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325. Theology and Contemporary Literature. (3h) Exploration of religious themes in a variety of
contemporary literature such as Salinger, Walker and Silko with attention given to the intersections
and differences between theological and literary writing.
326. Early Christian Theologians: Paul. (3h) Introduction to the Pauline interpretation of Christianity
and its place in the life of the early church.
327. The Story of Jesus. (3h) Reading, critical study, and interpretation of one of the canonical
Gospels.
330. Comparative Religious Ethics. (3h) Comparative study of the moral values and socio-ethical
positions in the major religious traditions of the world, with particular focus on their various
methods of reasoning and sources of authority.
331. Christian Ethics and Social Justice. (3h) Inquiry from a Christian perspective into different
theoretical and practical responses to issues of justice in society.
332, 632. Religion and Public Life. (3h) Examination of alternative historical paradigms within
specific religious traditions and the implications of those paradigms for the public activity of
their adherents. Traditions and topics, including religious leadership, social entrepreneurship,
and the separation of church and state, may vary with instructor.
335. Religious Ethics and the Problem of War. (3h) Examination of the causes and characteristics
of war, various religious responses to it, and approaches to peacemaking, with attention to
selected contemporary issues.
336. Religious Traditions and Human Rights. (3h) Study of relationships and tensions between
religious traditions and human rights, with illustrations from historical and contemporary
issues and movements.
338. Religion, Ethics, and Politics. (3h) Examination of ethical issues in religion and politics using
materials from a variety of sources and historical periods.
339. Religion, Society, and Power in Africa. (3h) Interdisciplinary study of the growth transformations
of Africa’s major religious traditions (Christianity, Islam, and the indigenous religions),
and of their relations with secular social changes. (CD)
340. Men’s Studies and Religion. (3h) Examination of the ways in which masculine sex-role
expectations and male experiences have both shaped religious ideas, symbols, rituals, institutions,
and forms of spirituality and have been shaped by them. Attention is given to the ways in
which race, class, and sexual orientation affect those dynamics.
341. Civil Rights and Black Consciousness Movements. (3h) Social and religious history of the
African-American struggle for citizenship rights and freedom from World War II to the present.
Also listed as HST 376. (CD)
345. The African-American Religious Experience. (3h) Exploration of the religious dimensions of
African-American life from its African antecedents to contemporary figures and movements.
(CD)
346. Pentecostalism in Global Perspective. (3h) Examination of the history, theology, and practices
of Pentecostalism, the fastest growing Christian movement worldwide. Focus is on origins
among poor whites and recently freed African Americans, and the expansion in South America,
Asia, and Africa.
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