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HOME : COURSES FALL 2013
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Religious Studies Course Offerings for Fall 2013

Amherst College Course Offerings:

Course Number

Section

Title

Faculty

Class Time

ARHA 152, ASLC 142

1

The Islamic World

Yael Rice

MW 2:00PM-3:20PM

ASLC 124

1

Chinese Civilization

Jerry Dennerline

TTh 10:00AM-11:20AM

ASLC 144

1

Religion in Ancient India

Maria Heim

TTh 1:00PM-2:20PM

ASLC 152, RELI 152

1

Buddhist Traditions

Maria Heim

TTh 10:00AM-11:20AM

ASLC 382, RELI 382

1

Debating Muslims

Tariq Jaffer

M 2:00PM-4:30PM

BLST 238, RELI 238

1

African American Religious History

David Wills

2:30PM-3:50PM

 

 

 

 

 

GREE 217

1

Reading the New Testament

Dale Sinos

MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM

RELI 111

1

Introduction to Religion

Tariq Jaffer

MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM

 

2

 

Andrew Dole

MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM

RELI 143

1

Religion in Ancient India

Maria Heim

TTh 1:00PM-2:20PM

RELI 278

1

19th Century Christianity

Andrew Dole

MW 12:30PM-1:50PM

RELI 335

1

American Religious Thought

David Wills

MW 2:00PM-3:20PM

 

Hampshire College Course Offerings:

Course Number

Section

Title

Faculty

Class Time

CSI 219

1

Antisemitism

James Wald

MW 2:30PM-3:50PM

CSI 224

1

Science, Religion, and Public Policy

Marlene Fried

TTh 2:00PM-3:20PM

CSI 310

1

Buddhism and Psychotherapy

Peter Guilford, Ryan Joo

MW 2:30PM-5:20PM

HACU 157

1

Philosophy as a Way of Life

Christopher Cox

TTh 10:30AM-11:50AM

HCAU 249

1

Asian Spirituality in the West

Ryan Joo

TTh 2:00PM-3:20PM

HACU 256

1

Ancient Epic I

Robert Meagher

TTh 9:00AM-10:20AM

IA 199

1

High Spirits: Reading and Writing about Spirituality

Deborah Gorlin

TTh 12:30PM-1:50PM

 

Mount Holyoke College Course Offerings:

Course Number

Section

Title

Faculty

Class Time

ASIAN 107

1

Arts of Asia

Ajay Sinha

TTh 8:35AM-9:50PM

ARTH 290, JWST 270, RELIG 270

1

Jewish Religious Art and Culture

Lawrence Fine

TTh 2:40PM-3:55PM

COLL 101

1

Encountering the Sacred

Peter Scotto

MW 8:35AM-9:50AM

CST 250, RELIG 226

1

Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion

John Grayson

MW 1:15PM-2:30PM

GNDST 333P, RELIG 332

1

The Shakers

Jane Crosthwaite

TTh 11:30AM-12:45PM

JWST 204, RELIG 204

1

Introduction to the New Testament

Michael Penn

MW 11:00AM-12:15PM

JWST 212, RELIG 212

1

Introduction to Judaism

Lawrence Fine

TTh 11:30AM-12:45PM

JWST 256, RELIG 256

1

What Didn't Make the Bible

Michael Penn

MW 2:40PM-3:55PM

PHIL 102

1

God, Morality, and Freedom

Ekaterina Vavova

MW 2:40PM-3:55PM

RELIG 100

1

Introduction to Religion

Susanne Mrozik

MW 1:15PM-2:30PM

RELIG 202

1

Introduction to Islam

TBA

TTh 10:00AM-11:15AM

RELIG 207

1

Women and Gender in Islam

TBA

TTh 1:15PM-2:30PM

RELIG 210

1

Religious Ethics

Jane Crosthwaite

TTh 1:15PM-2:30PM

RELIG 230

1

Spirituals and the Blues

John Grayson

M 7:00PM-9:50PM

RELIG 263

1

Introduction to Buddhism

Susanne Mrozik

MW 2:40PM-3:55PM

SPAN 330

1

Spain and Islam

Maria Nieves Romero-Diaz

MW 11:00AM-12:15PM

 

Smith College Course Offerings:

