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369. Radical Christian Movements. (3h) Study of selected radical movements in the Christian
tradition and their relation to contemporary issues.
370. Women and Christianity. (3h) Study of the roles and contributions of women within
Christian traditions throughout history and analysis of the mechanisms of their oppression
and liberation within those traditions.
371. Theology and Sexual Embodiment. (3h) Survey of theological responses to human sexuality
with emphasis on contemporary issues.
372. History of Christian Thought. (3h) Study of recurring patterns in Christian thought across
time and cultures and some of the implications of those patterns in representative ancient and
modern Christian figures.
373. Cinema and the Sacred. (3h) Investigation of select theological and religious themes in
contemporary film.
374. Contemporary Christian Thought. (3h) Examination of the major issues and personalities in
modern theology.
376. Christian Literary Classics. (3h) Study of Christian texts which are masterpieces of literature
as well as faith, including works by Augustine, Dante, Pascal, Bunyan, Milton, and Newman.
377. The Problem of Evil from Job to Shakespeare. (3h) Comparative analysis of the source and
remedy of evil in Job, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Plato, Dante, and Shakespeare.
379. Feminist and Liberation Theologies. (3h) Exploration of social, political, and religious contexts
that have given rise to contemporary theological understandings of salvation as freedom
from conditions of oppression, poverty and exploitation.
380. The Main Streams of Chinese Philosophy and Religion. (3h) Introduction to the most important
traditions in Chinese philosophy and religion: Confucianism, Daosim (Taoism), and
Chinese Buddhism or Chinese Chan (Zen) Buddhism. Also listed as PHI 253.
381. Zen Buddhism. (3h) Examination of the origins and development of Zen Buddhism from
China (Ch’an) to Japan and contemporary America. Attention is given to Zen doctrine and
practice in the context of the broader Buddhist tradition.
382. Religion and Culture in China. (3h) Thematic study of Chinese religious culture focusing on
history, ritual, scripture, and popular practice. Additional topics include cosmology, ancestor
veneration, shamanism, divination, and the role of women. (CD)
383. The Quran. (3h) Introduction to the history, content, and main approaches to the sacred
book of Islam. Focus is on the early centuries of Islam and major developments in the twentieth
and twenty-first centuries.
384. Muhammad: Prophet and Paradigm. (3h) Exploration of the issues, assumptions, evidence,
and debates that frame the various ways Muslims and non-Muslims understand the prophet of
Islam.
385. Hindu Religious Traditions. (3h) Examination of the principal themes of traditional Hinduism
with concentration on historical and cultural developments of various traditions placed
under the heading “Hinduism.”
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