Winter 2006 Course Descriptions
DVSC 622 30300 |
Introduction to Constructive Studies |
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Gamwell |
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3:00-4:20 |
S106 |
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Open only to AMRS/M.A. student |
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DVSC 622 45100 |
Reading Course: Special Topics in Divinity |
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Staff |
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Petition with bibliography signed by instructor; enter section from faculty list. |
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DVSC 622 49900 |
Exam Preparation |
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Staff |
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Open only to Ph.D. students in quarter
of qualifying exams; enter section from facuty list. |
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DVSC 622 50200 |
Research: Divinity |
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Staff |
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Petition signed by instructor; enter
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DVSC 622 59900 |
Thesis Work: Divinity |
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Staff |
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Petition signed by instructor; enter
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BIBL 603 30601 |
Judaic Civ. II: Jewish Heretics and Apostates in the Middle Ages |
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Robinson |
M/W |
1:30-2:50 |
Cobb 112 |
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This course will present an alternative
introduction to medieval Jewish history by focusing on Jewish heretics
and apostates: converts to Christianity and Islam, freethinkers and
philosophers, mystics and messiahs, critics of Bible and rabbinic
literature. It will explore the diversity of medieval Jewish culture
by examining polemical literature and the way that individuals, sects,
and religious minorities defined themselves in relation to their opponents. |
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BIBL 603 32500 |
Introduction to the New Testament: Texts and Contexts |
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Mitchell |
T/Th |
10:30-11:50 |
S106 |
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An immersion in the texts of the New
Testament with the following goals: through careful reading to come
to know well some representative pieces of this literature; to gain
useful knowledge of the historical, geographical, social, religious,
cultural and political contexts of these texts and the events they
relate; to learn the major literary genres represented in the canon
(“gospels,” “acts,” “letters,” and “apocalypse”) and strategies for
reading them; to comprehend the various theological visions to which
these texts give expression; to situate oneself and one’s prevailing
questions about this material in the history of interpretation. |
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BIBL 603 34100 |
Intermediate Biblical Hebrew |
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Anne Knafl |
M/W/F |
8:00-8:50 |
S204 |
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PQ: BIBL 34000 |
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BIBL 603 35400 |
Intermediate Koine Greek III |
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Janet Spittler |
M/W/F |
8:00-8:50 |
S208 |
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PQ: BIBL 35300 |
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BIBL 603 39800 |
German: Lecture/Discussion Group |
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Klauck |
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5:00-6:30 |
S208 |
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In this course, German exegetical and
theological literature will be read and discussed. Only German may
be used in this class, which is intended to help students to get more
fluency in German and a better knowledge of research done in German
speaking countries. |
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BIBL 603 41300 |
Learning to be Human: The Bible and Near Eastern Mythology |
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Frymer-Kensky |
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1:30-4:20 |
MEM Library |
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This course is an exploration of the cosmic mythology of the Bible
as it was adapted from ancient near eastern mythology and as it developed
its own characteristic issues and concerns. We will read both primary
and secondary materials. The biblical texts are Genesis 1-11; the
poetic passages alluding to creation and the defeat of the Sea; and
the text utilizing the Exodus from Egypt as a mythological theme. |
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BIBL 603 43900 |
I Corinthians |
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Mitchell |
T/Th |
1:30-2:50 |
S200 |
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An exegesis course focusing on the historical
context, literary composition, and rhetorical structure and purpose
of this major Pauline letter, with consideration also of such issues
as archeological evidence of religious life in Corinth in the first
century, the sociology of early Pauline congregations, forms of early
Christian ritual, the relationship between rhetoric, theology, and
politics in Pauline thought, and the history of interpretation of
this eloquent, though failed, call for unity in the church. |
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BIBL 603 47500 |
The Apostolic Fathers |
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Martinez |
T/Th |
10:30-11:50 |
S400 |
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An intensive reading of the Greek text
of Barnabas, I Clement, and all the Ignatian Epistles. The course
will focus on the Greek style of each author, their historical, and
social context, and the sources and nature of their thought. We will
also seek to understand the position of these early Christian thinkers
within the important continuum between the canonical New Testament
writings (of which some of their works were a part in certain mss.
traditions) and the doctrinal controversies of the fourth century.
