Religious Studies Courses

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 1021

An Ancient Murder Mystery: The Death of Christ from the Gospels to Mel Gibson

Instructors: Cassen

Instructors: Inazu, Valeri

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 1200

Religious Freedom in America

Instructors: Kim, Tae Hyun

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 1500

First-Year Seminar: Exploring East Asian Classics

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 154

Freshman Seminar: Saints and Society

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 156

First-Year Seminar: This Secular Age: Religion and Politics in Literature

Instructors: Jakubowski

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 171

First-Year Seminar:

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 180

First-Year Seminar in Religious Studies

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 189

Beginning Coptic II

Credits: 4 | Frequency: Unpredictable

Instructors: Maffly-Kipp

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 2010

Religion and American Society

Instructors: Griffith

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 2030

Arch City Religion: Global Religion & Public Life in St. Louis

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 2062

Sophomore Seminar

Instructors: Chen

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 207

Scriptures and Cultural Traditions: Text & Tradition

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 208F

Introduction to Jewish Civilization: History and Identity

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 210

The Good Life Between Religion and Politics

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 210C

Introduction to Islamic Civilization

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 224

Islamic Religion: An Introduction

Instructors: Sarkisian

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 225

Religion and Politics in American History

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 235

Puritans and Revolutionaries: Religion and the Making of America

Instructors: Valeri

Instructors: Crosland

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 238

Gothic Art: Patronage, Piety, and Power

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 2396

The "Orient": Europe and Islamic Art from 1851 to Today

Instructors: Murphy

Instructors: Isseroff

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 2400

Jewish Political Thought

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 2401

First-Year Seminar: Sex and the Bible

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 2450

Love and Reason

Instructors: De Stradis

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 253

Catholicism Confronts Modernity: A Global History from the French Revolution to Pope Francis

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 280

African-American Religions

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 285

Islam in America

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 290

Islamophobia & U.S. Politics

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 2910

Racism and Antiracism

Instructors: Judaken

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 300

Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3023

Politics, Religion, and Society in Early Modern Britain, 1485-1714

Instructors: Hindle

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3035

Antisemitism: History, Causes, Consequences

Instructors: Judaken

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3044

Humors, Pox, and Plague: Medieval and Early Modern Medicine

Instructors: Ramos

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3051

Orthodoxy and Heresy in Early Christianity

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3060

Modern Jewish Writers

Instructors: Berg

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3062

Islam, Culture and Society in West Africa

Instructors: DIALLO

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3071

Solidarity and Silence: Religious Strategies in the Political Sphere

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3072

Literary Modernities in East Asia: Text & Traditions

Instructors: Lee

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3073

Global War on Terrorism

Instructors: Knapp

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3074

Hinduism and the Hindu Right

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 307F

Introduction to the New Testament

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3082

From the Temple to the Talmud: The Emergence of Rabbinic Judaism

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3100

Religion and Violence

Instructors: Hussey

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3101

The Problem of Evil: The Holocaust and Other Horrors

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3102

Defense Against the Dark Arts: An Anthropological Approach to the Study of Religion and Health

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3105

American Holidays, Rituals, and Celebrations

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3110

Sacred Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent

Instructors: Jain

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3130

Sexuality in Early Christianity

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 313C

Islamic History 600-1200

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3160

Beauty & Aesthetics In Islam: Islamicate Literature, Material Art, & Architecture

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3171

Religion and Culture in South and Southeast Asia

Instructors: Griffith

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3180

The Abuse Crisis in Modern Christianity

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3183

The Jews of North Africa

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3184

A Rainbow Thread: A History of Queer Identities in Judaism and Islam

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3185

The Jewish Experience in the United States: A History of Exceptions and Exceptionalism

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3192

Modern South Asia

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3201

Gender, Culture, and Madness

Instructors: Lester

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 321

American Religion and the Politics of Gender and Sexuality

Instructors: Stephen

Instructors: Sherberg

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3221

Topics in Italian Studies: The Jewish Experience in Italy, 1850-1945

Instructors: Isseroff

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3230

Jews and Jewishness in Black American Thought

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3232

Religion & Nationalism in the Middle East & South Asia

Instructors: Warren

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3262

The Early Medieval World: 200-1000

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3263

The High Middle Ages: 1000-1500

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3277

Philosophy of Religion

Instructors: Kvanvig

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 329A

Sociology of Religion

Instructors: Moore

Instructors: Kim, Tae Hyun

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3303

Topics in Chinese Lit & Culture: Three Streams: Major Religious Traditions in Pre-modern East Asia

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3304

Modern Islam

Instructors: Warren

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3313

Women and Islam

Instructors: Beck

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3330

The Holocaust: History and Memory of the Nazi Genocide

Instructors: Walke

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3340

Topics in East Asian Religions: The Lotus Sutra in East Asia: Buddhism, Art, Literature

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3341

Religion, Race, and Migration: Borders of Difference

Instructors: Lukasik

Instructors: Musselman

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3345

The Politics of Play and Protest: Religion and Sports in America

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 334C

Crusade, Conflict, and Coexistence: Jews in Christian Europe

Instructors: Cassen

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3350

Out of the Shtetl: Jewish Life in Central and Eastern Europe in the 19th and 20th Centuries?

