Rice Course Schedule, Spring 2002
Religious Studies (RELI)
Rice Course Schedule as of 03/20/2002.
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 101 INTRO TO THE STUDY OF RELIGION Credits 3.00 Spring 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Comparative and interdisciplinary analysis of key elements (including
scripture, religious experience, ideas of the divine, religious art and
practices) of two Western and two non-Western religions, of the scholarly study
of religion, and of the role of religion in the contemporary world.
001 HUM 117 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM Carroll, Beverlee Jill Enr: 99 Max: 0
Parsons, William B.
RELI 111 INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN RELIGIONS Credits 3.00 Spring 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
An introductory reading course in the structures of African religions
(indigeous, Christian and Islamic). Topics include community, cosmology,
ritual, ethical values, magic, witchcraft, nationalism, independence, social
change, religion and art, and the transplantation of African religions in the
Americas.
001 BL 131 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Bongmba, Elias K. Enr: 68 Max: 0
RELI 123 GOD, TIME AND HISTORY Credits 3.00 Spring 02
* RESTRICTED DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
How is the passage of time given meaning, and what role--if any--is assigned to
divinity in shaping the direction of events? Course explores various forms of
recording and interpreting events, drawing from ancient Mesopotamia, Israel,
and the Greco-Roman world--the cultures in which modern ideas of history began.
Enrollment is limited. Also offered as HIST 113 and HUMA 113.
001 HUM 117 - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM Henze, Matthias Enr: 10 Max: 12
Maas, Michael R.
RELI 126 INTRODUCTION TO BIBLICAL HEBREW II Credits 3.00 Spring 02
Continuation of Reli 411. We will finish the grammar in the second half of
this semester and then read selections from the Hebrew Bible, including the
entire book of Ruth as well as short Rabbinic and Qumranic texts. Also offered
as HEBR 126 and RELI 552.
001 HUM 226 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Henze, Matthias Enr: 11 Max: 0
RELI 140 INTRODUCTION TO CHINESE RELIGIONS Credits 3.00 Spring 02
Surveys the major Chinese religious traditions of Confucianism, Daoism and
Buddhism. Readings will include both philosophical texts, historical and
anthropological studies, as well as popular literature. Also offered as ASIA
140.
001 HUM 119 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Gray, David Enr: 9 Max: 0
RELI 200 THE BIBLE IN WESTERN TRADITION Credits 3.00 Spring 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Explores multiple roles the Bible has played in Western culture. Emphasis will
be on the Bible in media history, as generator of the artistic imagination. As
catalyst of ideas and as shaper of religious and political history. Also
offered as HUMA 107.
001 HUM 119 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM Kelber, Werner H. Enr: 18 Max: 0
RELI 210 ETHICS IN JUDAISM Credits 3.00 Spring 02
What-if anything-is right, good, and just about our intentions and actions?
The course surveys urgent questions raised in Jewish philosophy concerning law,
morality, and politics. Topics include freedom and frailty, gender and
government, emotions and reasons, suffering and hope. Readings in translation
ancient, medieval, modern, and contemporary writings.
001 HUM 226 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Kaplan, Gregory Enr: 11 Max: 0
RELI 238 NORTH AMERICAN NEW RELIGIONS Credits 3.00 Spring 02
Introduces contemporary new religions in North America using an
inter-disciplinary approach to explore their continuing appeal and the
controversies they raise, both for the broader culture as well as for scholars
of religion.
001 HUM 118 - MWF 02:00PM - 02:50PM Shuck, Glenn W Enr: 9 Max: 25
RELI 286 THE REFORMATION & ITS RESULTS Credits 3.00 Spring 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Theology and church-state issues from 16th-century Reformation to 17th century;
medieval background; Luther and Calvin, the Catholic Reformation; religious
wars; Protestant orthodoxy; Pietist spirituality; Puritanism; and calls for
toleration. Also offered as HIST 286.
