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RELI 122 THE BIBLE AND ITS INTERPRETERS Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I Seeks to acquaint students with the principal parts of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and to provide some exposure to the different ways in which the Bible has been interpreted, from late Antiquity to modern times. Compares a modern-critical reading with early Jewish and Christian, often fanciful, elaborations of the same biblical tales and and figures. 001 MWF 01:00PM-01:50PM SH*303 Henze, Matthias *CURRENT ENR: 0 RELI 262 MYSTICISM: TEXTS AND METHODS Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I Familiarize the student with diverse texts (secular and religious, East and West) found in mystical literature. Emphasis will be placed on psychological, philosophical and comparative methods. Offered with additional work as Reli 582. 001 TTH 09:25AM-10:40AM SH*562 Parsons, William *CURRENT ENR: 0 RELI 282 INTRODUCTION TO CHRISTIANITY Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I Multidisciplinary exploration of Christian religious experience, belief, and social reality with examples from Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe during the last two thousand years. Themes include search for lasting marks of identity amid change and diversity as well as the issue of Christianity's relation to processes of modernization and secularization. No prior background in religious studies required. 001 TH 02:30PM-05:30PM FL*524 Bongmba, Elias *CURRENT ENR: 0 001 Stroup, John *CURRENT ENR: 0 RELI 293 PHILOSOPHERS LOOK AT RELIGION Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * RESTRICTED DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I Also offered as Huma 115. 001 TTH 09:25AM-10:40AM SH*207B Wyschogrod, Edith *CURRENT ENR: 0 RELI 300 ART AND THE WORLD'S RELIGIONS Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I Art is presented as a way of thinking about reality. Slide-illustrated lectures will involve visual formulations of : Origination, history, destiny, society, the individual, sexuality, gender, power, and the end of the world. Also offered as HART 300. 001 T 07:00PM-10:00PM MECN*100 McEvilley, Thomas *CURRENT ENR: 0 RELI 302 JEWISH-CHRISTIAN DIALOGUE Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I Course examines Judaism and Christianity, and the often conflictual relations between the two faiths. It proceeds both historically, tracing their relation from the split that occurred in the first century CE through the Middle Ages into the post-holocaust era, and thematically, focusing on the nature of dialogue, Pharisaism and Christian anti-Pharisaism, Jewish and Christian sexual ethics, visions of redemption, Jewish responses to incarnation and Christian mission, medieval disputations between church and synagogue (Barcelona disputation: 1263), renewal and reform, holocaust, ecumenism. Lecture and discussion format. Enrollment is limited to 40. 001 M 07:00PM-10:00PM SH*303 Kelber, Werner *CURRENT ENR: 0 001 Kavka, Martin *CURRENT ENR: 0 RELI 308 CANONICAL GOSPELS: NARRATIVE & SOC SETTI Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I Exploration of the four separate story worlds of Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John. The primary objective is to read each gospel as an integral narrative in its own right. A secondary objective is to reflect on the historical circumstances that gave rise to each gospel composition. 001 MWF 03:00PM-03:50PM SH*562 Kelber, Werner *CURRENT ENR: 0 RELI 322 INTRODUCTION TO BUDDHISM Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * 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. This year's course will include special focus on Tibetan mediation. Offered with additional work as Reli 572. 