RELIGST 86: Exploring the New Testament
Units: 4 | UG Reqs: WAY-SI, WAY-A-II, GER:DB-Hum
TTh 4:30-5:50
To explore the historical context of the earliest Christians, students will read most of the New Testament as well as many documents that
RELIGST 174: Religious Existentialism
Units: 4 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, GER:DB-Hum
TTh 3:00-4:20
Existentialism is often thought to be a secular or anti-religious philosophy of life, a replacement for Christian belief and ethics in a post
RELIGST 208: Women of the Movement
Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: WAY-EDP
T 12-2:50
This seminar will examine women and their gendered experience of activism, organizing, living, and leading in the Modern Civil Rights Movement
RELIGST 226/326: The Bible in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
Units: 3-5
MW 4:30-5:50
This seminar investigates the central role of the Christian Bible in European religion, culture, and society from ca. 1000-1700 CE.
RELIGST 255/355: Perspectives on Caste and Religion in South Asia
Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: WAY-SI, WAY-EDP
F 1:30-4:20
Is caste a unitary concept?
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We are delighted to invite you to a master class led by Professor Stephanie Cobb, the George and Sallie Cutchin Camp Professor of Bible at the…