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Semesters: Undergraduate

REL 100.001

Introduction to Religious Studies

Vaia Touna

REL 100.001

Introduction to Religious Studies

Russell T. McCutcheon
Manly Hall window

REL 100.001

Introduction to Religious Studies (Interim)
roofline of Manly Hall against a clear blue sky

REL 100.100

Intro to Religious Studies (Summer II)

Michael J. Altman
lamps against a darkened wall

REL 100.910

Introduction to Religious Studies

Mary Rebecca Read-Wahidi
detail of Manly Hall window

REL 100.920

Introduction to Religious Studies

Mary Rebecca Read-Wahidi
Manly Hall in fall

REL 100.990

Introduction to Religious Studies

Mary Rebecca Read-Wahidi
Manly Hall window

REL 110.050

Introduction to the Old Testament (Summer I)

Steven L. Jacobs
white wooden archway

REL 110.100

Introduction to the Old Testament (Summer II)

Steven L. Jacobs
white wooden archway

REL 220.910

Survey of Asian Religion
detail of Manly Hall window

REL 220.920

Survey of Asian Religion
Manly Hall window

REL 220.990

Survey of Asian Religion

REL 100.001

Introduction Into Religious Studies

Vaia Touna

REL 100.001

Introduction to Religious Studies

Russell T. McCutcheon

REL 100.001

Introduction to Religious Studies

Russell T. McCutcheon

REL 100.001

Introduction to Religious Studies

Michael J. Altman
Football Players Praying

REL 100.001

Introduction to Religious Studies

Edith Szanto
Football Players Praying

REL 100.001

Introduction to Religious Studies

Vaia Touna

REL 100.001

Introduction to Religious Studies

Michael J. Altman

REL 100.001

Introduction to Religious Studies

K. Merinda Simmons

REL 100.001

Introduction to Religious Studies

Vaia Touna

REL 100.001

Introduction to Religious Studies

Vaia Touna

REL 100.001

Introduction to Religious Studies

Vaia Touna

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

REL 100.910

Intro to Religious Studies – also Sections 911 and 920

Faculty TBA
Mosque in Guangzhou, China

REL 102.001

Religions of the World

Steven Ramey
Mosque in Guangzhou, China

REL 102.001

Religions of the World

Steven Ramey
Football Players Praying

REL 100.002

Introduction Into Religious Studies

Edith Szanto

REL 100.002

Introduction to Religious Studies

K. Merinda Simmons

REL 100.002

Introduction to Religious Studies

Vaia Touna

REL 100.002

Introduction to Religious Studies

Russell T. McCutcheon

REL 100.002

Introduction to Religious Studies

Richard Newton

REL 100.002

Introduction to Religious Studies

Edith Szanto

REL 100.002

Introduction to Religious Studies

Edith Szanto

REL 100.002

Introduction to Religious Studies

Edith Szanto

REL 100.002

Introduction to Religious Studies

K. Merinda Simmons

REL 100.910

911 & 920 Intro to Religious Studies

Mary Rebecca Read-Wahidi

REL 100.910

911 & 920 Intro to Religious Studies

Mary Rebecca Read-Wahidi
courtyard of Chinese temple in Singapore

REL 102.001

Introduction to the Religions of the World

Steven Ramey

REL 102.001

Religions of the World

Steven Ramey

REL 103.910

Religion in the News – also Sections 911 and 920

Faculty TBA

REL 105.001

Honors Introduction to Religious Studies

REL 100.003

Introduction to Religious Studies

Richard Newton

REL 100.003

Introduction to Religious Studies

Richard Newton

REL 100.910

& 920 Introduction to Religious Studies

Faculty TBA

REL 100.910

& 920 Introduction to Religious Studies

Faculty TBA

REL 100.910

911 & 920 Introduction to Religious Studies

REL 100.910

Introduction to Religious Studies – also Section in 920

Mary Rebecca Read-Wahidi

REL 100.910

Introduction to Religious Studies (also section 920)

Faculty TBA

REL 100.910

Introduction to Religious Studies (also section in 920)