001 TTH 02:30PM-03:50PM PL*118 Klein, Anne *CURRENT ENR: 0 RELI 330 CLASSICAL & COLLOQUIAL TIBETAN Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 Readings in Tibetan Bon and Buddhist religious texts. Offered with additional work as Reli 532. Also offered as Tibt 330. Section 1:Introduction to Tibetan with emphasis on the language of the classical Buddhist texts. Prereq- none but curiosity. Section 2: Intermediate level. Prereq- at least 1 semester of introductory Tibetan. Section 3: Advanced level. Prereq- at least 1 year of classical Tibetan. 001 MW 11:00AM-12:20PM SH*352 Pietsch, C. *CURRENT ENR: 0 002 MW 12:30PM-01:50PM TBA Pietsch, C. *CURRENT ENR: 0 003 TTH 04:00PM-05:20PM SH*352 Klein, Anne *CURRENT ENR: 0 RELI 362 ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I Explores the moral status of animals, other organisms, and ecosystems from religious, philosophical, feminist, and scientific perspectives; Examines issues such as biodiversity, wilderness preservation, population, and biotechnology. 001 TTH 01:00PM-02:20PM SH*303 McKenny, Gerald *CURRENT ENR: 0 RELI 372 VARIETIES OF JEWISH MYSTICISM Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 What is mysticism and what characterizes mystical experience? What is the relation between mysticism and language, culture, and everyday religious practice? The approach to Jewish mysticism will be both historical and hermeneutical. Prior knowledge of Judism is not necessary. 001 MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM PL*117 Hood, Stephen *CURRENT ENR: 0 RELI 395 RELIGION AND ASCETICISM Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 Offered with additional work as Reli 562. 001 T 01:00PM-04:00PM SH*352 Wyschogrod, Edith *CURRENT ENR: 0 RELI 402 INDEPENDENT STUDY Credits 1.00 Spring 2000 001 TBA TBA Bongmba, Elias *CURRENT ENR: 0 002 Heitman, Elizabeth *CURRENT ENR: 0 003 Henze, Matthias *CURRENT ENR: 0 004 Kelber, Werner *CURRENT ENR: 0 005 Klein, Anne *CURRENT ENR: 0 006 0602611 *CURRENT ENR: 0 007 McKenny, Gerald *CURRENT ENR: 0 008 Parsons, William *CURRENT ENR: 0 009 Stroup, John *CURRENT ENR: 0 010 Wyschogrod, Edith *CURRENT ENR: 0 011 TBA TBA Pietsch, C. *CURRENT ENR: 0 RELI 412 INTRO TO CLASSICAL HEBREW II Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I A one-year (two semesters) introduction to Hebrew. The emphasis is on Biblical Hebrew (basic grammar and vocabulary), with occasional exercises in modern Hebrew (reading, speaking, and writing skills). Also offered as Hebr 412. Offered with additional work as Reli 552. 001 TTH 10:50AM-12:05PM SH*278 Henze, Matthias *CURRENT ENR: 0 RELI 423 AFRICAN MYTHS & RITUALS Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I Explore and analyze specific myths and rituals which provide legitimation for community ceremonies and which serve as basis for the negotiation of power and ideology for members within that community. Readings from classic theorist: Gennap & Turner; and contemporary theorists: Werbner, Heusch, Comaroff and Ray. Also offered as Anth 423. Offered with additional work as Reli 537. 001 TTH 10:50AM-12:05PM RH*111 Bongmba, Elias *CURRENT ENR: 0 RELI 430 RELIGION & MODERN THERAPIES Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I A survey of the historical development of the psychology of religion and its conversation with theology, cooperative the comparative study of religion, and culture studies. Topics include: mysticism, eroticism, conversion, feminism, psychobiography. Examples drawn from a variety of religious traditions. Readings include: Freud, Jung, Tillich, Erikson, Kristeva, Kakar. Offered with additional work as Reli 584. 001 F 02:00PM-05:00PM SH*352 Parsons, William *CURRENT ENR: 0 RELI 451 PHILOSOPHIES & THEOLOGIES OF HISTORY Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I 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. Offered with additional work as Reli 517. Also offered as Hist 451. 001 M 02:30PM-05:30PM FL*524 Stroup, John *CURRENT ENR: 0 RELI 463 MED ETHICS & AMER VALUES II Credits 4.