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BIBL 603 51400 |
Deutero-Isaiah |
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Frymer-Kensky |
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10:30-12:50 |
S208 |
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This course is devoted to an exegesis
of Deutero-Isaiah. Students are expected to be proficient in Biblical
Hebrew and to be able to prepare a text carefully. Class preparation
and presentation are the core of this course. This course will be
conducted in seminar format, with students reading, translating and
commenting on the biblical verses. |
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BIBL 603 53900 |
Seminar: Dio Chrysostom, Plutarch, and the New Testament |
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Klauck/Betz |
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9:00-11:50 |
S403 |
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In this seminar we will deal with two
contemporaneous authors, who both flourished around 100 C.E.: the
famous orator and Stoic philosopher Dion of Prusa, who was called
“Chrysostom” (“gold mouth”) because of his talent as a speaker; and
Plutarch, the prolific writer and Middle-Platonic philosopher. We
will concentrate first on Dio’s 12th oratio (i.e. the “Olympic Discourse”),
which is perhaps the prime example of his art and which is important
because of its philosophical and theological content. We will then
examine Plutarch’s Life of Numa (the legendary Roman king), a piece
which may be fruitfully be compared to the Gospels. |
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THEO 604 30300 |
History of Christianity III |
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Schreiner |
M/W |
1:30-2:50 |
S204 |
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Ident. HCHR 30300 |
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THEO 604 31100 |
History of Theological Ethics I |
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Schweiker |
T/Th |
1:30-2:50 |
S106 |
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Ident. RETH 31100 |
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THEO 604 40500 |
Black Theology: 1st Generation |
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Hopkins |
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1:30-4:20 |
S403 |
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THEO 604 40800 |
Third World Religions |
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Hopkins |
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9:00-11:50 |
S208 |
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THEO 604 43700 |
Theology and Philosophy |
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Gamwell |
T/Th |
10:30-11:20 |
S200 |
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Ident. DVPR 43700 |
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THEO 604 43802 |
Shakespeare’s Tragedies & Comedies: A Selection |
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Doniger/Tracy |
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2:00-4:50 |
S208 |
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Ident. HREL 43802/SOTH 35620 |
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THEO 604 45301 |
Theology and Spirituality of the Late Middle Ages |
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Schreiner |
M/W |
10:30-11:50 |
S204 |
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Ident. HCHR 45301 |
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THEO 604 45801 |
Understanding of God I |
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Tracy |
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3:00-5:50 |
S208 |
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Ident. DVPR 45800 |
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THEO 604 46001 |
Incarnation: Hist., Systematic, Phil. and Comp. Perspectives |
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Tanner |
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12:00-2:50 |
S400 |
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THEO 604 46600 |
Self, World, Other: The Thought of Paul Tillich |
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Schweiker |
M/W |
10:00-11:20 |
S400 |
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This is a course on the theology, ethics
and philosophy of religion of Paul Tillich, one of the most important
theologians of the 20th century. Lectures, discussion and reading
will concentrate on central texts in Tillich's corpus, especially
the magisterial Systematic Theology. The course begins a text that
articulates the religious question of the contemporary world (The
Courage to Be). The majority of the course will then be spent on a
careful reading of the Systematic Theology. The course concludes with
a short text of Tillech's on ethics (Morality and Beyond). Students
are thereby encouraged to work on other texts in their reading and
research paper. |
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THEO 604 47701 |
Ind. And Comm. In American Theology |
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Gilpin |
M/W |
9:00-10:20 |
S403 |
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Ident. HCHR 47700 |
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THEO 604 49300 |
Christianity and Social Power |
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Tanner |
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1:00-3:50 |
S403 |
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DVPR 605 32600 |
Topics in Contemporary European Thought |
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Davidson |
T/Th |
10:30-11:50 |
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A study of selected authors and texts
that have played a significant role in contemporary European thought.
