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292 RELIGIOUS STUDIESRELIG ST 2P06 JAPANESE CIVILIZATIONIntroduction t() Japanese history, society; and culture through a study ofthe religious traditions, Iiterature,and art of Japa8.Two lectures, orie tutorial; two termsCross-list: JAPAN ST 2P06RELIG ST 2Q03 , INTRODUCTION TO ISLAMThe origins and early~historY of Islam with an,emphasison the Koran,a'n'd 'the early Muslim community.'Two lectures, one tutorial; one termRELIG ST 2QQ3 CULTS IN NORTH AMERICAAn examination of recent religious trends in North' America. The HareKrishna Movement, the Church of Scientology, the' "Family" BranchOavidians and Satanism will be covered. ' "Two lectures, one tutorial; one termRELIG ST 2SS3 WOMEN AND RELIGION, A ~tudy' of the status and roies of women in several .religions, suchas Hinduism, B'uddhistn, Confucianism, Christian'lty, Judaism, and Is~'lam., ,Important women religi'ous figures and feminist theology will alsobe studied.' 'Two lectures, orie tutorial;, one term ' : , ", ' ,RELIG ST 2U03, RELIGIONAND'THE MORAL IMAGINATION parties,-the roje of the temple,apocalypticism" and the Dead Sea Scrolls.,An exploration Of religious and ethical, themes/symbols/practices in se- ' Two lectures, 'one tutorial; one term'lected ancient and modern literature (including plays, stories; poetry)'and al'tin, the, western traditions.Cross-list: HISTORY 3003'Antirequisite: RELIG 8T 2NN3 .Two lectures, one tutorial; one termRELIG ST3E03 JAPANESE RELIGION'Antirequi~ite: RELIG 8T 2UU3 'A study of japanese religion'and how it functions in Japanese society.RELIG ST 2V03' ISLAM AND THE MODERN WORLDTopics will include ShintO, Shamanism; Ancestor. Worship,JapaneseThe spread 'of Islam, Islam as a minority comrhunity, the rol,e of women inIslam and fundamentalism.TWo lectures,one tutorial;qne termBUd,dhism' and the New Religions of Japan.Two lectures, one tutorial; one termCross-list: JAPAN ST 3E03'RELIG ST 2VV3 ' THE BiBL.E AS LITERATURE'RELIG 8T 3F03 APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF RELIGIONAoexamination of narratives from the Hebrew Bible, Intertestamentalliterature, and New Testament, frbm a literary perspective. Attention 'ispaid to'narrative features such as character,~plot, irony and symbolism,as well as to the dynamics of the reading experience.TWO lectures, one tutorial; one term,Cross-list: COMP LIT 2G03, A study of 'the various ways religious phenomena can' be studied,. e.g.psychologically, sociologically, pliilosophically; theologically, comparativelY,etc. Attention is ~Iso given to the history of the discipline ofreligious studies:Two lectures, one tutorial; one termPrerequisite: Six units of Religious Studies courses above Level IRELIGST 2W03 ' RELIGION AND ECOLOGY'RELIG 'ST 3.103 JEWS,CHRISTIANS J AND' 'Attitudes toward nature or the environment in Native, Asian and WesternReligious Traditions; the underlying assumpti()ns'of our contemp'oraryOTHERS IN ANTIQUITYAn .examination of the contacts, conflicts, and competition, among ,Jews,view of the natural: world. ,'Christians, and their non-Jewish, non-Christian neighpours (Greeks,Two lectures, one tdtori~l; one terrnRomans, Egyptians) in the ancient· world.RELIG ST 2WW3 'HEALTH, HEALING AND REL.IGIONTwo, lectures, one tutorial; one termAn examination of, the different ways in which religion and health iare RELIG ST 3KK3 CHRISTIANITY INTHE MODERN PERIODrelated.' Ideas of sickness and techniques ()f healing will be studied in a Topics in Christianity (Catholic and Protestant} from the 17th'to the 20th,variety of traditional and modern religious contexts. "centuries. Attention is given to the