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2011-2012 Course List
For course descriptions and schedule information, please consult Explore Courses
Fall
12N: "Perspectives on the Good Life", Lee Yearley
12: "Exploring Hinduism", Linda Hess
103: "War in Film: Psycho-spiritual Dimensions of Violence", Linda Hess
108C: "The Digital Codex: Religion, Literary Culture and Technology in South Asia", Bulbul Tiwari
109: "Emperor, Explorer, and God: Alexander the Great in the Global Imagination", Yuhan Sohrab-Dinshaw Vevaina
126: "Protestant Reformation", Barbara Pitkin
170A: "Biblical Hebrew", Steven Weitzman/Timothy DeBold
202A: "Monsters, Ghosts and Other Fantastic Beings: The Supernatural and the Mysterious in Japanes Culture", Irene Lin
207B/307B: "Islam in Central Asia", Devin DeWeese
209/309: "Priests, Prophets, and Kings: Religion & Society in Late Antique Iran", Yuhan Sohrab-Dinshaw Vevaina
222D/322D: "The Naqshbandi Sufi Tradition", Devin DeWeese
258/358: "Japanese Buddhist Texts", Carl Bielefeldt
304A: "Theories and Methods", Hester Gelber
Winter
IHUM 73A: "Ultimate Meanings: Decoding Religious Stories from around the World", Paul Harrison
11N: "The Meaning of Life: Philosophical, Aesthetic, and Religious Perspectives", Thomas Sheehan
15N: "Travels through the Afterlife", Steven Weitzman
27: "Exploring Islam", Azim Nanji
28SI: "Interfaith at Noon," faculty advisor Steven Weitzman
102: "Modern Islam", Azim Nanji
119: "Violence and Nonviolence: Gandhi and His Legacy", Linda Hess
132: "Early Christianity, Early Judaism, and Gender", Kirsti Copeland
136: "Buddhist Yoga", Carl Bielefeldt
144: "John Calvin and Christian Faith", Barbara Pitkin
162: "Spirituality and Nonviolent Urban and Social Transformation", Patricia Karlin-Neumann, Joanne Sanders, Julie Reed
172: "Sex, Body and Gender in Medieval Religion", Hester Gelber
188A: "Issues in Liberation: El Salvador", Thomas Sheehan
204: "Paleography of Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts", George Brown
209A/309A: "Sugar in the Milk: Modern Zoroastrianism as Race, Religion, & Ethnicity", Yuhan Sohrab-Dinshaw Vevaina
247/347: "Chinese Buddhist Texts", Paul Harrison
290: "Majors Seminar", Brent Sockness
ETHICSOC 190: "Ethics in Society Honors Seminar", Brent Sockness
Spring
IHUM 73B: “Ultimate Meanings: Decoding Religious Stories from around the World”, Steven Weitzman
15A: “The Bible and Archaeology”, Zvi Lederman
18: “Zen Buddhism”, Carl Bielefeldt
20A: “The Sun Also Shines on the Wicked: The Problem of Evil in Religious Thought”, Yuhan Sohrab-Dinshaw Vevaina
21: “Religion in Science Fiction and Fantasy”, Hester Gelber
29: “Men and Masculinity in Islam: Through the Prism of Texts, Art, and Films”, Ozgen Felek
65: “The Future of Christianity”, Barbara Pitkin
123: “Islam Today”, Azim Nanji
132C: “The Historical Jesus”, Thomas Sheehan
151: “Devotion in India: Poetry, Performance, Politics”, Linda Hess
182A/382A: “In Search of David and Solomon”, Zvi Lederman
220: “Modern Islamic Thought”, Azim Nanji
220C: “Islamic Manuscript Illumination: History, Theory, and Practice”, Ozgen Felek
248: “Buddhist Narratives & The Shaping of Medieval Chinese Religiosity”, Chiew Hui Ho
248C: “Buddhist Commentary Tradition in 4th Century China”, Jinhua Chen
251/351: “Readings in Indian Buddhist Texts”, Paul Harrison
279A: “Heidegger on Human Being and God”, Thomas Sheehan
298: “Senior Colloquium”, Barbara Pitkin
391: “Teaching Religious Studies”, Steven Weitzman
399: “Recent Works in Religious Studies”, Brent Sockness
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