Course Archive

2011-2012 Course Offerings
Fall 2011 | Winter 2012 | Spring 2012

2010-2011 Course Offerings
Fall 2010 | Winter 2011 | Spring 2011

Fall 2011

Undergraduate Courses
101 Philosophy and Religion: The Works of Woody Allen - TTH's – Molina
221 Intro to New Testament - MWF 2-2:50pm –Kieckhefer
220 Intro to Hebrew Bible - TTH 11-12:20pm –Balberg
261 Amer. Religion, Ecology, Culture - TTH 11-12:20pm – Taylor
264 Amer. Religion - MW 9:30-10:50pm  – Orsi
339 Topics in Judaism - TTH 3:30-4:50pm – Gordan
340-1 Foundations of Christian Thought - MWF 11-11:50pm –Kieckhefer
383- Catholic Social Ethics - TTH 9:30-10:50pm – Traina
396-1 Senior Seminar - T 3:30-5pm –Bond
PHIL 210 History of Philosophy - MWF 11-11:50pm –Seeskin

Graduate Courses
471 Spiritual Exercises, or, Philosophy as a Way of Life - W 11-2pm –Molina
481-1 Theory and Method of Religion - M 3-5pm – Orsi

Winter 2012

Undergraduate Courses
171 Intro to African Religion - MW 11-12:20pm – Umar
210 Intro to Buddhis m- MW 2-3:20pm – Jacoby
250 Intro to Islam - MW 2-3:20pm – Umar
265 Amer Religion - MWF 10-10:50pm – Orsi
318 Topics in East Asian Religions - MW 12:30-1:50pm – Terrone
319 East Asian Religious Classics - TTH 3:30-4:50PM – Terrone
330 Ancient Judaism: Sacred and Profane - TTH 2-3:20pm – Balberg
332 Modern Jewish Thought - W 1-4pm – Sufrin
333 Jewish women writers & the search for religion - TTH 3:30-4:50pm – Gordan
340-2 Foundations of Christian Thought - TTH 9:30-10:20pm –Helmer
359 Gender, Sexuality & Islam - MW 12:30-2:00pm – Evren Savci
369 Religion, Race, and Ethnicity - TTH 12:30-1:50pm – Sylvester Johnson
371 Religion and Film- TH 1-4pm –Vaux
374 Peace and Religion- MW 3:30-4:50pm –Mortensen
384 Soundings of Catholic Tradition- MW 2-3:20pm – Kristin Doll
395 Theory and Method- F 10-12:50pm –Jacoby
396-2 Senior Seminar - T 3:30-5pm – Bond

Graduate Courses
460 Topics in Christianity- TH 2-5pm – Kieckhefer
471 Studies in History of Religion- W 1-3pm – Orsi
481-2 Contemporary Theory- M 2-4pm – Helmer
AFAM 480-0-22 MLK, Malcolm X, & Amer. Empire - TH 4-7pm – Johnson

Spring 2012

101 Freshman Seminar - TTH 2-3:20pm –Helmer
170 Religion in Human Experience - 2-3:20pm – Kieckhefer
200 Intro to Hinduism - TTH 12:30-1:50pm – Terrone
230 Intro to Judaism - MW 11-12:20pm – Balberg
271 Theology of Love - TTH 9:30-10:50am – Helmer
318 Tibetan Religions - TTH 9:30-10:50am – Jacoby
319 Buddhism and Gender - W 1:00-3:20pm – Jacoby
320 Art of Biblical Narrative - MW 2-3:20pm – Balberg
333 God after the Holocaust - MW 9:30-10:50am – Sufrin
339 The German Reformation and the Jews - W 5:30-8:20pm – Dean Bell
340-3 Foundations of Christian Thought - MWF 10-10:50am – Traina
353 Reform and Revolution in Islam - T 3-6:00pm – Reese
359 Topics in Islam: Indian Ocean Islam - TH 3-6:00pm – Reese
359 Islam in Africa - MW 12:30-1:50pm – Umar
363 American Jezebels: Witches, Hussies, and Heretics - T 2-5:00pm – Taylor
369 Religion and American Popular Culture - TH 2-5:00pm &ndash ;Taylor
382 Catholicism and Modern World - T 11-2:00pm –Molina