Special attention to questions of aesthetics, ethics, and politics. |
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DVPR 605 42601 |
Imagining Death: Buddhism and the Medieval West |
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Kapstein |
T/Th |
10:30-11:50 |
S204 |
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Ident. HREL 42601 |
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DVPR 605 43700 |
Theology and Philosophy |
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Gamwell |
T/Th |
10:30-11:20 |
S200 |
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Ident. THEO 43700 |
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DVPR 605 45800 |
Understanding of God I |
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Tracy |
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3:00-4:50 |
S208 |
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Ident. THEO 45801 |
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DVPR 605 47400 |
Theories of Religion as Philosophy of Mind |
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Arnold |
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9:00-11:50 |
S204 |
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DVPR 605 51800 |
The Twenty Verses of Vasubandhu |
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Arnold, Kapstein, Wedemeyer |
Tu |
2:00-4:50 |
S403 |
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This course is devoted to the close textual
and philosophical study of a seminal text in the Idealist tradition
of Indian Buddhist thought, the Vi atik of Vasubandhu. The Sanskrit,
Tibetan and Chinese versions will be consulted, together with the
commentaries and relevant second studies. |
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CHRM 606 30300 |
The Public Church and Its Ministry |
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Culp |
T/Th |
9:00-10:20 |
S400 |
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For first year M.Div students |
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CHRM 606 30600 |
Introduction to the Study of Ministry: Colloquium |
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Lindner/Musselman |
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3:00-4:20 |
S400 |
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First year M.Divs. only. No credit. DO NOT REGISTER FOR THIS COURSE. |
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CHRM 606 35700 |
Arts of Ministry: Pastoral Care |
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Lindner |
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9:00-11:50 |
S400 |
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CHRM 606 40600 |
The Practice of Ministry II |
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Piñon |
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1:00-3:50 |
S400 |
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DO NOT REGISTER FOR THIS COURSE |
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HIJD 625 30601 |
Judaic Civ. II: Jewish Heretics and Apostates in the Middle Ages |
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Robinson |
M/W |
1:30-2:50 |
Cobb 112 |
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This course will present an alternative
introduction to medieval Jewish history by focusing on Jewish heretics
and apostates: converts to Christianity and Islam, freethinkers and
philosophers, mystics and messiahs, critics of Bible and rabbinic
literature. It will explore the diversity of medieval Jewish culture
by examining polemical literature and the way that individuals, sects,
and religious minorities defined themselves in relation to their opponents. |
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HIJD 625 35000 |
Jewish Philosophy in the Middle Ages |
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Robinson |
Th |
1:00-3:50 |
S403 |
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This course will study the major Jewish
philosophers and schools of thought from the tenth through the fifteenth
century. Emphasis will be on dominant themes such as cosmology, creation,
prophecy, providence, the nature of man, and immortality of the soul,
but literary form and cultural context will also be considered. Philosophers
will be studied in relation to their sources and parallel developments
in Islamic and Christian philosophy. |
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HIJD 625 38800 |
Neighbor Love |
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Mendes-Flohr/Santner |
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Wb206I |
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In both Judaism and Christianity, the
commandment to “love your neighbor as yourself” functions as the central
law or moral principle par excellence, the ethical essence
of true religion, in tandem with the commandment to “love God.” For
skeptical readers, the commandment to love the neighbor has seemed
far from rational, and has, in fact, appeared deeply enigmatic. The
seminar will follow the tracks of this enigma into the space of European
modernity where it becomes a crucial site for the rethinking of subjectivity,
responsibility, and community. |
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HIJD 625 42600 |
Spinoza and Mendelssohn |
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Mendes-Flohr |
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9:00-10:20 |
S200 |
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HCHR 626 30300 |
History of Christianity III |
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Schreiner |
M/W |
1:30-2:50 |
S204 |
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Ident. THEO 30300 |
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HCHR 626 41401 |
Gender, Power, and Religion in Medieval Europe (800-1100) |
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Pick |
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12:00-2:50 |
S400 |
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This course will examine the intersection
of religious and secular power and the way these were reflected in
and shaped by the gender systems of early medieval Europe. Topics
to be studied include Kantorowicz’s notion of “the king’s two bodies,”
royal men and women, women and memorial culture, and monastic culture.
