Religion Courses key codes
Religion Department Courses
Although some courses could fall into two categories, no single course will fulfill more than one requirement for a particular student. Also, some of the 300 level generically titled seminars could have additional codes added after the topic has been decided and approved. Courses are keyed as follows:
AR = American Religions
AT = Asian Traditions
ET = Ethics
ST = Sacred Text
WT = Western Traditions
AR = American Religions
RELI 0155 Islam in America
RELI/HIST/AMST 0170 Religion in America
RELI/SOAN 0208 The Sociology of American Religion
RELI/HIST/AMST 0271 The Puritans and Their Cultured Despisers
RELI/SOAN 0273 American Religious Communities
RELI/AMST 0274 The Simple Life in American Culture
RELI 0275 Separation of Church and State: Religious Foundations for an American Idea
RELI/AMST 0276 Religion and the Borderlands
RELI/ENAM 0279 The Bible and American Literature
RELI/SOAN 303 Cults and New Religions
RELI 0305 Religion and Law: Between Scripture and Constitution
RELI/AMST 0370 Seminar in American Religion: Religion and Social Change in America
RELI 0371 From Puritanism to the Gospel of Wealth
RELI 0376 Religion and American Politics
AT = Asian Traditions
RELI 0120 Introduction to Asian Religions Classics
RELI 0140 Hindu Traditions of India
RELI 0209 Religion and Science: Mindfulness and Modern Psychology
RELI 0220 Buddhist Traditions in India
RELI 0223 The Buddhist Tradition in East Asia
RELI 0224 Tibetan Buddhism
RELI 0225 Chinese Religions
RELI 0226 Modern Chinese Religions
RELI 0227 The Taoist Tradition
RELI/JAPN 0228 Japanese Religions
RELI 0243 Hindu Ethics
RELI 0254 Islam in South Asia
RELI/SOAN 303 Cults and New Religions
RELI 0320 Seminar in Buddhist Philosophy
RELI 0325 Seminar in Buddhist Studies
RELI 0326 Seminar in Buddhist Ethics
RELI 0327 Seminar in Taoism
RELI 0328 Seminar on Japanese Religions
RELI 0329 Persecution and Revival of Religion in Modern China
RELI/WAGS 0341 The Divine Feminine in Hindu Traditions
RELI 0345 Seminar in Hindu Studies
ET = Ethics
RELI 0190 Introduction to Religious Ethics
RELI 0243 Hindu Ethics
RELI 0275 Separation of Church and State: Religious Foundations for an American Idea
RELI 0293 Religion and Bioethics
RELI 0295 Faith, Freedom, and Ecology
RELI/PSYC 0308 Seminar in Religion and Science
RELI 0326 Seminar in Buddhist Ethics
RELI 0359 Issues in Islamic Law and Ethics: Questions of Life and Death
RELI 0371 From Puritanism to the Gospel of Wealth
RELI 0376 Religion and American Politics
RELI 0395 Religion, Ethics, and the Environment
RELI 0396 War and Peace in Christian Thought
RELI/SOAN 0447 Moral Economy
RELI/INTL 0462/PSCI 0362 Religion, Nation, and State in the Contemporary World
ST = Sacred Texts
RELI/ENAM 0180 An Introduction to Biblical Literature
RELI 0185 Art and the Bible
RELI 0236 The Tradition of the Eastern Orthodox Church
RELI 260 Classical Jewish Texts
RELI/ENAM 0279 The Bible and American Literature
RELI 0280 Studies in Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
RELI 0281 Studies in the New Testament
RELI/WAGS 0290 Women’s Religious Life and Thought
RELI 0305 Religion and Law: Between Scripture and Constitution
RELI 0331 History of the Bible
RELI 0350 Seminar in Islam
RELI 0380 Seminar in Biblical Studies: The Making of the Bibles
RELI 0381/CLAS 0309 Seminar in the New Testament: Pauline Letters
RELI/WAGS 0391 Seminar on Women and Religion
WT= Western Traditions
RELI 0110 Introductions to Western Religious Life and Thought
RELI 0130 The Christian Tradition
RELI 0150 The Islamic Tradition
RELI 0155 Islam in America
RELI 0160 The Jewish Tradition
RELI/CLAS 0162 The Formation of Judaism in Antiquity
RELI/ENAM 0180 An Introduction to Biblical Literature
RELI 0185 Art and the Bible
RELI 0230 Sinners, Mystics, and Skeptics : Medieval Intellectuals
RELI/RUSS 0231 The Russian Religious Experience (in English)
RELI/PHIL 0232 Philosophy of Religion
RELI 0234 Christianity, Colonialism, and Empire
RELI 0235 Christianity and Modern Culture
RELI 0236 The Tradition of the Eastern Orthodox Church
RELI 0237 Christianity in Early Modern Europe
RELI 0253 Sufism: The Heritage and Practice of Islamic Mysticism
RELI 0254 Islam in South Asia
RELI 0255 Islam in the Modern World
RELI 0257 Shi’ism: Origins and Contemporary Practice
RELI 0260 Classical Jewish Texts
RELI 0263 Varieties of Modern Judaism
RELI/HIST/AMST 0271 The Puritans and Their Cultured Despisers
RELI/ENAM 0279 The Bible and American Literature
RELI 0280 Studies in Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
RELI 0281 Studies in the New Testament
RELI 0287 Greco-Roman Religions
RELI 0289/HIST 0243 The Mediterranean World, 400-1600
RELI/WAGS 290 Women’s Religious Life and Thought
RELI 0292 Psychology of Religion
RELI 0305 Religion and Law: Between Scripture and Constitution
RELI 0310 Issues in Modern Religious Thought
RELI 0315 Comparative Themes in Religious Studies: Augustine’s City of God and Contemporary Thought
RELI/HIST 0318 The Crusades: Judaism, Christianity and Islam in Contact in the Middle Ages
RELI 0319 Jerusalem: Its Sanctity According to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
RELI 0330 Seminar in Christian Studies
RELI 0331 History of the Bible
RELI 0332 Christian Heresy
RELI 0335 History of Christian Thought
RELI 0350 Seminar in Islam
RELI 0352 Paradise Lost: Muslims, Christians, and Jews in al-Andalus
RELI 0359 Issues in Islamic Law and Ethics: Questions of Life and Death
RELI 0360 Seminar in Jewish Thought
RELI 0361 Seminar in Ancient Judaism
RELI/AMST 0370 Seminar in American Religion: Religion and Social Change in America
RELI 0371 From Puritanism to the Gospel of Wealth
RELI 0381/CLAS 0309 Seminar in the New Testament: Pauline Letters
RELI 0385 Seminar in Christian Origins
RELI 0387 Seminar on the Religions of Rome
RELI/WAGS 0391 Seminar on Women and Religion
RELI 0396 War and Peace in Christian Thought
RELI 0411/HIST 0400 Readings in Medieval History: Saints or Sinners in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
RELI/INTL/HIST 0459 Clash of Civilizations? Islam and the West Since 1600
Other Departmental Courses
RELI 0400 Seminar on the Study of Religion
RELI 0500 Independent Research
RELI 0601 Senior Project
RELI 0700 Senior Research for Honors Candidates