Nathan R. B. Loewen

REL 100.910

Introduction to Religious Studies- also Sections 911 and 920

Nathan R. B. Loewen

REL 100.920

Introduction to Religious Studies

Mary Rebecca Read-Wahidi
Protesters clash with French Police

REL 101.001

The Violent and the Sacred

Steven L. Jacobs

REL 103.910

Also sections 920 & 990 Religion in the News

Mary Rebecca Read-Wahidi

REL 103.910

Also sections 920 & 990 Religion in the News

Mary Rebecca Read-Wahidi

REL 104.910

Religion in Pop Culture – also Sections 911 and 920

Faculty TBA
cross atop Old St. Mary's Church in Chinatown

REL 105.001

Honors Introduction to Religious Studies

REL 105.001

Honors Introduction to Religious Studies

Vaia Touna

REL 105.002

Honors Introduction to Religious Studies

REL 100.920

Introduction to Religious Studies

REL 101.001

The Violent and the Sacred

Steven L. Jacobs

REL 101.001

The Violent and the Sacred

Nathan R. B. Loewen

REL 101.001

Violence and the Sacred

Nathan R. B. Loewen
Front of mosque displaying arches, a gold dome, and a single minaret

REL 102.001

Religions of the World

Steven Ramey

REL 102.001

Religions of World

Steven Ramey

REL 102.001

Religions of World

Steven Ramey

REL 103.910

Religion in the News (also sections in 911 and 920)

Nathan R. B. Loewen

REL 104.910

Religion in Popular Culture Also Sections 920 & 990

Mary Rebecca Read-Wahidi

REL 104.910

Religion in Popular Culture Also Sections 920 & 990

Mary Rebecca Read-Wahidi
Church Service at a Nigerian Pentecostal Church

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

REL 105.002

Honors Introduction to Religious Studies
Old Holy Bible cover page

REL 112.001

Introduction to the New Testament

Theodore Louis Trost

REL 420.001

Gospel of Mark (Interim)

REL 524.001

Past and Present

Vaia Touna

REL 102.001

Religions of the World

Steven Ramey
Front of mosque displaying arches, a gold dome, and a single minaret

REL 102.001

Religions of the World

Steven Ramey

REL 103.910

& 920 Religion in the News

REL 103.910

& 920 Religion in the News

REL 103.910

911 & 920 Religion in the News

Faculty TBA

REL 103.910

911 & 920 Religion in the News

Faculty TBA

REL 103.910

Religion in the News – also Sections 911 and 920

Nathan R. B. Loewen

REL 103.910

Religion in the News Also sections 920 & 990

REL 103.910

Religion in the News Also sections 920 & 990

REL 103.910

Religion in the News- also Sections in 911 and 920

Nathan R. B. Loewen

REL 104.910

Religion in Pop Culture (also sections in 911 and 920)

Nathan R. B. Loewen

REL 105.001

Honors Introduction to Religious Studies
man crouched down, head covered, as bats swarm above

REL 105.003

Honors Introduction to Religious Studies

REL 105.003

Honors Introduction to Religious Studies

REL 120.001

Religion and Science

REL 560.001

Independent Study

REL 102.001

Religions of World

Steven Ramey

REL 103.910

911 & 920 Religion in the News

REL 104.600

Religion in Popular Culture

Mary Rebecca Read-Wahidi

REL 104.910

Religion in Pop Culture – also Sections 911 and 920

Nathan R. B. Loewen

REL 104.910

& 920 Religion in Pop Culture

REL 104.910

& 920 Religion in Pop Culture

REL 104.910

911 & 920 Religion in Pop Culture

Faculty TBA

REL 104.910

911 & 920 Religion in Pop Culture

Faculty TBA

REL 104.910

Religion in Pop Culture (also sections 911 and 920)

Faculty TBA

REL 104.910

Religion in Popular Culture – also Sections in 911 and 920

Nathan R. B. Loewen

REL 104.910

Religion in Popular Culture Also Sections 920 & 990

REL 104.910

Religion in Popular Culture Also Sections 920 & 990

REL 105.002

Honors Introduction to Religious Studies
Church Service at a Nigerian Pentecostal Church

REL 105.002

Honors Introduction to Religious Studies
Church Service at a Nigerian Pentecostal Church

REL 105.003

Honors Introduction to Religious Studies

REL 110.001

Introduction to the Old Testament

Steven L. Jacobs

REL 120.001

Religion and Science
Star of David

REL 224.001

Judaism

Steven L. Jacobs

REL 561.001

Independent Study

REL 104.910

911 & 920 Religion in Pop Culture

REL 105.001

Honors Introduction Into Religious Studies

REL 105.001

Honors Introduction to Religious Studies

REL 105.001

Honors Introduction to Religious Studies

REL 105.001

Honors Introduction to Religious Studies

REL 105.001

Honors Introduction to Religious Studies
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin hangs on a cross-shaped icon high above the head of the Undertaker.

