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  • Jesus: How Christianity Began

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  • Who was Jesus of Nazareth? What do we know and how do we know it? This course takes up these questions and surveys the diverse history of interpretation of the life and teachings of Jesus and how this history shaped and continues to shape contemporary views of and debates about politics, race and ethnicity, sexuality and gender, and civil rights. Throughout the course, we will consider both historical material such as early gospels, letters, and Jewish and Roman sources as well as modern contexts of interpretation in theology, film, art, and music. This course is designed and open to all regardless of (or no) religious background.

     

  • Fee: $250.00

  • Instructor: Anna Adrienne Marianne Luijendijk

  • Capacity Remaining: 1

  • Semester Dates: 1/27/2026 - 4/23/2026 

  • Times: 10:40 AM - 11:30 AM

  • Sessions: 24

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  • Religion and Reason

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  • An examination of the most influential theoretical, pragmatic, and moral arguments regarding the existence and nature of God (or gods). Along the way, we consider debates about whether and how we can talk or think about such a being, and about whether mystical experience, miracles, and the afterlife are intelligible notions. Finally, we consider whether religious commitment might be rationally acceptable without any proof or evidence, and whether the real-world fact of religious diversity has philosophical implications. Course readings will be taken from both historical and contemporary sources.

     

  • Fee: $250.00

  • Instructor: Bas Tonissen

  • Capacity Remaining: -1

  • Semester Dates: 1/27/2026 - 4/23/2026 

  • Times: 9:35 AM - 10:25 AM

  • Sessions: 24

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  • Religion in Japanese Culture

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  • An introduction to Japanese religion from ancient to modern times, focusing on its role in culture and history. Representative aspects of Shinto, Buddhist, Christian, and other traditions will be studied, as well as such topics as religion and politics, media, myth, and secularism. Two lectures, one preceptorial.

     

  • Fee: $250.00

  • Instructor: Bryan Lowe

  • Capacity Remaining: -1

  • Semester Dates: 1/26/2026 - 4/22/2026 

  • Times: 10:40 AM - 11:30 AM

  • Sessions: 24

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  • The Ethics of War and Peace in Islam

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  • How were just war, holy war, and martyrdom imagined and enacted over the centuries in Islamic societies? How do concepts of the afterlife inform attitudes towards war and martyrdom? We begin in the Late Antique world with a survey of noble death, martyrdom, holy war, and just war, in the Roman, Jewish and Christian traditions. We explore these topics in the Islamic tradition through case studies: the Arab conquests, the Crusades, Spain and the Reconquista, the Iran-Iraq war and contemporary jihadist movements. We use primary sources in translation (including fiction and poetry) and, for modern period, films and internet.

     

  • Fee: $250.00

  • Instructor: Shaun Marmon

  • Capacity Remaining: 0

  • Semester Dates: 1/26/2026 - 4/22/2026 

  • Times: 12:15 PM - 1:05 PM

  • Sessions: 24

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