Syllabi

Undergraduate Course Catalog

Graduate Course Catalog

Spring 2020

Method and Theory II – RLG 6036
Global Islam – REL 4368/POS 4931/RLG 5361
Environmental Ethics – REL 2104
Women and Islam – REL 4361/RLG 5937
Muslim Thought and Practice, II – RLG 5365
Introduction to World Religions – REL 2300
Ethics in the Public Sphere (Honors) – IDS 2935
Gender, Women, and Sexuality in Religious Studies – RLG 5937/WST 6935
American Religious History – REL 2121
Introduction to Islam – REL 2362
Introduction to Buddhism – REL 2341
Junior Seminar – REL 3931
Religion in Modern India – REL 3336
Introduction to the New Testament – REL 2240/REL 3938/RLG 5297
Gender and the Hebrew Bible – REL 3291/JST 3930
Religion and Nature in North America – REL 3103
Religion and the Paranormal – REL 2930/3938
Religion in the Americas – REL 4936/RLG 6126
Indigenous Values – IDS 2935
Death and Afterlife – REL 3191
Introduction to Judaism – REL 2930/JST 2930

Fall 2019

Muslim Thought and Practice – RLG 5937
Senior Seminar – REL 4933
Women and Religion in Popular U.S. Fiction – REL 2930
American Religious History – REL 2121
Religion and Food – REL 3140
Religions of India – REL 3300
Religions of Africa – REL 3370/RLG 5937/AFS 4935/AFS 6905
Religious Extremism – REL 4936/RLG 5365
Indigenous Religions of the World – REL 3938/ANT3930/ANG6930
Religion and Sustainability – REL 2071/LAS 3930
Religions of Asia – REL 2315
Introduction to Islam – REL 2362
Global Religions in the United States – REL 3938
Nature, Spirituality, and Popular Culture – IDS 2935
Early Judaism & Christianity – REL 3321/JST 3930
Hebrew Scriptures – REL 2210/REL 3938/JST 3930
Religion, Medicine, and Healing – REL3098 / ANT 3930
Ethics in America – REL 3171
Method and Theory I – RLG 6035 (Course Readings)
Cults and New Religious Movements – REL 3076
Spirituality and Health Care – REL 3938
Introduction to World Religions – REL 2300

Summer 2019

American Religious History– REL 2121
Religion in Asia – REL 2315
Introduction to Islam (Summer A) – REL 2362
Religion and Science (Summer B) – REL 3160
Religion, Medicine, and Healing: Contemporary Perspectives (Summer B) – REL 3098/ ANT 3930

Spring 2019

Junior Seminar –REL 3931
Apocalypticism – REL 3294/JST 3930
Post-Holocaust American Jews & Judaism – REL 3938/JST 3930
Jewish Culture – REL 2930/JST 2930
Method & Theory II – RLG 6036
Death & Afterlife – REL 3191
Introduction to World Religions – REL 2300
Global Islam – REL 4936/5931
Religion in Florida – REL 3938
New Testament – REL 2240
Women & Islam (Undergraduate) – REL 4361
Women & Islam (Graduate) – REL 5361
Contemporary Shamanisms – REL 3938 & 5937/ANT 3930 & 6930
Indigenous Religious Traditions of the Americas – REL 2388/ANT 3930
Gender and Religion – REL 3938
Spirituality and Healthcare – REL 3938
Cults and New Religious Movements – REL 3076
Environmental Ethics – REL 2104
Religion and Nature in North America – REL 3103
Religion and Social Change – REL 4141/RLG 5195
Ethics in the Public Sphere – IDS 2935
Democracy in America – IDH 3931 (2683)
American Religious History – REL 2121
Islam in Africa – REL 3371/AFS 4935 & AFS 6905