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3354

Vienna, Prague, Budapest: Politics, Culture, and Identity in Central Europe

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3355

Gender and Power in Religious Thought

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 335C

Becoming "Modern": Emancipation, Antisemitism and Nationalism in Modern Jewish History

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 336C

History of the Jews in Islamic Lands

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3370

Terrorism and Counterterrorism

Instructors: Wayne

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3404

Native American and Afro-Native Religious Traditions

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3405

American Religion, Race, and Law

Instructors: Lee

Instructors: Greenberg

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3411

The Jewish People in America

Instructors: Anderson

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3412

Children and Childhood in World Religions

Instructors: Anderson

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3421

Childhood, Culture, and Religion in Medieval Europe and the Mediterranean World

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3422

Art of the Islamic World

Instructors: Murphy

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3465

Islamic Law

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3540

Anthropological and Sociological Study of Muslim Societies

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3542

Christian Theology and Politics in the Modern West

Instructors: Valeri

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3552

Topics in Korean Literature and Culture

Instructors: Graybill

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 356

Genesis

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3561

Exodus

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 356C

Ancient Philosophy

Instructors: Brown

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 358

Conscience and Religion in American Politics

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 359

Travelers, Tricksters, and Storytellers: Jewish Travel Narratives and Autobiographies

Credits: 3 | Frequency: Every 4 Years

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3620

Islam, Gender, Sexuality

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 365

The Bible as Literature

Instructors: Thomas

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3660

The Sephardic Experience: 1492 to the Present

Credits: 3 | Frequency: Every Third Semester

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 368

Theories and Methods in the Study of Religion

Instructors: Rosenfeld

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3690

Reading Sex in Premodern England: Medieval Sexualities

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 36CA

Heroes and Saints in India: Religion, Myth, History

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3700

Religion and Capitalism in Modern America

Instructors: Valeri

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3730

Topics in Near Eastern Cultures

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 374

Of Dishes, Taste, and Class: History of Food in the Middle East

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 374C

Kings, Priests, Prophets, and Rabbis: The Jews in the Ancient World

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 375W

In the Beginning: Creation Myths of the Biblical World: Writing Intensive

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 377

History of Slavery in the Middle East

Instructors: Kravchenko

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3801

Topics in Religious Studies: Religion, Clothing, and Bodily Adornment

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3803

American Religion, Media, and Technology

Instructors: Baysa

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 381

Major Figures in Christian Thought

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 382

Topics in Christianity

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3831

Magicians, Healers, and Holy Men

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 384

African and African American Religion and Thought

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3843

Comparative Religion

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 385D

Topics in Biblical Hebrew Texts

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 387

Topics in Jewish Studies: Race and Religion in the North American West

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3870

Topics in Jewish Studies

Instructors: Maffly-Kipp

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3900

Mormon History in Global Context

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 390A

EALC Seminar: East Asian Buddhism

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3921

Secular and Religious: A Global History

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 393

Medieval Christianity

Instructors: Griffith

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3950

Topics in Religion and Politics:

Credits: 3 | Frequency: Every Semester

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 396

Islamic Philosophy, Mysticism, and Theology

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3977

The Making of the Modern Catholic Church

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 4002

Capstone Seminar: Convivencia or Reconquista? Muslims, Jews, and Christians in Medieval Iberia

Instructors: Berg

Instructors: Kravchenko

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 404

Material Religion

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 4060

Convivencia or Reconquista? Muslims, Jews, and Christians in Medieval Iberia

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 408

Nuns

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 4080

Sacred Ways and Holy Spaces: Athenian Religion and Topography

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 409

Beyond Geography: The Meaning of Place in the Near East

Instructors: Berg

Instructors: Rosenfeld

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 4101

Medieval English Literature II

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 4102

Rastafari, Reggae, and Resistance

Instructors: Bedasse

Instructors: Rosenfeld

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 4110

Medieval English Literature I

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 4118

The Good Cause: Psychological Anthropology of Moral Crusades

Instructors: Boyer

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 4121

American Religion, Politics, and Culture: Catholicism and Contemporary American Politics

Instructors: Malone

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 4141

Gender, Religion, Medicine and Science

Instructors: Cislo

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 4180

Victorian Literature 1830-1890: Literature & Religion in the Age of Doubt

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 4181

Literature & Religion in an Age of Doubt?

Instructors: McKelvy

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 4250

Law, Religion, and Politics

Instructors: Inazu

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 4251

Topics in Religion and Culture in East Asia: The Buddhist Culture(s) of Japan

Instructors: Aravecchia

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 4252

The Archaeology of Christian Monasticism

Instructors: Reynolds

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 4274

Palestine, Israel, and the Arab-Israeli Conflict

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 4290

Art and Death in Ancient Rome

Instructors: Jones

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 4300

Spiritual But Not Religious: The Politics of American Spirituality

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 435

Sabbath Politics: Rest and Refusal in Religion and Politics

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 4366

Europe's New Diversities

Instructors: Bowen

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 444

The Mystical Tradition in Judaism

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 446

History of Political Thought in the Middle East

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 4491

American Unbelief from the Enlightenment to the New Atheism

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 4803

Advanced Seminar: Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan

Instructors: Sherberg

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 481

Dante

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 4890

Catholicism and Slavery

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 4902

Monuments, Museums, and Mountains: Religion and the Politics of Place in Modern America

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 4965

Advanced Seminar: Magic, Heresy and Witchcraft in the Medieval World, 350-1550

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 498

Independent Work for Senior Honors I

Instructors: [TBA]

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 499

Independent Work for Senior Honors II

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 4993

Advanced Seminar in History: Women and Religion in Medieval Europe

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 4998

Advanced Seminar in History: Heresy and War

L23 RELIGIOUS STUDIES 500

Independent Work

Instructors: [TBA]

Credits: Variable | Frequency: None