Religion

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Rel 410 Literature And Religion Of The Bible (3) A study of Old Testament literature and religious thought. 

Rel 415 Religion And Society (3) A study of the relationship of religious views and values to contemporary problems of individual and group behavior, political responsibility and international order. 

Rel 422 Survey Of Aboriginal And Folk Religions (3) Introduction to the belief systems and religious practices of pre-scientific peoples, contemporary aborigines and members of folk cultures in the more advanced nations of the world. 

Rel 425 Ethical Issues And The Law (3) An analysis of ethical and legal problems in the United States such as abortion, euthanasia, human experimentation, the judicial process, church-state relations and other issues that touch on the religious dimensions of existence. 

Rel 428 Interpretation Of The Bible (3) Principles of Biblical interpretation and their use in understanding the significance of the scriptures. 

Rel 430 Comparative Religious Ethics (3) An examination of religious ethics in the West in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. 

Rel 431 American Sects And Cults (3) Study of the social conditions out of which cults and sects arise and an analysis of their doctrinal and technical deviations from traditional religion. 

Rel 432 Death And Dying In Religious Thought (3) A study of the dominant conceptions of death and dying in religious thought. 

Rel 435 History Of Christianity (3) Christian thought and institutions from apostolic times to the modern world. 

Rel 440 Christianity: Ancient And Medieval (3) A study of the formative period of Christian thought and practice. 

Rel 445 Christianity: Reformation To The Nineteenth Century (3) Religious continuity conflict in Christianity from the Fifteenth to the Nineteenth Centuries concentrating upon the changes in religious attitudes towards myth, devotion, revelation, community and the irrational. 

Rel 446 Mysticism (3) A study of mysticism as a distinct religious phenomenon and major category of religious experience. 

Rel 450 Contemporary Religious Thought (3) The great themes of religious thought examined objectively as they occur in the teachings of the major contemporary world religions. 

Rel 452 Buddhism (3) A study of the fundamental concepts of Buddhism, e.g. nirvana, enlightenment, karma, dharma, An examination of the historic development of these concepts in their various Asian cultural and geographic settings. 

Rel 455 Hinduism (3) A study of the religious life of India from the Indus Valley civilization to Sankara. 

Rel 460 Judaism (3) Examination of the great ideas and issues of Judaism as reflected in its cultural traditions. 

Rel 466 Survey Of Apocryphal And Pseud-Epigraphical Judeo-Christian Literature (3) Study of representative extracanonical writings from the Old and New Testament period with special attention to the formation of the canon, the role of councils and synods and variances among Jews, Catholics and Protestants. 

Rel 470 Islam (3) A study of the varieties of Islamic religion in their social contexts. 

Rel 480 Ministerial Counseling (3) Introduction to the principles and techniques of counseling with an emphasis on the characteristics of an effective counselor, of counseling and the place of counseling in the church. 

Rel 499 Special Topics In Religion (3-6) Directed individual study of some particular topic of interest.

Rel 500 History Of Biblical Scholarship (3) Review of representative scholars and their writings from the Patristic Period to the present. 

Rel 510 Historical Backgrounds Of The Old And New Testament (3) The Judeo-Christian scriptures viewed in the light of the economic, social and political contexts out of which they arose and the historical antecedents and cultural expectations which influenced them. 

Rel 525 Archeology Of The Bible (3) The present state of Biblical archeology, its historic development, problems of decipherment of texts dating of artifacts and recent finds such as the Dead Sea Scrolls. 

Rel 530 Church Doctrine From Apostolic To Contemporary Times (3) Historic survey of Christian dogma from Apostolic times to the present with emphasis on problems of orthodoxy and heresy, inspiration and criticism, ecclesiastical authority and private conscience. 

Rel 540 Contemporary Issues In Interfaith And Ecumenical Movements (3) A study of the attitudes of the great Western faiths toward each other and recent trends toward increased interfaith and interdenominational dialogue and cooperation. 

Rel 555 Critical Issues In Contemporary Theology (3) A study of selected problems which have preoccupied recent theologians and their relation to secular learning and world events. 

Rel 560 Survey Of Literature Of Textual And Form Criticism Of The Bible (3) An historical review of representative writers dealing with selected problems in historiography, linguistics, textual comparison, translation problems and interdisciplinary perspectives. 

Rel 570 Existential Thought In Contemporary Western Theology (3) Survey of the impact of existential theologians of Judeo-Christian thought from the perspectives of Jewish, Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Protestant writers. 

Rel 599 Directed Thesis Research (3-6) 

Rel 601 Marriage And Family Pastoral Counseling (3) Advanced course dealing with problems and conflicts within marriage and family settings. Counseling methods and practical behavioral techniques designed to meet problems and conflicts. 

Rel 609 Depth Psychology And Religion (3) In-depth study of the function of archetype, myth, ritual and symbol in religious experience and their roles in the liberation and integration of unconscious and pre-conscious energies in the religious life. 

Rel 612 Philosophy Of Religious Education (3) Advanced study of Western and Eastern bases for the educational ministries of the church. 

Rel 650 Religion And Social Reform (3) An examination of the role religious teachings and organizations have played in attempts to ameliorate human problems such as ignorance, poverty, crime, slavery, war, racism, sexism and political oppression from the Exodus to the present. 

Rel 675 Religion And The Modern World (3) An examination of the influence of religious thought and organizations on contemporary social, political, economic and cultural institutions with particular attention to areas of conflict with scientism, secularism, humanism, militarism and nationalism. 

Rel 699 Directed Dissertation Research (3-12)