Fall 2018

American Religious History – REL 2121
Religion in North America – REL 6137
Religion and Violence – REL 3148
Environmental Ethics – RLG 6183
Religion in Latin America – REL 3381/LAS3930
Hebrew Scriptures – REL 2210/3938/JST 2930
Chinese Religions – REL 3318
Introduction to Buddhism – REL 2341
Introduction to Islam – REL 2362
Environmental Ethics – REL 2104
Cults and New Religious Movements – REL 3076
Women and Religion in Popular US Fiction – REL 2930
Religions of Asia – REL 2315
Myth and Ritual – REL 3022/ANT 3930
Religion, Medicine, and Healing: Contemporary Perspectives – REL 3938/ANT3930
Islam and Popular Culture in Africa – SSA 4930/RLG 5937
Religion and the American Immigration Experience – REL 3120
Civil Rights and Religion – REL 3938/AFA 3357
- Course Outline & Assignments
History of Yoga – REL 2930
Islam in the Americas – REL 4393/AFA4931
- Course Outline & Assignments
Islam in the Americas (Grad Section) – RLG 5365
Senior Seminar – REL 4933
New Approaches to Islam and Muslim Societies after Orientalism – RLG 5937/AFS 6905
Religions in Modern India – REL 3337
Introduction to World Religions – REL 2300

Summer B 2018

Religion & Science – REL 3160
American Religious History – REL 2121

Summer A 2018

Religion, Medicine, and Healing – REL 3098/ ANT 3930
Introduction to Islam – REL 2362

Spring 2018

Russian and East Central European Jews – RUT 3930

Women & Islam (Graduate) – RLG 5361 (Course Outline)
Women & Islam (Undergrad) – REL 4361/AAS 3930 (Course Outline)
Global Islam – REL 4936/RLG 5361
Gender and the Hebrew Bible – REL 3291/JST 3930
Junior Seminar – REL 3931
New Testament – REL 2240
Buddhism and Film – REL 3938/CHI 4930
Introduction to Judaism – REL 2600/JST 2930
Post-Holocaust American Jews & Judaism – REL 3938/JST 3930
Contemporary Shamanisms – REL 3938/RLG 5937/ANT 3930/ANG 6930
Indigenous Religious Traditions of the Americas – REL 2388/ANT 3930
Environmental Ethics – REL 2104
Sacred Geographies – REL 4491/5338
Intro. to World Religions – REL 2300
Religion and Society – REL 3140
Death & Afterlife in World Religions – REL 3191
Introduction to Christianity – REL 2502
Beginning Sanskrit 2 – SRK 1121/6905
Religions of Asia – REL 2315
Islam in Europe – REL 3938/EUR 3930
Religion and the American Immigration Experience – REL 3120
American Religious History – REL 2121
American Buddhism – REL 4936/5338

Fall 2017

Introduction to Christianity – REL 2502
Religion, Medicine, & Healing: Contemporary Perspectives – REL 3098
Method & Theory I – RLG 6035
Religion in Latin America – REL 3381/LAS 3930
Introduction to Buddhism – REL 2341
American Religious History – REL 2121
Radical Environmentalism – REL 3938/RLG 6167
Chinese Religions – REL 3318
Buddhist Meditation – REL 4349
Beginning Sanskrit – SRK 1120/6905
Introduction to Islam – REL 2362 (Course Outline)
Martin & Malcolm – REL 3938/AFA 3930
Introduction to World Religions – REL 2300
Senior Seminar – REL 4933
Islam in Africa – REL 3371/AFS 4935 RLG 5365/AFS 6905
Early Judaism & Early Christianity – REL 3321/JST 3938
Religions of India – REL 3330
Islam and Nature – REL 3938
Introduction to Judaism – REL2600/JST2930
Pentateuch II: Exodus-Deuteronomy – REL 4221/JST 4936/RLG 5696
Professional Development Seminar

Summer 2017

American Religious History – REL 2121
Religion and Violence – REL 3148
Religion, Medicine, & Healing: Contemporary Perspectives – REL 3098