Graduate Courses
472 Graduate Seminar - TH 2-5:00pm –Zoloth
482 Religion and Violence - 2-5:00pm –Umar
474 Spinoza: Atheist or God Intoxicated? - M 7pm – Seeskin

2010-2011 Course Offerings

Fall 2010

Undergraduate Courses 101-6 Freshman Seminar; Conquest of Mexico - TTH 3:30-4:50pm – Molina
173 Religion, Medicine & Suffering - MWF 12-12:50pm – Orsi
200 Intro to Hinduism - MWF 10-10:50am – Terrone
220 Hebrew Bible - MW 2-3:20pm – Wimpfheimer
240 Intro to Christianity - MWF 9-9:50am – Traina
260 Native American Religions - TTH 11-12:20pm – Taylor
312 Zen Buddhism - MW 3:30-4:50pm – Ziporyn
350 The Qur’an - TTH 3:30-4:50pm – Seesemann
353 Trends in Islamic Thought - TTH 9:30-10:50am – Seesemann
395 Theories of Religion - T 2-5:pm – Taylor
396-1 Senior Seminar - M 2-4:50pm – Traina

Graduate Courses
471 Gender & Embodiment - F 10:00-12:50am – Molina
481-2 Contemporary Theory - M 3-4:50pm – Orsi

Winter 2011

Undergraduate Courses 170 Religion in Human Experience - MW 2-2:50pm – Molina
210 Intro to Buddhism - MW 11-12:20pm – Jacoby
250 Intro to Islam - MW 12-1:20pm – Umar
272 Luther’s Reformation & the Transform of the West - TTH 9:30-10:40 – Helmer
318 Topics in East Asian Religions, Daoism - TTH 3:30-4:50pm – Ziporyn
329 Archeology & Hebrew Bible - TTH 3:30-4:50pm – Mortensen
333 Judaism in Modernity, Spinoza (crosslist with Philosophy) – Ziporyn
339 Topic in Judaism, American Judaism - MW 11-12:20 – Sufrin
339 Reading the Talmud in Translation - TTH 11-12:20 – Wimpfheimer
349 Topics in Christianity, Theology of Sport - M 2-4:40pm – Helmer
349 Topics in Christianity, Quakerism - TTH 12-1:20pm – Glaholt
353 Islamic Political Thought - TTH 9:30-11:30 – Seesemann
359 Topics in Islam, Muslim Saints - TTH 3:30-4:50pm – Seesemann
372 Religion & Film - TH 6-9:15pm – Vaux
385 Topics in Catholic Studies, Catholic 60’s - TTH 11-12:20pm – Orsi
389 Living and Dying in Colonial Mexico - TH 2-5:00pm – Molina
396-2 Senior Seminar - M 2-4:30pm – Traina

Graduate Courses
462 Topics in American Religion - T 3-5pm – Orsi
481-1 Theory and Method of Religion - F 10-1pm – Jacoby
482 Themes in Comparative Religion, Religion & Violence - Th 3-5pm – Umar

Spring 2011

Undergraduate Courses
210 Intro to Buddhism - TTH 12-1:20pm – Terrone
221 Intro to New Testament - MWF 11-11:50am – Kieckhefer
230 Intro to Judaism - MWF 10-10:50am – Wimpfheimer
270 Intro to Theology: Thought, Reality and God - MWF 11-11:50am – Helmer
318 Goddess Traditions in South Asia - TTH 10-11:20am &ndash ;Jacoby
319 Topics in Buddhism, Buddhist Biography - T 2-4:50pm – Jacoby
331 Classical Jewish Thought - TTH 11-12:20pm – Weiss
345 The Idea of Sainthood in Christianity-MW 2-3:20pm – Kieckhefer
369 / History 301 Topics in Am. Religion, Teenage Rites of Passage - TH 2-5pm – Taylor
374 Spiritual Vision in Action - TTH 3:30-4:50pm – Mortensen
379-20 Topics in Comparative Religion, Religion & Nature - T 2-4:50pm – Baugh
379-21 Jewish & Christian Responses to Natural Disaster - TH 5-8pm – Bell

Graduate Courses
570-3 Graduate Seminar on Christianity, Schleiermacher – Helmer