Rice Course Schedule, Fall 2001
Religious Studies (RELI)
Rice Course Schedule as of 10/28/2001.
This schedule is maintained by the Office of the Registrar
(reg@rice.edu).
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NOTE: Course web pages are available for some RELI courses.
RELI 125 INTRO TO BIBLICAL HEBREW I Credits 3.00 Fall 01
An introduction to Biblical Hebrew (two semesters) with emphasis on grammar and
vocabulary. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to read
comfortably through biblical narratives and some poetic texts. Also offered as
HEBR 125. Offered with additional work as RELI 551.
001 HUM 227 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Henze, Matthias Enr: 12 Max: 0
RELI 139 INTRODUCTION TO INDIAN RELIGIONS Credits 3.00 Fall 01
This course will survey the four major religions which originated in India,
namely Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism. Emphasis will be palced on the
study of scriptures of these traditions. Also offered as ASIA 139 enrollment is
limited to 30.
001 DH 1046 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Gray, David Enr: 5 Max: 30
RELI 141 INTRODUCTION TO ISLAM Credits 3.00 Fall 01
A historical survey of the Muslim religious tradition, from the time of the
Prophet Muhammad until the present day. Focus on development of Sunni and Shi
Islam, Sufism, and modern Islam.
001 SH 207B - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Cook, David Enr: 6 Max: NA
RELI 209 INTRODUCTION TO JUDAISM Credits 3.00 Fall 01
Post-biblical Judaism reflected in ancient rabbinic (legal
and non-legal)
literature, feminism, medieval Jewish philosophy with special emphasis on
Maimonides, and modern developments such as Hasidism, Musar, liberal Judaism,
and Zionism.
001 HUM 120 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Kaplan, Gregory Enr: 11 Max: NA
RELI 223 QUR'AN AND COMMENTARY Credits 3.00 Fall 01
Survey of the major themes of the Qur'an and selected types of commentary on it
from the early Islamic period until the present day.
001 HUM 120 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM Cook, David Enr: 11 Max: NA
RELI 250 MEDITATION, MYSTICISM, AND MAGIC Credits 3.00 Fall 01
The course moves between Buddhist religious and Western psychological
literature, analyzing these as models of human development, as guides to a
meditative life or critiques of it, and above all as expressions of deeply
rooted cultural proclivities. Reading Freud, Khakar, Milarepa, Norbu,
Obeyesekere, Sutric and Tantric literature, Taylor and Wangyal. Also offered as
ASIA 250.
001 HUM 117 - W 02:00PM - 05:00PM Klein, Anne C. Enr: 34 Max: NA
Parsons, William B.
RELI 280 SEARCH FOR GOD IN THE POSTMODERN WORLD Credits 3.00 Fall 01
Explore forms of theistic religious experience, concentrating on the Western
Christian tradition; past and present cultural and philosophical challenges to
traditional religious belief; the possibility of Christian faith and the
struggle for justice and meaning in the postmodern world.
001 HUM 226 - TH 02:30PM - 05:30PM Stroup, John M. Enr: 14 Max: 0
RELI 282 INTRO TO CHRISTIANITY Credits 3.00 Fall 01
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Multidisciplinary exploration of Christian religious experience, belief, and
social reality with examples from Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe during
the last two thousand years. Themes include search for lasting marks of
identity amid change and diversity as well as the issue of Christianity's
relation to processes of modernization and secularization. No prior background
in religious studies required.
001 HUM 226 - M 02:30PM - 05:30PM Bongmba, Elias K. Enr: 17 Max: 0
Stroup, John M.
RELI 340 THEOLOGY IN AFRICA Credits 3.00 Fall 01
Introductory readings to theological thinking in Africa from the Patristic
period to the present. Course will address methodological issues as well as
constructive theological work on inculturation and liberation.
001 SH 305 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Bongmba, Elias K. Enr: 39 Max: 0
RELI 371 MODERN JEWISH THOUGHT Credits 3.00 Fall 01
What is the role of God and spirituality in the modern world? How do modern
Jewish thinkers reinterpret traditional religious concepts? Explore debates on
textual criticism, historical representation, existentialism, and political
theology in writings by Spinoza, Buber, Rosenzweig, Kook, Levinas, and Adler.
001 TBA - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM Kaplan, Gregory Enr: 6 Max: NA
RELI 397 EGOISM, ALTRUISM AND THE POSTMODERN SELF Credits 3.00 Fall 01
Consider origins and contemporary manifestions of self-love and other-regarding
love from biological, philosophical, psychological and social perspectives.
