Semesters: Spring 2017

REL 100.001

Introduction to Religious Studies

Vaia Touna

a Calvin and Hobbes cartoon in which calvin says to hobbes history is the fiction we invent to persuade ourselves that events are knowable and that life has order and direction. Under the cartoon: Why does everyone tell stories about the past? Study religion and find out.

REL 100.002

Introduction to Religious Studies

Russell T. McCutcheon

courtyard of Chinese temple in Singapore

REL 102.001

Introduction to the Religions of the World

Steven Ramey

cross atop Old St. Mary's Church in Chinatown

REL 105.001

Honors Introduction to Religious Studies

man crouched down, head covered, as bats swarm above

REL 105.002

Honors Introduction to Religious Studies

man crouched down, head covered, as bats swarm above

REL 105.002

Honors Introduction to Religious Studies

man crouched down, head covered, as bats swarm above

REL 105.002

Honors Introduction to Religious Studies

man crouched down, head covered, as bats swarm above

REL 105.003

Honors Introduction to Religious Studies

REL 120.001

Religion and Science

Bruce Willis with a glowing red eye, from the film 12 Monkeys

REL 124.001

Religion & Film in America

Theodore Louis Trost

Bruce Willis with a glowing red eye, from the film 12 Monkeys

REL 124.001

Religion & Film in America

Theodore Louis Trost

Star of David

REL 224.001

Judaism

Steven L. Jacobs

a young woman holding a sign

REL 237.001

Self, Society, & Religion

a young woman holding a sign

REL 237.001

Self, Society, & Religion

Alligator and turtle atop the Capitol building

REL 241.001

American Religious History

Michael J. Altman

Old Holy Bible cover page

REL 311.001

English Bible as Literature

Theodore Louis Trost

Jhule Lal and Guru Nanak in a shrine, Lucknow India

REL 321.001

Religion & Identity in South Asia

Steven Ramey

Jhule Lal and Guru Nanak in a shrine, Lucknow India

REL 321.001

Religion & Identity in South Asia

Steven Ramey

actor Linda Blair in full demon possession makeup for the movie The Exorcist

REL 360.001

Popular Culture/Public Humanities

Archaeological Museum of Vergina, Greece

REL 370.001

Theorizing Ancient Religion

Vaia Touna

Crystal Mosque in Terengganu, Malaysia

REL 371.001

Religion, Politics, and Culture of the Middle East

Steven L. Jacobs

the initiation scene from Finding Nemo

REL 419.001

Myth, Ritual, & Magic

the initiation scene from Finding Nemo

REL 419.001

Myth, Ritual, & Magic

antique typewriter sitting on a desk, surrounded by crumpled sheets of paper

REL 480.001

Problems of Evil

Nathan R. B. Loewen

Aztec Sacrifice. Post-Conquest Nahua Painting, c. 1560.

REL 490.001

Senior Capstone Seminar: Sacrifice Theory and Practice

Michael J. Altman