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Next: Russian Studies (RSS) Up: Religion (REL) Previous: JEWISH-CHRISTIAN STUDIES
HUMAN STUDIES AND RELIGION
273. Psychology, Ritual, and Spirit
Introduces religious practice as a spiritual remedy for the tensions of life, i.e., explores ritual as a strategy for coping with the problems, paradoxes, and dilemmas inherent in, and psychologically challenging, individual human existence. Rituals considered include the Japanese tea ceremony as Zen discipline; the Catholic Mass with its contemplative roots; Native American purification ceremonies and vision quests; and everyday work as potential ritualization of ordinary life. Alternate years. (Humanities) FOX [HR]
274. Love, Power, and Justice
Introduction to religion as a source of wisdom for advancing toward harmony in life. Specifically addresses love, power, and justice, whose spiritual balance must be maintained to ensure the continuity of relationships necessary to human survival, individual or social. These themes and their interconnections, central to many religious concerns, will be examined from several vantages--religious, but also psychological, ethical, legal, etc.--with attention to a variety of historical efforts seeking their spiritual resolution. Alternate years. (Humanities) FOX [HR]
275. Religion, Magic, and Witchcraft
Religion, religious behavior and practices, world view, and the supernatural. Rites of transition, death and afterlife, ritual, religious leaders, traditional curing, religious movements, revitalization, cults, witchcraft, magic, and especially shamanism are examined cross-culturally. Prerequisite: ANT 101. Alternate years. Same course as ANT 210. (Social Science) MONAGAN [HR]
276. The American Dream
Applies social science and humanities disciplines to help explore Americanism as religion, seeking to grasp the American way of structuring and experiencing reality. Treats ``freedom,'' ``the promise of the future,'' American landscape including the ``myth of the West,'' the '60s, America's Hebrew and Greek roots, ``exceptionalism,'' etc. Special focus on Midwest includes St. Louis field trip (small extra cost). (Humanities) VERNOFF [HR]
375. Religion, Spirituality, and Community
Examines the religious experience; the provision of meaning and belonging; religious commitment and conversion; official and nonofficial religion; the dynamics of religious collectivities; religion, cohesion, and conflict; religion and social inequality; and religious movements and social change. Topics may include women's spirituality and modern witchcraft communities, Native Americans and the sacred earth, voodoo and the mystical experience, American Evangelicals and televangelism, and faith-based social change. Prerequisite: SOC 101 or approval of instructor. Alternate years. Same course as SOC 370. (Social Science) OLSON [HR]
376. Ritual, Symbol, and Behavior
Exploration of various theories of symbolic anthropology. Emphasis on mythology, festivals, and rites of passage. Topics include secular and religious ritual analysis, ritual drama, tricksters and communitas. Prerequisite: ANT 101. Alternate years. Same course as ANT 308. (Social Science) MONAGAN [HR]
377. Religion and the Literary Imagination
Examination of religious themes in contemporary literature and film, including works by such authors as Flannery O'Connor, Annie Dillard, Frederick Buechner, and Zora Neale Hurston. Methods of analysis are drawn from biblical narrative, feminist theory, developmental psychology, and mythic archetypes. Prerequisite: sophomore standing or approval of instructor. Alternate years. (Humanities) GILLESPIE [HR]
378. Religion and the Musical Imagination
Exploration of relations between religion and music, applying theoretical or other insights to concrete materials of the European musical tradition from ancient times through the late Renaissance. Individual or group-directed study based on MUS 321 (History of Western Music I). Details regarding additional readings, testing, etc. to be worked out with instructor. Available by student request. Prerequisites: two Religion courses, Writing-designated course (W), ability to read music, and approval of instructor. (Humanities) STILWELL [HR]
379. Religion and the Artistic Imagination
Exploration of relations between religion and the visual arts, applying theoretical or other insights to concrete materials of European artistic tradition or a non-Western culture. Individual or group-directed study based on ART 256 (Italian Renaissance Art), 257 (Baroque Art: The Age of Galileo), or 266 (Art of the Native People of North America). Details of other readings, testing, etc. to be worked out with instructor. Available by student request. Prerequisites: two Religion courses and approval of instructor. (Humanities) McOMBER [HR]
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