RELIGST 377: The Later Heidegger: Art, Poetry, Language (PHIL 234B, RELIGST 277)
Lectures and seminar discussions of the problematic of the later Heidegger (1930 - 1976) in the light of his entire project. Readings from "On the Origin of the Work of Art" and Elucidations of Holderlin's Poetry.
Last offered: Autumn 2012
RELIGST 378: Heidegger: Confronting the Ultimate (RELIGST 278)
Heidegger's work on meaning, the self, and the sacred. Texts include
Being and Time, courses and opuscula up to 1933, the
Letter on Humanism, and
Contributions of Philosophy.
Last offered: Winter 2010
RELIGST 379: After God: Why religion at all? (RELIGST 279)
God is dead, but where does religion come from? The end of the quest for God in twentieth century philosophy. Robert Bellah's Religion in Human Evolution plus seminal works of Heidegger, including Being and Time, 'What Is Metaphysics?' 'Nietzsche's Saying `God is Dead.' 'N.B.: Class size limited. Apply early at tsheehan@stanford.edu.
Last offered: Autumn 2014
RELIGST 379A: Heidegger on human being and God (RELIGST 279A)
This lecture-seminar first raises the question of essential characteristics of human being, such as temporality, mortality, hermeneutics and the relation to meaning, and then, via readings from Karl Rahner, asks whether human being is open to a possible relation to a supernatural divinity.
Last offered: Spring 2012
RELIGST 380: Schleiermacher: Reconstructing Religion (RELIGST 280)
Idealist philosopher, Moravian pietist, early German Romantic, co-founder of the University of Berlin, head preacher at Trinity Church, translator of Plato's works, Hegel's opponent, pioneer in modern hermeneutics, father of modern theology. Schleiermacher's controversial reconception of religion and theology in its philosophical context.
Last offered: Autumn 2010
RELIGST 381: Asian Religions in America; Asian American Religions (AMSTUD 281, ASNAMST 281, RELIGST 281)
This course will analyze both the reception in America of Asian religions (i.e. of Buddhism in the 19th century), and the development in America of Asian American religious traditions.
Last offered: Winter 2014
RELIGST 382: King Solomon and the Search for Wisdom (RELIGST 282)
What is wisdom according to the Bible? The course addresses this question by surveying various biblical and post-biblical texts associated with King Solomon. Other topics include the on-going debate over the historical existence of a Solomonic kingdom, the origins and history of the Jerusalem Temple, and Solomon's role in Jewish, Christian and Islamic tradition.
Last offered: Winter 2011
RELIGST 383A: Heidegger, Hölderlin, and the Gods (RELIGST 283A)
The radical transformations in Western notions of God between the death of Hegel and the birth of historical materialism, arguing that questions about theism and atheism, humanism, and history formulated in the period 1831-50 are still pertinent. Texts from Hegel, the young Hegelians, Feuerbach, and Marx on issues of God, history, and the social dimensions of human nature.
RELIGST 384: RESEARCH IN CHRISTIAN studies
Independent study in Christianity. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Terms: Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-15
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Lum, K. (PI)
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Pitkin, B. (PI)
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Shaw, J. (PI)
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Sheehan, T. (PI)
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Sockness, B. (PI)
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Yearley, L. (PI)
RELIGST 385: Research in Buddhist Studies
Independent study in Buddhism. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-15
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Bashir, S. (PI)
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Bielefeldt, C. (PI)
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Bokenkamp, S. (PI)
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Bashir, S. (PI)
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Bielefeldt, C. (PI)
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Bokenkamp, S. (PI)
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Copeland, K. (PI)
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Crowley, P. (PI)
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Fonrobert, C. (PI)
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Foulk, T. (PI)
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Gelber, H. (PI)
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Harrison, P. (PI)
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Hess, L. (PI)
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Horton, S. (PI)
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Kangas, D. (PI)
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Kieschnick, J. (PI)
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Lin, I. (PI)
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Nanji, A. (PI)
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Pitkin, B. (PI)
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Sadeghi, B. (PI)
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Sheehan, T. (PI)
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Sockness, B. (PI)
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Vevaina, Y. (PI)
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Weitzman, S. (PI)
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Yearley, L. (PI)
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