Varieties of
African American Religious Experience
T.Hucks
TTh 8:30-10
Hall 007
REL 165b
New
Course Religion, Ethics and
Social Justice
The course
examines "religious"
conceptions of community, character and conduct. Christian
ethics and moral philosophy are the primary analytical tools
the course will use to examine notions of freedom, equality
and justice. Central questions the course will investigate
include: Are Christian principles at odds with rights-oriented
liberal democratic principles? Are citizens inclined to follow
principles of justice only when influenced by religious ethics
or comprehensive beliefs? What are justifiable ethical responses
to abortion, gay marriage, affirmative action and immigration
within a democratic society?
New
Course Slavery, Catechism, and Plantation
Missions in Antebellum America
LE: 25
T.Hucks
T 1:30-4
Shrp 410
REL 264B
New
Course Religion and Violence
Drawing on rich anthropological and theological traditions,
this course
will explore the logic, function and rhetoric of phenomena
such as
sacrifice, martyrdom, and scapegoating. Our efforts to understand
touchstone works of modern philosophy and anthropology will
be aided by the screening of thematically related movies.
J. Dubler
TTh 11:30-1:00
Stokes 010
REL
310B
Religion and
Gender in Modern Pre-Japanese Literature
H.Glassman
Th 1:30-4
Fdrs 034
REL 326B
New
Course Religion and Consumer
Culture in America
In this seminar, we will examine the nexus of American religious
practice and consumer culture. We will track the changing ways
Americans have made, sold and bought the things they used to
worship their gods, celebrate their religious traditions, turn
their
houses into homes and mark themselves as belonging to particular
religious
groups.
J. Dubler
M 1:30-4:00
Rbts 007
REL 347b
New
Course The Souls of Black Folk:
W.E.B. DuBois and the Problem of Religion
The seminar examines the religious and political imagination
of W.E.B. Du Bois. Known primarily as a sociologist and political
essayist, the seminar examines the influence of African American
religion on Du Bois's political conception of America
in general and African American life in particular.