We will examine the Carolingean world and its aftermath, Ottonian
Germany, Anglo-Saxon England, and the early Spanish kingdoms. For
those with a reading knowledge of Latin, there will be a chance to
do some translation work. |
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HCHR 626 45301 |
Theology and Spirituality of the Late Middle Ages |
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Schreiner |
M/W |
10:30-11:50 |
S204 |
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Ident. THEO 45301 |
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HCHR 626 47700 |
Ind. and Comm. in American Theology: the 19th Century |
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Gilpin |
M/W |
9:00-10:20 |
S403 |
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A seminar that places the Christian theological
doctrines of the church and the holy spirit in the historical context
of philosophical, political, and economic theories about the relation
of the individual and the community. Texts and contexts will be drawn
from America during the nineteenth-century, and the course requirement
will be a twenty-page research paper. |
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HISL 627 40500 |
Readings in the Qur’an |
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Sells |
F |
10:00-12:50 |
MEM Library |
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PQ: 1 year of Arabic |
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HREL 628 35100 |
Indian Buddhism |
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Wedemeyer |
M/W |
3:30:4:50 |
S204 |
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This course is designed to serve as an
introductory survey of the history, doctrines, institutions, and practices
of Buddhism in India from its origins through the end of the 20th
century. Readings will be drawn both from primary sources (in translation)
and secondary and tertiary scholarly research. |
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HREL 628 36000 |
Second Year Sanskrit: Readings in the Mahabharata |
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Doniger |
M/W |
2:00-3:20 |
S207 |
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Ident. SANS 20200/SALC 48400 |
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HREL 628 42601 |
Imagining Death: Buddhism and the Medieval West |
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Kapstein |
T/Th |
10:30-11:50 |
S204 |
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Ident. DVPR 42601 |
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HREL 628 43801 |
Shakespeare’s Tragedies & Comedies: A Selection |
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Doniger/Tracy |
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2:00-4:50 |
S208 |
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Ident. THEO 43802, SOTH 35620 | |||
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HREL 628 45700 |
Ethnogenic Myth, Collective Identity and Proto-Nationalism |
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Lincoln |
T/Th |
9:00-10:20 |
S208 |
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HREL 628 46601 |
Religion and Culture of the Ancient Celts |
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Lincoln |
M/W |
10:00-11:20 |
S200 |
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HREL 628 50700 |
Contemporary Theory and the Study of Religion |
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Kapstein |
T/Th |
12:00-1:20 |
S204 |
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PQ: Students should have taken “Classical Theories in Religion” or have a background in critical theory. Auditing the course is discouraged and requires the prior permission of the instructor. | |||
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HREL 628 51800 |
The Twenty Verses of Vasubandhu |
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Arnold, Kapstein, Wedemeyer |
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2:00-4:50 |
S403 |
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This course is devoted to the close textual
and philosophical study of a seminar text in the Idealist tradition
of Indian Buddhist thought, the Vi atik of Vasubandhu. The Sanskrit,
Tibetan and Chinese versions will be consulted, together with the
commentaries and relevant second studies. | |||
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RLIT 635 51800 |
Seminar: Topics in Religion and Literature |
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Rosengarten |
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A proseminar for Ph.D. students in the
field of religion and literature, to assist in formulating and refining
research interests for the dissertation. | |||
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RETH 638 31100 |
History of Theological Ethics I |
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Schweiker |
T/Th |
1:30-2:50 |
S106 |
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Ident. THEO 31100 | |||
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RETH 638 51800 |
Human Rights in Cross-Cultural Perspective |
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Prabhu |
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7:00-9:50 |
Cobb __ |
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AASR 607 42200 |
Orientalism: Old and New Perspectives |
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Zeghal |
M/W |
1:30-2:50 |
S200 |
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Since E. Said’s book Orientalism (1978), critics have put into question Western academic, ideological and aesthetic perspectives on the “Orient”, the “East” or the “other”, as opposed to the “West”. This course will look at the debates that have ensued from many disciplines such as history, sociology or cultural studies. It will focus more particularly on the place these debates give to Islam, from the idea of “cultural Islam” created by old Orientalism to that of “Occidentalism” imagined by “Oriental” intellectuals. | |||
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AASR 607 42300 |
Muslim Diasporas: Religion and Migrations |
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Zeghal |
T/Th |
1:30-2:50 |
S204 |
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The course deals with questions of identity formation and cultural and social accommodation in the case of Muslim minorities in the 20th century. We will examine the different theoretical perspectives on acculturation, accommodation and negotiated identities as well as empirical case studies from North America, Europe and Asia. | |||
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