122a |
Magic and Witchcraft in the Ancient Near East |
| NEJS 127b |
The Jewish Liturgy |
| NEJS 144a |
Jews in the World of Islam |
| NEJS 148b |
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Jews and Christians: Sources and Interpretations |
| NEJS 153b |
Abraham Joshua Heschel: Spirituality and Action |
| NEJS 159a |
Modern Jewish Philanthropy |
| NEJS 162a |
American Judaism |
| NEJS 163a |
Jewish-Christian Relations in America |
| NEJS 164a |
Judaism Confronts America |
| NEJS 166b |
Who Is a Jew? Identity, Conversion and Citizenship |
| NEJS 175b |
Responses to the Holocaust in Literature |
| NEJS 190b |
Islamic Philosophy |
| NEJS 191a |
Introduction to Islamic Theology |
| NEJS 191b |
Messianism and the State of Israel |
| NEJS 194b |
Sufi Teachings |
| NEJS 196a |
Marriage, Divorce and Sexual Ethics in Islamic Law |
| PHIL 24a |
Philosophy of Religion |
| PHIL 146a |
Idea of God |
| PHIL 178b |
Major Figures in the Christian Faith |
| POL 145b |
The Islamic Challenge: Politics and Religion in the West |
| REL 131b |
The Dynamics of Religious Experience |
| SOC 128a |
Religion and Globalization |
| SOC 129a |
Sociology of Religion |
| WMGS 120b |
Women and Gender in Religion |