Relation of religious beliefs and practices to empathy, sympathy and formation
of the self. Offered with additional work as RELI 599.
001 HUM 226 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Wyschogrod, Edith Enr: 3 Max: NA
RELI 401 INDEPENDENT STUDY Credits Fall 01
No description
001 TBA - TBA Bongmba, Elias K. Enr: 2 Max: NA
002 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
003 TBA - TBA Henze, Matthias Enr: 0 Max: NA
004 TBA - TBA Kelber, Werner H. Enr: 0 Max: NA
005 TBA - TBA Klein, Anne C. Enr: 0 Max: NA
006 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
007 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
008 TBA - TBA Parsons, William B. Enr: 0 Max: NA
009 TBA - TBA Stroup, John M. Enr: 1 Max: NA
010 TBA - TBA Wyschogrod, Edith Enr: 0 Max: NA
011 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
RELI 429 DEPARTMENT SEMINAR Credits 3.00 Fall 01
The team-taught Department Seminar critically examines the methodological
questions and interpretive paradigms that have been central to the academic
study of religion. Philosophical, ethical, textual, psychological, comparative
and gender issues, among others, will be considered. Instructors and topics
vary. Mandatory for graduate students; majors by invitation.
001 SH 562 - TH 01:00PM - 04:00PM Henze, Matthias Enr: 4 Max: 0
Kelber, Werner H.
RELI 462 MEDICAL ETHICS & AMER VALUES I Credits 3.00 Fall 01
Readings and discussion of the principles and priorities of medical ethics,
with attention to historical development. Offered with additional work as Reli
543. Taught in conjunction with University of Texas-Houston Health Science
Center. Classes meet at UT School of Public Health. Intended only for highly
qualified undergraduates.
Prereq- permission of instructor.
001 TBA - TTH 03:00PM - 05:00PM Reiser, Stanley J. Enr: 5 Max: 0
RELI 523 INDEPENDENT STUDY Credits Fall 01
No description
001 TBA - TBA Bongmba, Elias K. Enr: 1 Max: NA
002 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
003 TBA - TBA Henze, Matthias Enr: 0 Max: NA
004 TBA - TBA Kelber, Werner H. Enr: 0 Max: NA
005 TBA - TBA Klein, Anne C. Enr: 1 Max: NA
006 TBA - TBA Gray, David Enr: 1 Max: NA
007 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
008 TBA - TBA Parsons, William B. Enr: 0 Max: NA
009 TBA - TBA Stroup, John M. Enr: 1 Max: NA
010 TBA - TBA Wyschogrod, Edith Enr: 1 Max: NA
011 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
RELI 529 DEPARTMENT SEMINAR Credits 3.00 Fall 01
This year's field is Biblical Studies. The Seminar critically examines some of
the following issues: historical criticism, the poetics of narrative, the
reception history of texts, rhetoric or the art of persuasion, history of
religion versus theology, Jewish and Christian readings. Mandatory for graduate
students, majors by invitation. Also listed as RELI 429.
001 SH 562 - TH 01:00PM - 04:00PM Henze, Matthias Enr: 5 Max: 0
Kelber, Werner H.
RELI 543 MEDICAL ETHICS & AMER VALUES I Credits 3.00 Fall 01
Taught in conjunction with University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center.
Classes meet at UT School of Public Health. Graduate version of RELI 462.
Permission of instructor required.
001 TBA - TH 03:00PM - 05:00PM Reiser, Stanley J. Enr: 0 Max: 0
RELI 551 INTRODUCTION TO BIBLICAL HEBREW I Credits 3.00 Fall 01
Graduate version of RELI 125 and HEBR 125.
001 HUM 227 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Henze, Matthias Enr: 0 Max: NA
RELI 597 NIETZSCHE AND RELIGION IN THE 21ST CENTU Credits 3.00 Fall 01
Exploration of the thought of Nietzsche in the light of its impact on 21ST
century Christian and Jewish thinkers and their critics. Analysis of
Nietzsche's works and their influence on the understanding of God, faith, law,
and the moral life in such figures as Barth, Tillich, Marcel, Buber, Levinas
and Derrida.
001 HUM 226 - T 01:00PM - 04:00PM Wyschogrod, Edith Enr: 4 Max: NA
RELI 599 EGOISM, ALTRUISM AND THE POSTMODERN SELF Credits 3.00 Fall 01
Graduate version of RELI 397.
001 HUM 226 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Wyschogrod, Edith Enr: 4 Max: NA
RELI 800 RESEARCH AND THESIS Credits 9.00 Fall 01
No description
001 TBA - TBA Parsons, William B. Enr: 6 Max: 0
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