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THEO 3100 Introduction to Old Testament

R01 (50872) MR 2:30-3:45 Prof. Paul Sander

R02 (52794) MR 11:30-12:45 Prof. Ian Kinman

Focuses on the Old Testament's stories to explore authorship, cultural influences, and a complex relationship between the elusive figure of the LORD and God, while exploring contemporary interpretations.

Attributes: JSTH, JWST, MEST, MVST, MVTH, REST, STCJ, STOT, STXT.

THEO 3101 Attention and Religion

R01 (52773) TF 10:00-11:15 Prof. Erez DeGolan

R02 (52774) TF 11:30-12:45 Prof. Erez DeGolan

Examines sacred texts, rituals, and teachings from a variety of religious traditions alongside works of psychology, sociology and philosophy in order to explore different techniques for cultivating attention, including meditation, sacrifice, and the use of “wearables” like prayer beads and amulets.

Attributes: STXT.

THEO 3130 Bible as Migration Literature 

R01 (49370) W 8:30-11:15 Prof. Ki-Eun Jang

This course approaches the Bible (with a focus on the Hebrew Bible) as migration literature, exploring the Bible’s engagement with the themes of immigration, exile, multilingualism, and diaspora, among others. It also explores contemporary responses to and engagements with the Bible by more recent migrant communities across the globe. 

Attributes: EP3, GLBL, LAHA, LALS, PJRJ, PJST, RSCS, STCJ, STOT, STXT.

THEO 3200 Introduction to New Testament   

R01 (52304) TF 10:00-11:15 Prof. Alexander Perkins

R02 (52305) TF 1:00-2:15 Prof. Alexander Perkins

Explores the historical context of the New Testament and the process of its creation while also comparing with themes from Jewish and Greco-Roman literature and offering methods of textual interpretation.

Attributes: AMCS, CLAS, MVST, MVTH, REST, STCJ, STNT, STXT.

THEO 3207  The First Three Gospels  

R01 (52306) TF 8:30-9:45 Prof. Johnathan Castelblanco

An introduction to the gospels of Mark, Matthew and Luke that covers the formation of the gospels, the distinguishing characteristics of each, and the life and teachings of the historical Jesus.

Attributes: MVST, MVTH, STCJ, STNT, STXT.

THEO 3310 Early Christian Writings 

R01 (52307) MR 8:30-9:45 Prof. Natalie Reynoso

A selective study of the writing of prominent Christian theologians from Justin Martyr to Augustine, concentrating on early beliefs concerning God, Christ, the Church and the sacraments.

Attributes: CLAS, MEST, MVST, MVTH, OCST, REST, STXT, THAM, THHC.

THEO 3340 Christian Mystical Texts  

R01 (49372) TF 1:00-2:15 Prof. Robert Davis 

R02 (49373) TF 2:30-3:45 Prof. Robert Davis

Close interpretation of classic texts from the Christian mystical tradition exploring broad topics such as the nature of mysticism and religious experience, and gender and mysticism across different cultures and eras.

Attributes: MVST, MVTH, OCST, REST, STNT, STXT, THAM, THHC.

THEO 3350 Apocalyptic Lit: Anc & Mod  

R01 (52308) TF 11:30am-12:45pm Prof. Matthew Siebert

Study of apocalyptic thought that covers the texts of Second Temple Judaism and the New Testament as well as subsequent interpretations in medieval, modern, and postmodern periods, including novels and films.

Attributes: STXT, THAM, THHC.

THEO 3376 Spirituals, Blues & Afr-Am Christianity 

R01 (52309) MR 11:30-12:45 Prof. Rufus Burnett

R02 (52310) MR 2:30-3:45 Prof. Rufus Burnett

This course explores the involuntary presence of Africans in the Americas, the concept of God, and the religious significance of Africa through music as a form of expression of sacred meaning.

Attributes: ACUP, ADVD, AFAM, AMST, ASAM, ASRP, REST, STXT, THHC.

