Elective Courses

Two of these courses will be offered each year.

RELS-808 Readings in Religion I
Fall Term 2011 "Religion, Sex and Politics
This course will examine intersections where religion, sex and politics come together as religious diversity meets contemporary culture.
Some possible examples: same-sex marriage, polygamy, hijab and niqab, education.

RELS-809 Readings in Religion II
Advanced seminar providing detailed reading of one contemporary theme or thinker in Religious Studies.

RELS-871 Directed Studies in Modern Buddhism
Examination of selected topics using primary sources in translation.

RELS-872 Directed Studies in Modern Hinduism
Examination of selected topics using primary sources in translation.

RELS-873 Directed Studies in Modern Islam
An examination of ways in which Islam in various contexts is or is not responding to the questions of modernity.

RELS-874 Directed Studies in Modern Christianity
Examination of selected topics relevant to understanding Christianity in the contemporary world.

RELS-875 Directed Studies in Modern Judaism
Examination of selected topics in Modern Judaism

RELS-884 Feminist Studies and Religious Studies

RELS-885 Religious Fundamentalisms

RELS-886 Religion, Nature & Technology

Examines the connections between the secularization of religion, the disenchantment of nature, and the rise of technology in the modern period.

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