interaction, between s.ecular andTwo ,lectures, one tutorial; one termreligious thought. ."RELIG ST 2YY3 , THE BIBLEAND FILMTw() lectures, one tutorial; one termAn examination of the use of the Bible in film.' A variety of film genres will RELIP ST 3K03, ' THE BIBLE THROUGH THE AGI;Sbe studied including the Disney cartoon, biblical epic, horror film, contem~porary comedy and drama and the rock music video. ,Issuesto be discussedinclude the transformation of biblical images in popular media andA study of the different' ways in which the Bible Mas been read, fromantiquity to ~hemodern world,. both ins!t1e' and outside the communitiesfor which it serves as sacred scripture. The course will focus on 'film asa vehicle for conveying religious values.' selected key figures 'in the history of biblical interpretation.Two lectures, one tutorial; one termTwo lectures, one tutorial; one term 'RELIG ST,2Z03 GREEK AND ROMAN RELlG!ONRELIG ST 3L03 THE INDIAN RELIGIOUS TRADITiONA study of the role of religion in Greek and Roman public and private life.Three lectures; one termPrerequisite: Registration in Level, II, or aboveReadings of Indian religious texts in translation wilrconcentrate on themessuch as the nature of human nature; free will and determinism; personalidentity, and the quest for. perfection; renunciation and social action;Cross~list: CLASSICS2:Z03 '. violence arid non-violence; altruism ~nd selfishness.This course is a(jministered by the I?ep~rtment of Classics.Two lectures, one tut()rial; ()ne term' .RELIG ST2ZZ3 ' SHAKESPEARE: ,Prerequisite: Registration in Levelill and above,RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL THEMESCross-list: ARTS&SCI 3L03 'An exam'ination of ethical,political and religious ,themes in several' of RELIG ST 3LL3, RELIGION AND HUMAN NATUREShakespeare's plays, including The Merchant of Venice.'Two lectures, one tutorial; one,term, RELIG ST 3A03 MODERN JEWISH THOUGHTIntroduction to. different conceptions of the connection ,between' Jewishtraditions and philosophical. questioning. Authors may include:Maimonides, Spinoza, Mendelssohn, Cohen, Buber, Rosenzweig, Strauss,Levinas, Soloveitchik. ' ,Three hours (leCtures and discussion); 01")(3' ,termCross-list: PHILOS 3J03RELlGST3AA3 POPULAR RELIGION IN ','THE INDIAN TRADITIONThe musIc, dance C;lnd festivals associafed with temples In India and itsdiaspora wilLbe 'analyzed in term!:? of their ~ocial; psychological andpolitical implications., Two lectures, ,one tutOiial; one termRELIG 8T 3B03 CHRIST THROUGH THE CENTURIESA study of the varied theological' and artistic conceptions of Jesus, Christin the principal periods of Christian thought: the Biblical, Patristic, Medi-'eval, Reformation, and Modern.Two lectures, one tutorial; (me termRELIG 5T 3D03 GOD, REASON AND EVILAn"examination of understandings of reason and evil in ancient Greek,medieval Ghri~tian and mod,ern times, an~ of how thes'e understandingsare related to 'accounts of the. nature of God.'Two leCtures, one tut()rial; one termRELIG ST 3DD3 ' THE JEWISH WORLD INNEW TESTAMENT TIMESA study of Judaism in the' Greco-Roman world. The course 'willexploreselected questions in! political history; the' developmen't of, sects andWhatis the nature of human nature and its fulfilment? A study o(recentphilosophical, scientific and religious anthropology.Two lectures, one tutorial; one term, RELIG ST 3M03 SONGS OF DAVID:POETRY IN THE HEBREW BIBLEA study of poetry in the Hebrew Bible (in translation). ' The course willgive. primary ,attention tp the. s,tudy of the psalms. 'Some' examples ofearly epic poetry and wisdom poetry will also be included."Twb lectures, one tutorial;' one term', '