REL 105.001

Honors Introduction to Religious Studies

Michael J. Altman

REL 105.001

Honors Introduction to Religious Studies

REL 105.003

Honors Introduction to Religious Studies
Vase Depicting Hippolytus and Phaedra

REL 106.001

Introduction to Ancient Greek Religions

Vaia Touna

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

REL 236.001

Islam

REL 105.001

Honors Introduction to Religious Studies

Oleg Kyselov

REL 105.002

Honors Introduction Into Religious Studies

REL 105.002

Honors Introduction to Religious Studies

REL 105.002

Honors Introduction to Religious Studies

REL 105.002

Honors Introduction to Religious Studies

REL 105.002

Honors Introduction to Religious Studies

Russell T. McCutcheon
Cover of course textbook

REL 105.002

Honors Introduction to Religious Studies

Russell T. McCutcheon

REL 105.002

Honors Introduction to Religious Studies

REL 110.910

Also sections 920 & 990 Introduction to the Old Testament

REL 110.910

Also sections 920 & 990 Introduction to the Old Testament
Jesus Fumi-e

REL 112.001

Introduction to the New Testament

Theodore Louis Trost
US Bill of Rights

REL 130.001

Religion, Politics, and Law

Michael J. Altman
Star of David

REL 224.001

Judaism

Steven L. Jacobs

REL 237.001

Self, Society, & Religion: Religious Existentialism

Nathan R. B. Loewen

REL 105.002

Honors Introduction to Religious Studies

Oleg Kyselov

REL 105.003

Honors Introduction Into Religious Studies

REL 105.003

Honors Introduction into Religious Studies

REL 105.003

Honors Introduction to Religious Studies

REL 105.003

Honors Introduction to Religious Studies

REL 105.003

Honors Introduction to Religious Studies

REL 105.003

Honors Introduction to Religious Studies
Into the World of the New Testament: Greco-Roman and Jewish Texts and Contexts by Daniel Lynwood Smith

REL 112.001

Introduction to the New Testament

Richard Newton
Conservative Christian Protestors

REL 130.001

Religion, Politics, and Law

Daniel Levine

REL 220.001

Survey of Asian Religion

Nathan R. B. Loewen
a young woman holding a sign

REL 237.001

Self, Society, & Religion
a young woman holding a sign

REL 237.001

Self, Society, & Religion

REL 241.001

American Religious History

Michael J. Altman

REL 106.001

Introduction to Ancient Greek Religion

Vaia Touna

REL 106.001

Introduction to Ancient Religions

Vaia Touna

REL 110.001

Introduction to the Old Testament

Steven L. Jacobs

REL 110.001

Introduction to the Old Testament

Steven L. Jacobs

REL 110.001

Introduction to the Old Testament

Steven L. Jacobs

REL 112.001

Introduction to the New Testament

Richard Newton

REL 112.002

Introduction to the New Testament

Theodore Louis Trost

REL 112.910

Also sections 920 & 990 Introduction to the New Testament

REL 112.910

Also sections 920 & 990 Introduction to the New Testament

REL 224.001

Judaism

Steven L. Jacobs

REL 236.001

Islam
Alligator and turtle atop the Capitol building

REL 241.001

American Religious History

Michael J. Altman
Anne Hutchinson, arrested for her religious claims

REL 241.001

American Religious History

Michael J. Altman
Jhule Lal and Guru Nanak in a shrine, Lucknow India

REL 321.001

Religion & Identity in Southeast Asia

Steven Ramey
Jhule Lal and Guru Nanak in a shrine, Lucknow India

REL 321.001

Religion & Identity in Southeast Asia

Steven Ramey

REL 112.001

Introduction to the New Testament

Theodore Louis Trost
Into the World of the New Testament: Greco-Roman and Jewish Texts and Contexts by Daniel Lynwood Smith