001 HUM 226 - TH 02:30PM - 05:30PM Stroup, John M. Enr: 5 Max: 0
RELI 293 PHILOSOPHERS LOOK AT RELIGION Credits 3.00 Spring 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Inquiry into the ways which selected Western and Asian philosophers have
interpreted God, reality, the moral life and religious experience. Plato,
Augustine, Hume and Kant will be compared with thinkers of the Vedic, Jain,
Samkhya and Buddhist traditions. Also offered as HUMA 115.
001 HUM 226 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Wyschogrod, Edith Enr: 7 Max: 0
RELI 322 INTRODUCTION TO BUDDHISM Credits 3.00 Spring 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Exploration of the Buddhist traditions of India, Tibet, China, and Japan,
emphasizing the relationship between styles of meditation, their philosophical
perspectives, cultural context, and classic Buddhist texts. Offered with
additional work as RELI 572.
001 HUM 119 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Klein, Anne C. Enr: 36 Max: 0
RELI 334 PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION Credits 3.00 Spring 02
Significant contemporary problems examined from a clinical standpoint,
e.g.,ideas of God, evil, anxiety, guilt, and therapeutic process.
001 HUM 119 - W 02:00PM - 05:00PM Sanborn, Hugh W. Enr: 20 Max: 0
RELI 352 JIHAD AND THE END OF THE WORLD Credits 3.00 Spring 02
The course will explore the connections between Jihad (both aggressive and
non-aggressive) and apocalyptic beliefs in the Muslim tradition from the time
of the Prophet Muhammad until the present day. Readings from the Qur'an,
Bukhari, Ayatullah al-Khumayni, and Sayyid Qutb.
001 HUM 226 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM Cook, David Enr: 4 Max: NA
RELI 395 RELIGION AND ASCETICISM Credits 3.00 Spring 02
Explores interpretations of the body in selected religious traditions in the
context of contemporary analyses of corporeality. Includes the theological
meanings of pain, suffering, self-denial and renunciation of the world. Offered
with additional work as RELI 596.
001 HUM 226 - T 01:00PM - 04:00PM Wyschogrod, Edith Enr: 3 Max: 0
RELI 402 INDEPENDENT STUDY Credits Spring 02
No description
001 TBA - TBA Bongmba, Elias K. Enr: 2 Max: 0
002 TBA - TBA Cook, David Enr: 2 Max: NA
003 TBA - TBA Henze, Matthias Enr: 0 Max: NA
004 TBA - TBA Kelber, Werner H. Enr: 1 Max: NA
005 TBA - TBA Klein, Anne C. Enr: 0 Max: NA
006 TBA - TBA Gray, David Enr: 0 Max: NA
007 TBA - TBA Kaplan, Gregory Enr: 0 Max: NA
008 TBA - TBA Parsons, William B. Enr: 0 Max: NA
009 TBA - TBA Stroup, John M. Enr: 7 Max: NA
010 TBA - TBA Wyschogrod, Edith Enr: 0 Max: NA
011 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 1 Max: NA
RELI 424 RELIGION AND POLITICS IN AFRICA Credits 3.00 Spring 02
Explores religion and politics in Africa focusing on indigenous religions,
Christianity, Islam, etc. Readings highlight historical developments, key
documents in religion and politics, contemporary issues such as: religious
freedom, separation of religion and politics, human rights, violence, race,
gender, class, and the role of religion in reconstruction of public praxis.
Enrollment is limited to 30. Offered with additional work as RELI 534.
Prereq- Approval of instructor.
001 HUM 226 - F 01:00PM - 04:00PM Bongmba, Elias K. Enr: 1 Max: 20
RELI 440 ISLAM'S MYSTICAL AND ESOTERIC TRADITION Credits 3.00 Spring 02
Explores the ascetic and Sufi aspects of Islam from the middle Islamic period
until the present day. Readings from al-Ghazali, Ibn al-Arabi, Sa'di, Hafiz
and Rumi.
Prereg - With permission of instructor.