THEO 3383 Latin American Liberation Theo

R01 (49377) MR 10:00-11:15 Prof. Joshua Bishop

R02 (52311) TF 8:30-9:45 Prof. Joshua Bishop

Explores key concepts like suffering, liberation, sin, and discipleship through mid-20th-century figures and texts, examining their impact and reception within the Catholic Church and globally.

Attributes: ACUP, AMST, APPI, ASRP, INST, ISLA, LAHA, LALS, LAUH, PJRJ, PJST, REST, RSCS, STXT, THHC.

THEO 3542 Catholic Social Teaching

R01 (52312) MR 5:30-6:45 Prof. Sebastian Budinich

Examines major papal and conciliar documents from various Christian and non-Christian perspectives and considers their relation to contemporary social issues. 

Attributes: AMCS, HHPA, HUST, PJRJ, PJST, REST, RSHR, SOIN, STXT, THHC.

THEO 3605 Scripture and Trauma

R01 (50970) MR 4:00-5:15 Prof. Stephanie Arel

R02 (50971) MR 5:30-6:45 Prof. Stephanie Arel

Explores the ways in which scripture functions within communities in the aftermath of trauma. The course focuses on Jewish and Christian scriptures, but also engages in some comparative study of other traditions.

Attributes: PJRJ, PJST, REST, STXT.

THEO 3611 Scripture & Racial Justice

R02 (52795) MR 5:30-6:45 Prof. Matthew Charles

Explores the ways in which Christian scriptures have been used throughout American history as tools for both oppression and liberation in the struggle for racial justice and the creation of a multi-religious nation.

Attributes: AMST, APPI, ASHS, ASRP, LAHA, LALS, PJRJ, PJST, REST, STNT, STOT, STXT, THHC.

THEO 3655 Journey of Faith

R01 (52753) TF 1:00-2:15 Prof. TBA

Spiritual autobiography carries the lifeblood of religious experience. Through the reading of selected autobiographies, this course provides an inter-religious study of the personal quest for the transcendent. 

Attributes: REST, STXT, THHC, SL.

THEO 3711 Sacred Texts of the Middle East 

R01 (50878) TF 1:00-2:15 Marie-Ange Rakotoniaina

R01 (52313) TF 2:30-3:45 Marie-Ange Rakotoniaina

The course analyzes and contextualizes texts from Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia as well as foundational texts of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Zoroastrianism.

Attributes: GLBL, HHPA, HUST, INST, ISME, JSTH, JWST, MEST, MVST, MVTH, OCST, REST, STSN, STXT, THHC.

THEO 3715 Classic Islamic Texts 

R01 (50881) TF 10:00-11:15 Prof. Iskander Abbasi

R02 (52314) TF 11:30-12:45 Prof. Iskander Abbasi

This course explores classical, medieval, modern, and contemporary texts of Islam, including the Quran, Hadith, and philosophical, historical, mystical, ritual, and legal texts.

Attributes: GLBL, HHPA, HUST, INST, ISAS, ISFH, ISIN, ISME, MEST, MVST, MVTH, PJRJ, PJST, REST, STSN, STXT, THHC, WGSS.

THEO 3720 Hindu Literature & Ethics  

R01 (49383) TF 11:30-12:45 Prof. Shreeyash Palshikar

This course examines the four aims of life in Hinduism—kama, artha, dharma, and moksha—through readings from classic and modern texts, analyzed within their historical contexts to understand the evolution of Hindu thought.

Attributes: GLBL, HHPA, HUST, INST, ISAS, REST, RSCS, RSTE, STSN, STXT, THHC.

THEO 3723 Tibetan Religion

R01 (52316) MR 11:30-12:45 Prof. Joshua Schapiro

Explores both the Bön and Vajrayana Buddhist traditions through examples of Tibetan philosophy, ritual, visual art, literature, meditation technique, and pilgrimage practice. 

Attributes: CNST, GLBL, REST, STSN, STXT, THHC.