REL 112.001

Introduction to the New Testament

Theodore Louis Trost

REL 112.001

Introduction to the New Testament

Theodore Louis Trost

REL 120.001

Religion and Science

Jeri Wieringa

REL 120.001

Religion and Science

Jeri Wieringa

REL 124.001

Religion and Film in America

Theodore Louis Trost

REL 226.001

African Diaspora Religions

Richard Newton

REL 234.001

Women and Religion

K. Merinda Simmons

REL 238.001

Philosophies of Judaism

Steven L. Jacobs

REL 310.320

REL Goes to the Movies
Old Holy Bible cover page

REL 311.001

English Bible as Literature

Theodore Louis Trost

REL 347.001

Jewish-Christian Relations

Steven L. Jacobs

REL 112.910

Also sections 920 & 990 Introduction to the New Testament

REL 112.910

Also sections 920 & 990 Introduction to the New Testament

REL 130.001

Religion, Politics, and Law

Michael J. Altman

REL 130.001

Religion, Politics, and Law

Michael J. Altman

REL 209.001

Buddhism

Steven Ramey

REL 223.001

Holocaust in Historical Perspective

Steven L. Jacobs

REL 226.001

African Diaspora Religions

Richard Newton

REL 236.001

Islam

Edith Szanto
Front of mosque displaying arches, a gold dome, and a single minaret

REL 236.001

Islam

Edith Szanto
Photograph of Steve Austin hanging from a giant crucifix-like symbol while The Undertaker poses in the foreground.

REL 237.001

Self, Society, and Religions: Authenticity

Michael J. Altman

REL 240.001

Apocalypse in Contemporary Film

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
Aladdin movie promotional image

REL 336.001

Islam and the West

Edith Szanto

REL 351.001

Asian Religions in America

Michael J. Altman

REL 220.001

Survey of Asian Religions

Nathan R. B. Loewen

REL 223.001

Holocaust in Historical Perspective

Steven L. Jacobs

REL 224.001

Judaism

Steven L. Jacobs

REL 224.001

Judaism

Steven L. Jacobs

REL 236.001

Islam

Edith Szanto

REL 238.001

Philosophies of Judaism

Steven L. Jacobs

REL 240.001

Apocalypse in Popular Media

Theodore Louis Trost
Still image from Citizen Kane

REL 310.001

REL Goes to the Movies

Russell T. McCutcheon
text showing definition of myth

REL 341.001

Theories of Myth

Vaia Touna
Side by Side Spires with Cross and Star of David

REL 347.001

Jewish-Christian Relations

Steven L. Jacobs
actor Linda Blair in full demon possession makeup for the movie The Exorcist

