RELIGST 221: The Talmud: Research Methods and Tools (RELIGST 321)
This seminar introduces students to the academic study of the Talmud and related classical rabbinic texts from late antiquity. Students will engage the major philological and historical questions concerning the making of the Talmud, along with textual tools to help them decode the texts. Prerequisite: Hebrew.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Fonrobert, C. (PI)
RELIGST 221C: Aramaic Texts (JEWISHST 221C, JEWISHST 321C, RELIGST 321C)
Reading in Aramaic and Syriac with special focus on grammar and syntax of ancient texts.
Terms: Aut, Win
| Units: 1-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Penn, M. (PI)
RELIGST 231: European Reformations (HISTORY 231G, HISTORY 331G, RELIGST 331)
Readings in and discussion of theological and social aspects of sixteenth century reformations: Luther, Radical Reform, Calvin, and Council of Trent, missionary expansion, religious conflict, creative and artistic expressions. Texts include primary sources and secondary scholarly essays and monographs.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II, WAY-SI
Instructors:
Pitkin, B. (PI)
;
Stokes, L. (PI)
RELIGST 246: Constructing Race and Religion in America (AFRICAAM 236, AMSTUD 246, CSRE 246, HISTORY 256G, HISTORY 356G, RELIGST 346)
This seminar focuses on the interrelationships between social constructions of race, and social interpretations of religion in America. How have assumptions about race shaped religious worldviews? How have religious beliefs shaped racial attitudes? How have ideas about religion and race contributed to notions of what it means to be "American"? We will look at primary and secondary sources, and at the historical development of ideas and practices over time.
Last offered: Winter 2018
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-EDP, WAY-SI
RELIGST 251: Readings in Indian Buddhist Texts (RELIGST 351)
Introduction to Buddhist literature through reading original texts in Sanskrit. Prerequisite: Sanskrit. Undergraduates register for 251 for 5 units. Graduate students register for 351 for 3-5 units.
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Harrison, P. (PI)
RELIGST 252: Hearts and Diamonds: The Lives of Buddhist Sacred Texts
An exploration of two key Mahayana Buddhist scriptures (the Heart & Diamond Sutras) and their histories, looking at what they say and how they have been used, from the first millennium to the present day.
Last offered: Autumn 2012
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
RELIGST 258: Readings in Japanese Buddhist Texts (RELIGST 358)
In this course, we will read premodern Japanese Buddhist texts. Prerequisite: Chinese and/or Japanese.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Mross, M. (PI)
RELIGST 283A: Modern Notions of 'The Holy': Hölderlin, Heidegger, Celan (COMPLIT 283A, COMPLIT 383A, GERMAN 283A, GERMAN 383A, RELIGST 383A)
This course explores the question, "What may we call 'holy' in the modern era?" by focusing mostly on three key writers and thinkers, who "in various ways, and in different times" raised this question: Friedrich Hölderlin, Martin Heidegger, and Paul Celan. Given the scope of this question and its various reverberations and implications, we will also read "continental philosophy of religion" (Marion, Courtine, Caputo, and Vattimo, among others), as well as some of the work of Jacques Derrida.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
Instructors:
Eshel, A. (PI)
;
Sheehan, T. (PI)
RELIGST 290: Majors' Seminar: Theories of Religion
Required of all majors and combined majors. The study of religion reflects upon itself. Representative modern and contemporary attempts to "theorize," and thereby understand, the phenomena of religion in anthropology, psychology, sociology, cultural studies, and philosophy. WIM.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
Instructors:
Sockness, B. (PI)
SLAVIC 77Q: Russia's Weird Classic: Nikolai Gogol
Preference to sophomores. An investigation of the works and life of Nikolai Gogol, the most eccentric of Russian authors and the founder of what is dubbed Fantastic Realism. Our investigation will be based on close reading of works written in various genres and created in various stages of Gogol's literary career. Taught in English.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
Instructors:
Fleishman, L. (PI)
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