2013 – 2014 - Barton College

188 Arts and Sciences: Religion and PhilosophyPHI 312. Ethics. 3.A study of classical and contemporary moral language and moral theories.PHI 410. Western Political Theory. 3.A review of the main currents of Western political theory from Plato to the present.Courses of Instruction: Religious StudiesREL 110. World Religions. 3.An introductory study of major living religions: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism,Confucianism, and Taoism. Fall, Spring.REL 123. Historical Foundations of Christianity. 3.An examination of the most important historical events, theological ideas, and institutionalstructures of the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Protestant Christianity from the secondcentury CE to the present. Fall, Spring.REL 130. Introduction to Religious Studies. 3.An introduction to the vocabulary and methodologies of the academic study of religion, withspecial emphasis on religious experience, metaphors, action, and change. Fall, Spring.REL 221. The Old Testament. 3.An introduction to the history and literature of the Old Testament. Fall.REL 222. The New Testament. 3.An introduction to the history and literature of the New Testament. Spring.Prerequisite: ENG 102.REL 231. Religion, Society and Culture. 3.An examination of the way in which religion both orders and is ordered by society and howit creates meaning through practice. Fall, Spring.REL 232. Religion and Self. 3.An exploration of different ways that religions understand the “self ” and ways that the “self ”adopts religion. Classical readings in both the psychology of religion (e.g. Freud, Jung, James)and religious studies (Hinduism, Taoism, Islam, and Christianity). Fall.REL 309. African-American Religions. 3.An exploration of the development of African-American religion, considering the historicalroots, social and cultural dimensions, impact on American religious life and culture, andcontemporary trends. Spring.