REL 360.001

Popular Culture/Public Humanities

REL 360.001

Religion in Popular Culture

REL 226.001

African Diaspora Religions

Richard Newton

REL 231.001

Religious Existentialism

Nathan R. B. Loewen

REL 231.001

Religious Existentialism

Nathan R. B. Loewen
Crystal Mosque in Terengganu, Malaysia

REL 236.001

Islam

Richard Newton

REL 240.001

Apocalypse in Popular Media

Theodore Louis Trost

REL 241.001

American Religious History

REL 245.001

Honors History of American Religion

Richard Newton

REL 310.320

REL Goes to the Movies

REL 347.001

Jewish-Christian Relations

Steven L. Jacobs

REL 360.001

Religion in Popular Culture
Archaeological Museum of Vergina, Greece

REL 370.001

Theorizing Ancient Religion

Vaia Touna
image of buddhist monk

REL 372.001

Buddhism
Ilya and Homer Thrace

REL 372.001

Theorizing Ancient Religions

Vaia Touna

REL 236.001

Islam

Edith Szanto
cross atop Old St. Mary's Church in Chinatown

REL 241.001

American Religious History

Michael J. Altman

REL 310.001

REL Goes to the Movies

Russell T. McCutcheon
Two people seated in a movie theater watching a film

REL 310.320

REL Goes to the Movies

REL 310.320

REL Goes to the Movies

REL 310.320

REL Goes to the Movies
TV series poster Sagar's Ramayaan

REL 322.001

Tales from Asia

Steven Ramey

REL 370.001

REL in Communication: Religion & Technologies

Jeri Wieringa
Crystal Mosque in Terengganu, Malaysia

REL 371.001

Religion, Politics, and Culture of the Middle East

Steven L. Jacobs

REL 371.001

The Living and the Dead: the Politics of Souls

Daniel Levine

REL 490.001

Capstone Senior Seminar

Russell T. McCutcheon

REL 237.001

Self, Society, and Religions

Vaia Touna

REL 311.001

English Bible as Literature

Theodore Louis Trost

REL 311.001

English Bible as Literature

Theodore Louis Trost

REL 315.001

Digital Humanities in REL

Jeri Wieringa
statue of woman

REL 341.001

Theories of Myth

Vaia Touna

REL 341.001

Theories of Myth

Vaia Touna

REL 342.001

Theories of Ritual

Russell T. McCutcheon

REL 371.001

Adv Studies in Religion & Conflict – Social Bodies: Doctrines, Virtues, and Faith

Daniel Levine
Archaeological Museum of Vergina, Greece

REL 372.001

Theorizing Ancient Religions

Vaia Touna

REL 410.001

Religion and Genocide

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

REL 420.001

Gospel of Mark

Theodore Louis Trost
cute robot made of usb chargers

REL 490.001

Capstone Senior Seminar: AI in Religious Studies

Nathan R. B. Loewen

REL 310.320

REL Goes to the Movies

REL 315.001

Digital Humanities in REL

Jeri Wieringa

REL 322.001

Tales From Asia

Steven Ramey

REL 336.001

Islam and the West

Edith Szanto

REL 347.001

Jewish-Christian Relations

Steven L. Jacobs

REL 355.001

Rhetoric of Religious Conviction

Theodore Louis Trost

REL 360.001

Religion & Popular Culture

REL 440.001

Theories of Religion

Russell T. McCutcheon

REL 440.001

Theories of Religion

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

REL 480.001

Problems of Evil

Nathan R. B. Loewen

REL 490.001

Capstone Senior Seminar

K. Merinda Simmons
Old Holy Bible cover page

REL 311.001

English Bible as Literature

Theodore Louis Trost
TV series poster Sagar's Ramayaan

REL 322.001

Tales from Asia: Told and Retold in Film and PopularCulture

Steven Ramey

REL 341.001

Theories of Myth

Vaia Touna

REL 370.001

Digital Texts and the Humanities

Jeri Wieringa

REL 371.001

Antisemitism and the Crisis of Modernity

Steven L. Jacobs

REL 372.001

Gendered Authority in American Religion

Jeri Wieringa

REL 461.013

Anti-Semitism and Anti-Jewish Racism

Daniel Levine

REL 483.001

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

REL 490.001

Senior Capstone Seminar: Sacrifice Theory and Practice

Michael J. Altman

REL 315.001

Digital Humanities in REL

Michael J. Altman

REL 360.320

REL Goes to the Movies

REL 419.001

Adv. Studies in Myth and Ritual

Vaia Touna

REL 480.001

Faith, Anxiety, and Redemption

Daniel Levine

REL 490.001

Capstone Senior Seminar

Vaia Touna

REL 490.001

Capstone Senior Seminar (Required for all Majors)

Steven Ramey

REL 321.001

Religion & Identity in South Asia

Steven Ramey

REL 321.001

Religion & Identity in South Asia

Steven Ramey

REL 371.001

Antisemitism and the Crisis of Modernity

Steven L. Jacobs

REL 410.001

Religion and Genocide

Steven L. Jacobs

REL 415.001

REL in the American South

K. Merinda Simmons

REL 490.001

Capstone Senior Seminar

K. Merinda Simmons

REL 415.001

Religion in the American South

K. Merinda Simmons

REL 455.001

Popular Culture and Religion

Theodore Louis Trost

REL 483.001

Race and Religion

K. Merinda Simmons

REL 436.001

Making Islam

Edith Szanto