Course Number

Section

Title

Faculty

Class Time

ARH 226

1

The Art of India

Marylin Rhie

MWF 1:10PM-2:30PM

BUX 120

1

Study of Buddhism

Jay Garfield

M 7:00PM-9:00PM

REL 105

1

An Introduction to World Religions

Vera Shevzov, Carol Zaleski

TTh 10:30AM-11:50PM

REL 200

1

Approaches to Studying Religion

Lois Dubin

MW 2:40PM-4:00PM

REL 216

1

Topics in Biblical Studies

Michael Sugerman

MW 2:40PM-4:00PM

REL 223

1

Jews and Modernity: Global Diaspora

Lois Dubin

MWF 11:00AM-12:10PM

REL 237

1

Christianity and Culture

W. J. Torrance Kirby

MW 1:10PM-2:30PM

REL 238

1

Mary: Images and Cults

Vera Shevzov

TTh 1:00PM-2:20PM

REL 245

1

The Islamic Tradition

Suleiman Mourad

TTh 9:00AM-10:20AM

REL 260

1

Buddhist Thought

Peter Gregory

TTh 9:00AM-10:20AM

REL 262

1

Poetry of Enlightenment

Peter Gregory

TTh 1:00PM-2:20PM

REL 301

1

Philosophy of Religion

Carol Zaleski

T 3:00PM-4:50PM

REL 345

1

Islamic Thought

Suleiman Mourad

T 1:00PM-2:50PM

 

UMass Amherst Course Offerings:

Course Number

Section

Title

Faculty

Class Time

ART-HIST 305

1

Early Medieval Art

TBA

MWF 12:20PM-1:10PM

CLASSICS 224

1

Greek Mythology

James Patterson

TBA, Online 

 

2

 

Anthony Tuck

MWF 2:30PM-3:20PM

COMP-LIT 122

1

Spiritual Autobiography

Elizabeth Petroff

MW 2:30PM-3:20PM

 

D1

 

 

F 9:05PM-9:55PM

 

D2

 

 

F 10:10AM-11:00AM

 

D3

 

 

F 9:05PM-9:55PM

 

D4

 

 

F 12:20PM-1:10PM

 

D5

 

 

F 11:15AM-12:05PM

COMP-LIT 141

1

Good and Evil: East to West

TBA

MWF 10:10AM-11:00AM

 

2

 

 

MWF 9:05AM-9:55AM

 

3

 

 

MWF 12:20PM-1:10PM

 

4

 

 

MWF 11:15AM-12:05PM

 

5

 

 

MWF 1:25PM-2:15PM

 

6

 

 

MWF 9:05AM-9:55AM

ENGLISH 203H

1

Bible Myths, Literature, and Society

Mason Lowance

TTh 2:30PM-3:45PM

HISTORY 112

1

Introduction to World Religions

Brian Ogilvie

MW 10:10AM-11:00AM

 

D1

 

 

F 9:05AM-9:55AM

 

D2

 

 

F 10:10AM-11:00AM

 

D3

 

 

F 12:20PM-1:10PM

 

D4

 

 

F 10:10AM-11:00AM

 

D5

 

 

F 11:15AM-12:05PM

HISTORY 591G

1

Ancient Roman Religion

Carlin Barton

TTh 2:30PM-3:45PM

JUDAIC 101

1

The Jewish People I

Susan Shapiro

TTh 1:00PM-2:15PM

 

2

 

TBA

TTh 11:15AM-12:30PM

JUDAIC 102

1

The Jewish People II

Ralph Melnick

TTh 9:30AM-10:45AM

 

2

 

Aviva Ben-Ur

TTh 1:00PM-2:15PM

 

3

 

TBA

MW 4:40PM-5:55PM

JUDAIC 363

1

Negotiating Religion and State

Susan Shapiro

T 4:00PM-6:30PM

JUDAIC 395A

1

Family and Sexuality in Judaism

Jay Berkovitz

TTh 11:15AM-12:30PM

PHIL 383

1

Intro to the Philosophy of Religion

TBA

MWF 9:05AM-9:55AM

PHIL 583

1

Topics in the Philosophy of Religion

Louise Antony

W 3:30PM-6:00PM

PSYCH 391D

1

Consciousness

Richard Bogartz

TTh 1:00PM-2:15PM

SCANDIN 265

1

Scandinavian Mythology

Sherrill Harbison

TTh 2:30PM-3:45PM

 

Please contact program advisor Professor Susan Shapiro at shapiro@judnea.umass.edu if you have further questions.


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