2013-2014 Course Catalog - PDF Format - Flagler College

286 FLAGLER COLLEGE
RELIGION
REL 328 – Hinduism and India (3)
This course will examine prominent religions and the politics of Hinduism
and India. We will be concerned with the culture, religion, and political situations
of India for the most part. Students should come to understand how interwoven
the tapestry of religion, politics, and culture is in this area. Hinduism and the
latter politics of India is of primary importance and the focus of this course –
Buddhism and Islam as constituent elements of India’s history receive fuller
attention in other courses. This course is cross listed with POS 328.
REL 335 – Religion and Film (3)
REL 340 –Selected Topics (1-6)
Selected Topics offers students opportunities for study in areas of religion that
are outside those offered in the catalog. Sample courses include Islam and Politics;
Introduction to Judaism, Women, Race and Religion; and Religion and Politics.
REL 377 – Study Abroad Orientation (1)
Students who intend to participate in a Study Abroad Program, with transfer
credit counted towards a major in Philosophy and Religion, or a minor in religion,
will be required to enroll in this course in the semester prior to departure.
REL 411 – Contemporary Theological Thought (3)
Prerequisites: REL 101 or REL 102. This course examines the writings of
selected theologians of the 20th and 21st centuries within their historical,
cultural, and philosophical contexts. The focus of the course is the varied
responses of theologians to prominent themes and concerns of the modern and
post-modern world.
REL 423 – Medieval Religion and Culture (3)
This course examines the medieval Christian worldview in the context
of Western European history. Primary sources are utilized in the analysis of
orthodoxy, heresy, acculturation, economics, gender roles, sainthood, reform,
faith, reason, mysticism, kingship, and cross-cultural religious encounters.
Particular reference is given to selected women writers of the Middle Ages.
REL 428 – God, Ape and Man (3)
To what extent are we based in the works of God, or simply the processes
of evolution? Traditionally religion was known as the “Queen of the Sciences”,
before Galileo’s day. There was a unity of theological perspectives in the Christian
tradition that relied upon Biblical and classical Greek resources. With the advent