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I Continuation of 462 (prerequisite), with attention to clinical experience. Permission of instructor required. Offered with additional work as Reli 544. Taught in conjunction with University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center. Classes meet at UT School of Public Health. Intended only for highly qualified undergraduates. 001 TH 02:30PM-05:30PM TBA Heitman, Elizabeth *CURRENT ENR: 0 RELI 517 PHILOSOPHIES AND THEOLOGIES OF HISTORY Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 Graduate version of Reli 451 and Hist 451. 001 M 02:30PM-05:30PM Stroup, John *CURRENT ENR: 0 RELI 524 INDEPENDENT STUDY Credits 1.00 Spring 2000 001 TBA TBA Bongmba, Elias *CURRENT ENR: 0 002 TBA TBA Heitman, Elizabeth *CURRENT ENR: 0 003 TBA TBA Henze, Matthias *CURRENT ENR: 0 004 TBA TBA Kelber, Werner *CURRENT ENR: 0 005 TBA TBA Klein, Anne *CURRENT ENR: 0 006 TBA TBA 0602611 *CURRENT ENR: 0 007 TBA TBA McKenny, Gerald *CURRENT ENR: 0 008 TBA TBA Parsons, William *CURRENT ENR: 0 009 TBA TBA Stroup, John *CURRENT ENR: 0 010 TBA TBA Wyschogrod, Edith *CURRENT ENR: 0 011 TBA TBA Pietsch, C. *CURRENT ENR: 0 RELI 532 CLASSICAL & COLLOQUIAL TIBETAN Credits 1.00 Spring 2000 Graduate version of Reli 330 and Tibt 330. Section 001: Introduction to Tibetan with emphasis on the language of the classical Buddhist texts. Prereq- none but curiosity. Section 002: Intermediate level. Prereq- at least 1 semester of introductory Tibetan. Section 003: Advanced level. Prereq- at least 1 year of classical Tibetan. 001 MW 11:00AM-12:20PM SH*352 Pietsch, C. *CURRENT ENR: 0 002 MW 12:30PM-01:50PM TBA Pietsch, C. *CURRENT ENR: 0 003 TTH 04:00PM-05:20PM SH*352 Klein, Anne *CURRENT ENR: 0 RELI 537 AFRICAN MYTHS AND RITUALS Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 Graduate version of Reli 423. 001 TTH 10:50AM-12:05PM RH*111 Bongmba, Elias *CURRENT ENR: 0 RELI 544 MED ETHICS & AMER VALUES II Credits 4.00 Spring 2000 Prereq- Reli 543 and permission of instructor required. Graduate version of Reli 463. Taught in conjunction with University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center. Classes meet at UT School of Public Health. Intended only for highly qualified undergraduates. 001 TH 02:30PM-05:30PM TBA Heitman, Elizabeth *CURRENT ENR: 0 RELI 552 INTRO TO CLASSICAL HEBREW II Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 Graduate version of Reli 412. 001 T 04:00PM-05:40PM SH*278 Henze, Matthias *CURRENT ENR: 0 001 F 09:00AM-09:50AM SH*278 Henze, Matthias *CURRENT ENR: 0 RELI 554 THE BIBLE AND ITS INTERPRETERS Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 Graduate version of Reli 122. 001 MWF 01:00PM-01:50PM SH*303 Henze, Matthias *CURRENT ENR: 0 RELI 572 INTRODUCTION TO BUDDHISM Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 Graduate version of Reli 322. 001 TTH 02:30PM-03:50PM Klein, Anne *CURRENT ENR: 0 RELI 582 MYSTICISM: TEXTS AND METHODS Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I Graduate version of Reli 262. 001 TTH 09:25AM-10:40AM SH*562 Parsons, William *CURRENT ENR: 0 RELI 584 RELIGION & MODERN THERAPIES Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 Graduate version of Reli 430. 001 F 02:00PM-05:00PM SH*352 Parsons, William *CURRENT ENR: 0 RELI 596 RELIGION AND ASCETICISM Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 Explores imterpretations of the body in selected religious traditions in the context of contemporary analyses of corporeality. Topics include the theological meanings of pain, suffering, self-denial and renunciation of the world. Also offered as RELI 395 001 T 01:00PM-04:00PM SH*352 Wyschogrod, Edith *CURRENT ENR: 0 RELI 800 RESEARCH AND THESIS Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 001 TBA TBA McKenny, Gerald *CURRENT ENR: 0
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