Courses in the Religious Dimensions domain offer students the opportunity to explore the explicitly religious dimensions of life and culture. These dimensions are found in the culturally embedded narratives, beliefs and practices of particular religions, as well as in encounters with realities perceived to be ultimate or sacred. Through myth, symbol, ritual and doctrine, these religions not only provide order and meaning, they also carry capacities to challenge and transform individuals and societies. Intellectual and social maturity requires understanding the unique contributions, both positive and negative, of the religious traditions of the world to culture and consciousness. It also requires coming to terms with questions of ultimacy. This Learning Domain offers courses with a comparative, thematic or ethical focus, as well as courses in specific traditions.
Students will take one course from the category of Religious and Ethical Questions and another from the category Religious Traditions.
RELIGIOUS AND ETHICAL QUESTIONS
CATHOLIC STUDIES
CTH 244 Debates about God
CTH 248 Religious Traditions and Contemporary Moral Issues
CTH 265 Literature and the Sacred
CTH 270 Jesus Across Cultures
CTH 292 Women and Saint Vincent de Paul
MANAGEMENT
MGT 228 Business, Ethics, and Society
PHILOSOPHY
PHL 340 Philosophy of Religion
RELIGIOUS STUDIES
REL 103 Religious Worlds in Comparative Perspective
REL 111 The American Religious Experience
REL 190 Interpreting Sacred Texts
REL 200 Debates About God
REL 201 Religion and Ethics I
REL 202 Ethical Worlds: Moral Issues Across Cultures
REL 208 Methods and Approaches in the Study of Religion
REL 212 Religion and Popular Cultural in America
REL 220 Psychology and Religion
REL 221 Religion in Society
REL 222 Religious Traditions and Contemporary Moral Issues
REL 223 Literature and the Sacred
REL 224 Religion and Politics in the United States
REL 225 Religion and the Visual Arts
REL 227 Religious Ethics and Professional Life
REL 228 Business, Ethics and Society
REL 229 Medicine, Ethics and Society
REL 254 The Body & Human Relationships: Divergent Meanings, Conflicting Values
REL 256 Wellness, Disease and AIDS in Cross Cultural Perspective
REL 257 Death and Its Beyond: Experience, Myths and Rituals
REL 260 Religion and Political Conflict
REL 262 Religion & Globalization
REL 263 Religion and Politics in the Middle East
REL 264 Colonization, Religion and Resistance
REL 265 Reform Movements within Islam
REL 273 Jesus Across Cultures
REL 274 Women in African Religion and Culture
REL 278 Women and Religion
SOCIOLOGY
SOC 343 Social Dimensions of Religion
RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS
ART
ART 250 Buddhist Art
ART
CATHOLIC STUDIES
CTH 200 Contemporary Catholicism
CTH 205 Catholicism in World History I - Jesus to 1500
CTH 206 Catholicism in World History II - Modern & Post-modern Times
CTH 209 Theories of the Church: Concepts and Controversies
CTH 211 The Bible: An Introduction
CTH 212 Ancient Israel: Its History, Literature, and Religion
CTH 213 Introduction to the New Testament
CTH 215 Varieties of Early Christianity
CTH 216 Paul and His Influence in Early Christianity
CTH 226 Experience and Narrative in the Roman Catholic Tradition
CTH 231 Community and Ritual in the Roman Catholic Tradition
CTH 243 Roman Catholic Theological Thinking
CTH 247 Catholic Social Thought
CTH 249 Nature, Cosmos, and God: Catholicism and Science
CTH 271 Roman Catholicism’s Encounter with Other Religions
CTH 274 Ireland: Religion and the Contemporary Troubles
CTH 279 Catholicism and the Family
CTH 283 Ethics and Society in the Roman Catholic Tradition
CTH 290 The Life and Times of Vincent de Paul
CTH 293 The Daughters of Charity
CTH 295 The Vincentians in America
ISLAMIC WORLD STUDIES PROGRAM
IWS 100 Introduction to Islamic World Studies
IWS 101 Introduction to the Texts of Islam
RELIGIOUS STUDIES
REL 109 The Jewish Experience
REL 110 The Christian Experience
REL 113 The Latino Religious Experience in the U.S.
REL 115 The African American Religious Experience
REL 116 The Islamic Experience
REL 142 The Hindu Experience
REL 143 The Buddhist Experience
REL 144 The African Religious Experience
REL 161 Indigenous Religions of North America
REL 162 Popular & Indigenous Religions of Mexico & Central America
REL 180 Introduction to Catholicism
REL 183 Themes in Catholic Social Thought
REL 205 Religion and Ethics II
REL 213 Christian Thought in Classical and Medieval Times
REL 214 Transformation in Christianity: The Reformation to the Present
REL 217 Islam in Global Contexts
REL 218 Black Intellectual Traditions
REL 230 The Bible: An Introduction
REL 232 Ancient Israel: History, Literature and Religion
REL 233 Introduction to the New Testament
REL 234 Varieties of Early Christianity
REL 235 Paul and His Influence in Early Christianity
REL 236 Varieties of Judaism in the Greek and Roman World
REL 237 Gods and Goddesses in the Greek and Roman World
REL 238 The Historical Jesus
REL 239 The Bible Goes to the Movies
REL 241 Religion in Chinese History, Society and Culture
REL 243 Buddhism: An Intensive Introduction
REL 245 Religion in Japanese History, Society and Culture
REL 246 Traditions of Chinese Popular Culture
REL 247 Literature and Religion in Japan
REL 248 Literature and Religion in China
REL 266 Islam in the United States
REL 267 Ireland: Religion and the Contemporary Troubles
REL 268 Modern Judaism
REL 269 Rabbinic Religion and Culture
REL 270 Women in the Bible
REL 271 The Qur’an and Its Interpreters
REL 272 Muslim Women in Texts
REL 275 Medieval Judaism under Christianity and Islam
REL 280 Roman Catholic Theological Thinking
REL 281 Community and Ritual in the Roman Catholic Tradition
REL 282 Experience and Narrative in the Roman Catholic Tradition
REL 283 Ethics and Society in the Roman Catholic Tradition
REL 285 Roman Catholicism’s Encounter with Other Religions
REL 287 Roman Catholic Moral Thinking
REL 291 Looking for God in Latin America
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