001 HUM 226 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Cook, David Enr: 3 Max: 0
RELI 451 PHILOSOPHIES & THEOLOGIES OF HISTORY Credits 3.00 Spring 02
Modern thought on the meaning and ultimate direction of history; roots in
eschatology, Augustine, flowering in progress and historicism--e.g., Vico,
Lessing, Hegel, Ranke, Burckhardt, Nietzsche, Harnack, Troeltsch, Meinecke,
Spengler, Heidegger, Butterfield, Dawson, Schweitzer, Jaspers, Toynbee. Also
offered as HIST 451. Offered with additional work as Reli 517.
001 HUM 226 - M 02:30PM - 05:30PM Stroup, John M. Enr: 0 Max: 0
RELI 470 BUDDHIST WISDOM TEXTS Credits 3.00 Spring 02
Indo-Tibetan anaylses of the mind and its functions, especially differing views
on the role of reasoning and the nature of the "ultimate" in major
philosophical schools of Tibet and India. Offered with additional credit as
RELI 570.
001 HUM 120 - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM Klein, Anne C. Enr: 5 Max: 0
RELI 492 MODERNITY AND RELIGION Credits 3.00 Spring 02
The role of religion and faith in the modern world has often been problematic.
In this seminar, we will analyze the role of religion in the twentieth century
through case studies from around the world. Topics vary.
001 HUM 328 - TH 02:30PM - 05:30PM Thal, Sarah Enr: 1 Max: 7
RELI 517 PHILOSOPHIES AND THEOLOGIES OF HISTORY Credits 3.00 Spring 02
Graduate version of RELI 451 and HIST 451.
001 HUM 226 - M 02:30PM - 05:30PM Stroup, John M. Enr: 0 Max: 0
RELI 522 ISLAM'S MYSTICAL AND ESOTERIC TRADITION Credits 3.00 Spring 02
Explore the ascetic and Sufi aspects of Islam from the middle Islamic period
until the present day. Readings from al-Ghazali, Ibn al-Arabi, Sa di, Hafiz
and Rumi.
001 HUM 226 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Cook, David Enr: 1 Max: 0
RELI 524 INDEPENDENT STUDY Credits Spring 02
No description
001 TBA - TBA Bongmba, Elias K. Enr: 0 Max: 0
002 TBA - TBA Cook, David 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 Gray, David Enr: 0 Max: NA
007 TBA - TBA Kaplan, Gregory Enr: 1 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: 2 Max: NA
011 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 1 Max: NA
RELI 534 RELIGION AND POLITICS IN AFRICA Credits 3.00 Spring 02
Explores religion and politics in Africa focusing on indigenous religions,
Christianity, Islam, etc. Readings highlight historical developments, key
documents in religion and politics, contemporary issues such as: religious
freedom, separation of religion and politics, human rights, violence, race,
gender, class, and the role of religion in reconstruction of public praxis.
Enrollment is limited to 30. Graduate version of RELI 424.
001 HUM 226 - F 01:00PM - 04:00PM Bongmba, Elias K. Enr: 1 Max: 10
RELI 570 BUDDHIST WISDOM TEXTS Credits 3.00 Spring 02
Indo-Tibetan analyses of the mind and its functions, especially differing views
on the role of reasoning and the nature of the "ultimate" in major
philosophical schools of Tibet and India.
001 HUM 120 - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM Klein, Anne C. Enr: 0 Max: 0
RELI 572 INTRODUCTION TO BUDDHISM Credits 3.00 Spring 02
Graduate version of RELI 322.
001 HUM 119 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Klein, Anne C. Enr: 0 Max: NA
RELI 596 RELIGION, ASCETICISM AND THE BODY Credits 3.00 Spring 02
Explores interpretations of the body in selected religious traditions in the
context of contemporary analyses of corporeality. Includes the theological
meanings of pain, suffering, self-denial and renunciation of the world. Also
offered as RELI 395
001 HUM 226 - T 01:00PM - 04:00PM Wyschogrod, Edith Enr: 7 Max: 0
RELI 800 RESEARCH AND THESIS Credits 9.00 Spring 02
No description
001 TBA - TBA Parsons, William B. Enr: 7 Max: 0
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