Religious Studies Minor

Introductory courses

Students must take two courses from the following list.

• RELGST 0025 - MAJOR BIBLICAL THEMES
• RELGST 0090 - MYTH IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST
• RELGST 0105 - RELIGIONS OF THE WEST
• RELGST 0305 - CLASSICS OF CHRISTIAN THOUGHT
• RELGST 0405 - WITCHES TO WALDEN POND
• RELGST 0415 - RELIGION IN MODERN AMERICA
• RELGST 0435 - RELIGION, FILM AND LITERATURE
• RELGST 0455 - INTRODUCTION TO ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION
• RELGST 0505 - RELIGION IN ASIA
• RELGST 0525 - RELIGION AND CULTURE IN EAST ASIA
• RELGST 0715 - PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION

Religion in the East

Students must take one course from the following list.

• RELGST 1510 - HINDU MYTHOLOGY
• RELGST 1520 - BUDDHISM ALONG THE SILK ROAD
• RELGST 1540 - SAINTS EAST AND WEST
• RELGST 1545 - MYSTICISM IN ASIA
• RELGST 1550 - EAST ASIAN BUDDHISM
• RELGST 1552 - BUDDHIST MEDITATIVE TRADITIONS
• RELGST 1554 - DEATH AND BEYOND IN BUDDHIST CULTURES
• RELGST 1558 - BUDDHISM AND PSYCHOLOGY
• RELGST 1560 - RELIGION AND HEALING IN CHINA
• RELGST 1570 - RELIGION IN JAPAN
• RELGST 1572 - POPULAR RELIGION IN CHANGING JAPAN

Religion in the West

Students must take one of the following courses.

• RELGST 1100 - ISRAEL IN THE BIBLICAL AGE
• RELGST 1120 - ORIGINS OF CHRISTIANITY
• RELGST 1130 - VARIETIES OF EARLY CHRISTIANITY
• RELGST 1135 - ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY
• RELGST 1142 - THE CONSTRUCTION OF EVIL IN WESTERN RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS
• RELGST 1143 - DEATH IN THE NAME OF GOD
• RELGST 1145 - GRECO-ROMAN RELIGIONS
• RELGST 1151 - DEATH IN THE MEDITERRANEAN WORLD
• RELGST 1160 - JERUSALEM: HISTORY AND IMAGINATION
• RELGST 1210 - JEWS AND JUDAISM IN THE ANCIENT WORLD
• RELGST 1220 - JEWS AND JUDAISM IN THE MEDIEVAL WORLD
• RELGST 1240 - JEWS AND THE CITY
• RELGST 1241 - GENDER AND JEWISH HISTORY
• RELGST 1250 - JEWS AND JUDAISM IN THE MODERN WORLD
• RELGST 1252 - HOLOCAUST HISTORY AND MEMORY
• RELGST 1372 - CATHOLICISM IN THE NEW WORLD
• RELGST 1405 - RELIGION AND SEXUALITY
• RELGST 1425 - POPULAR RELIGION IN AMERICA
• RELGST 1427 - RELIGION AND LAW
• RELGST 1438 - RELIGION AND POLITICS
• RELGST 1450 - ISLAM, LAW, AND POLITICS
• RELGST 1452 - HYMNS & HIPHOP: SOUNDS OF ISLAM
• RELGST 1540 - SAINTS EAST AND WEST
• RELGST 1545 - MYSTICISM IN ASIA
• RELGST 1610 - MYTH, SYMBOL AND RITUAL
• RELGST 1642 - CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM RELATIONS
• RELGST 1644 - CHRISTIAN MUSLIMS JEWS IN THE MIDDLE AGES: CONNECTION & CONFLICT
• RELGST 1645 - THE HISTORICAL JESUS
• RELGST 1681 - INVENTING ISRAEL: ZIONISM, ANTI-ZIONISM, AND POST-ZIONISM
• RELGST 1725 - DEATH AND HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONS
• RELGST 0760 - RELIGION AND RATIONALITY

Upper level elective

Students must take one RELGST course at the 1000-level.