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The Muslim World, 600-1250

RLST/ARAB 2320 | 3.0
Dr. Brian A. Catlos
Asynchronous, Online (Term B)

Focusing on the history of the Muslim World in the age of the caliphates (650-ca1200 CE), this course takes an interdisciplinary, comparative approach to the development��of Islamicate society, tracing the evolution of Islamic religion, society and culture from the era of pre-Islamic Arabia through the “Golden Age of Islam.”

fulfills Gen Ed Global Diversity requirement

Religions in the United States

RLST 2500 | 3.0
Dr. Deborah Whitehead
Asynchronous, Online (Term A)

This course will introduce students to the historical and contemporary study of religions in the United States.�� Along the way we will encounter many of the key religious traditions, movements, and figures that have shaped American religious belief and practice. In addition, the course will consider such questions as:�� What major cultural forces shape and have shaped religions in America?�� How have Americans of different faiths and nationalities encountered, interacted, argued, clashed and cooperated with one another? Have they seen America as a promised land or place of refuge—or as a place of conflict and suffering? What are some ways that religious Americans think about faith, spirituality, religious diversity and church and state? Ultimately, how does the academic study of religion shed light on what it means to be an “American” or a religious American?

fulfills Gen Ed U.S. Diversity requirement

Christian Traditions

RLST 3000 | 3.0
Dr. Brian A. Catlos
Asynchronous, Online (Term A)

Serves as an introduction to the academic study of Christianity, understood in its historical context, beginning with its most remote Mesopotamian origins and through to beginnings of the Protestant Reformation. Coverage is global, but "Western" Christian tradition are emphasized, as is the evolution of doctrine, ritual and institutions in relation to social, cultural and political factors.

fulfills Arts & Sciences General Education: Distribution-Arts & Humanities

Religion and Literature in America

RLST 3050 | 3.0
Dr. Deborah Whitehead
Asynchronous, Online (Maymester)

Studies religious dimensions of American culture through representative literature, beginning with the Puritans and focusing on diversity in the 19th and 20th centuries.

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