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ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
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RE 297, 397, 497 Internship in Religion (½ or 1)
An internship opportunity allowing students to practice career skills and/or further
develop abilities beneficial for graduate study. Specific guidelines concerning internships
appear in the “Exploration Term and Contract Learning” section of this catalog.
RE 298, 398, 498 Teaching Experience in Religion (½ or 1)
A contracted teaching experience that requires instructor approval. Specific guidelines
concerning teaching experiences appear in the “Teaching Experiences” section of this
catalog.
RE 300 WR Explorations in Religious Identity (1)
An examination of the way that religious identity (of individuals, communities, and
institutions) is created and sustained by and through religious practices, traditions, and
beliefs. Possible topics include the role of food in the construction of religious identity,
the tension between religious identity and modernity, and comparative religious
identities. May be repeated for credit when course topic is different. A Writing
Reinforcement designated course. Prerequisite: at least one unit in RE. Fall.
RE 301 GP Who Is Jesus? Exploring a Cultural Phenomenon (1)
An investigation of the ways that Jesus Christ has influenced and shaped culture for
twenty centuries. This seminar takes the view that the person of Jesus not only influences
culture but that culture continually interprets him to meet and to satisfy culture’s
understanding of itself. The course begins with a review of scriptural understandings of
Jesus, moves to a survey of his place in the history of culture, and concludes with an
examination of a variety of ways of interpreting the cultural identity of Jesus. A Global
Perspectives designated course.
RE 311 CI Christian Ethics (1)
An examination of the implications of Christian faith for contemporary ethical problems.
A Community Interests designated course. Prerequisite: RE 201.
RE 314 CI Liberation Theology (1)
A study of various liberation theologies. The course will examine Christian, theological
interpretations of Jesus’s life, suffering, death, and resurrection as they relate to the
physical, political, financial, and spiritual liberation of a variety of peoples. A
Community Interests designated course.
RE 315 GP Contemporary Christian Theology (1)
A survey of the thought of certain leading theologians in the twentieth century. Particular
attention is given to Barth, Tillich, Bonhoeffer, the Niebuhrs, process theology, and
liberation theology. A Global Perspectives designated course.
RE 322 GP Sexual Ethics and Religion in Global Perspective (1)
An examination of the wide diversity of ways religious traditions (especially Judaism,
Christianity, and Islam) have understood, taught, and practiced sexual ethics. Attention is
given to understandings of sexual ethics in religious texts and the ways those texts
Birmingham-Southern College Catalog 2023-2024