Spring 2017

Introduction to World Religions – REL 2300
American Religious History – REL 2121
Religion in Asia – REL 2315
Introduction to Islam – REL 2362
Death and Afterlife in World Religions – REL 3191
Junior Seminar – REL 3931
Pentateuch I: Genesis-Exodus – REL 4221/5696/JST 4936
Jesus on TV – REL 3938
Modern Islamic Thought (undergrad) – REL 4367/POS 4931
Modern Islamic Thought (graduate) – RLG 5365/POS 6933
New Approaches to Islam and Muslim Societies after Orientalism – RLG 5937/AFS 6905
Sacred Plants – REL 3988/5937 / ANT 3930/6930
Religions in Latin America – REL 6387/LAS 6938
Religion and Animals (undergrad) – REL 3938
Religion and Animals (graduate) – REL 5936
Religion and Food – REL 3108
Indigenous Religions of the World – REL 3938/ANT 3930/6930
Environmental Ethics – REL 2104
Cults and New Religious Movements – REL 3076
Religion, Nature, & Society (undergrad) – REL4186
Religion, Nature, & Society (graduate) – REL 6185
Islam in Europe – REL 3938/EUR 3930
Islam in the Americas – REL 4393/LAS 4935
Hindu Traditions – RLG 5338

Fall 2016

Religion & Nature in North America – REL 3103/RLG 5199
Martin & Malcolm – REL 3938/AFA 3930 (Course Assignments)
Religion & Nature – RLG 6107
Acts, Paul, and Earliest Christianity – REL 3252
Apocalypticism – REL 3295/JST3930
Intro. to World Religion – REL 2300
Religion and Sustainability – REL 2071
Religion and Fieldwork – REL 4936/RLG 5195
Introduction to Islam – REL 2362 (Course Description)
What is the Good Life? – IUF 1000
Senior Seminar – REL 4933
Fall 2016 Syllabus – REL 2121
Religions of Latin America – REL 3938/LAS 3930
Global Islam – REL 4936/RLG5361
Religion in Asia – REL2315
Chinese Religions – REL 3318
What’s Wrong with You? Religion as Diagnosis, Fear, and Therapy – REL 3938
Intermediate Sanskrit I – SRK 2200
Interpreting Asian Religions – RLG 6319
Ethics, Utopias, and Dystopias – REL 4092/RLG 6095
Ethics in America – REL 3171
Religion in the Americas – RLG 6126
Indigenous Religious Traditions of the Americas – REL 2388/ANT 3930
Introduction to Christianity – REL 2502

Summer 2016

American Religious History – REL 2121
Religion & Violence – REL 3148
Religion, Medicine, and Healing: Contemporary Perspectives – REL 3938/ ANT 3930

Spring 2016

American Religious History – REL 2121
Introduction to Islam – REL 2362
Junior Seminar – REL 3931/6859
The Hebrew Bible as Literature – REL 3213 / JST 3930
Buddhism: Traditions & Transformations – REL 3938
Religious Conversion – REL 4936/5696 EUH 3931/5934 JST 4936
Introduction to World Religions – REL 2300
Religion in Latin America – REL 3381/LAS 3930
Women & Islam – REL 4361/5364 WST 4930/4352 AAS 3930
Religion & Society – REL 3140/ANT 3930
From Disney to Avatar: Nature & Spirituality in Popular Culture – REL 3938
Environmental Ethics – REL 6183
Religion & Immigration in the Americas – REL 3120/LAS 3930
Religion & Evolution – REL 3938
Green Christianity – REL 3938
Jesus on TV – REL 3938
Global Ethics – REL 3938
Beginning Sanskrit II – SRK 1121
Women & Religion – REL 3938
Method & Theory II – REL 6036
Contemporary Shamanisms – REL 3938/5937/ANT 3930/6930
Religion & the News – REL 3938/JOU 4938
Religion & Bollywood – REL 3938

Summer 2015

American Religious History – REL 2121 (Summer A)
Religion, Healing, & Medicine – REL 3093/ANT 3930 (Summer B)
- The Lecture Schedule is available HERE
- To download Course Introduction w/ voiceover from Dr. Robin Wright, click HERE. Images, HERE.