A study of religious traditions in Africa with focus on advents, contacts, common grounds in religious beliefs, practices, and teachings. Referencing African Traditional Religion, Christianity, and Islam, this course examines themes such as faith, worship, concepts of creation, sin, salvation, and dynamics of interactions, including syncretism and religious dialogue.

Not offered on a regular basis.

An in-depth survey and examination of the identification, origins, formations, and developments of African Derived Religions outside the African Continent. It focuses on the religious and social emancipation and identity issues fostered by the religions in their different locations, particularly in contemporary religious, social, and legal dynamics.

Not offered on a regular basis.

A major field or issue in Judaic studies such as Rabbinic literature, Jewish Mysticism, or Post-Holocaust Theology, or a particular Jewish thinker or school of thought. Some topics will require a reading knowledge of Hebrew.

1 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. Offered every odd-numbered year.

Major issues in Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) and/or New Testament research. Pentateuchal criticism, prophecy, apocalyptic movements, wisdom literature, the history of Religion of Ancient Israel, the text of the New Testament, the canon of the New Testament, Synoptic Gospels, Jesus, and Paul. Some topics will require a reading knowledge of Greek and/or Hebrew.

1 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. Not offered on a regular basis.

Issues in one or more religions of South or East Asia, focusing on textual, historical, and/or interpretive problems.

1 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. Not offered on a regular basis.

Major issues in Islamic studies, Qur'anic exegesis, Islamic law, philosophy, history, literature, hadith, sectarianism, and Sufism.

1 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. Offered every even-numbered year.

Traditional and contemporary problems and topics in theology. Substantive and methodological issues will be addressed.

1 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. Offered every even-numbered year.

The life, thought, and religious activities of a selected major or innovative Christian leader and his/her impact on the development of Christianity.

1 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. Not offered on a regular basis.

Major issues in arts, literature, and religion with concentration on cultural and theoretical literature. The course may involve a topic or concentrate on one or several key theorists in the study of religion and the arts.

The works of Christian theologians both past and present. Substantive and methodological issues will be addressed.

1 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. Offered every odd-numbered year.