THEO 3884 Sufism: Islam’s Mystical Tradition

R01 (50883) MR 2:30-3:45 Prof. Iskander Abbasi

An investigation of Sufism, distinguishing its nature and exploring its practical and theoretical dimensions, particularly its views on love, beauty, self, God, desire, and ecstasy. 

Attributes: ISTP, MEST, REST, STSN, STXT, THHC.

LINCOLN CENTER

THEO 3100 Introduction to Old Testament

L01 (46854) MR 8:30-9:45 Prof. Yevgeniy Safronov

Focuses on the Old Testament's stories to explore authorship, cultural influences, and a complex relationship between the elusive figure of the LORD and God, while exploring contemporary interpretations.

Attributes: JSTH, JWST, MEST, MVST, MVTH, REST, STCJ, STOT, STXT.

THEO 3317 Women of the Christian East  

L01 (52703) MR 8:30-9:45 Prof. Rachel Contos

This course will explore key texts in the Orthodox Christian tradition, including scriptures, writings of the Church Fathers, and historical sources, to examine women's religious life in Eastern Christian societies.

Attributes: OCST, PJGS, PJST, STXT, THAM, THHC.

THEO 3335 Queer Sacred Interpretations

R01 (52704) MW 11:30-12:45 Prof. Lake Stein

This course provides an introduction to the history, theory, and practice of queer interpretations of sacred texts and theology, introducing foundational concepts in queer and trans studies.

Core Attributes: PJGS, PJST, STXT.

THEO 3340 Christian Mystical Texts  

L01 (43133) TF 8:30-9:45 Prof. Leonel Guardado

L02 (52705) TF 10:00-11:15 Prof. Leonel Guardado

Introduces students to the interpretation and analysis of classic Christian mystical texts. Explores a variety of broader topics such as religious experience, the nature of mysticism, and gender in relation to mysticism across different cultures and eras.

Attributes: MVST, MVTH, OCST, REST, STNT, STXT, THAM, THHC.

THEO 3375 American Relig. Texts & Traditions 

L01 (52706) TF 11:30-12:45 Prof. John Seitz

L02 (52707) TF 2:30-3:45 Prof. John Seitz

Critical and contextual reading of significant texts in American religious history, focusing on diverse traditions and the history of religious debate about American culture, social structures and identity.

Attributes: ACUP, AMCS, AMST, APPI, ASHS, ASRP, PLUR, REST, STXT, THAC, THHC.

THEO 3376 Spirituals, Blues & Afr-Am Christianity 

L01 (52708) MR 4:00-5:15 Prof. Antavius Franklin

This course explores the involuntary presence of Africans in the Americas, the concept of God, and the religious significance of Africa through music as a form of expression of sacred meaning.

Attributes: ACUP, ADVD, AFAM, AMST, ASAM, ASRP, REST, STXT, THHC.

THEO 3655 Journey of Faith

L01 (50963) W 8:30-11:15 Prof. Joseph Strife

Spiritual autobiography carries the lifeblood of religious experience. Through the reading of selected autobiographies, this course provides an inter-religious study of the personal quest for the transcendent. 

Attributes: REST, STXT, THHC.

THEO 3713 Classic Jewish Texts

L01 (52709) MW 1:00-2:15 Prof. Barat Ellman

Explores Jewish beliefs through close readings of the Bible and post-Biblical Jewish texts, focusing on biblical interpretation, legal discussion, and the relationships between text, practice and theology 

Attributes: GLBL, INST, JWST, MEST, MVST, REST, THRS: STSN, STXT, THRS, THHC, WGSS.

THEO 3713 Classic Islamic Texts

L02 (52710) MR 10:00-11:15 Prof. Mohamed Abdel Rahman

This course explores classical, medieval, modern, and contemporary texts of Islam, including the Quran, Hadith, and philosophical, historical, mystical, ritual, and legal texts.

Attributes: GLBL, HHPA, HUST, INST, ISAS, ISFH, ISIN, ISME, MEST, MVST, MVTH, PJRJ, PJST, REST, STSN, STXT, THHC, WGSS.

THEO 3723 Tibetan Religion

L01 (52711) TF 11:30-12:45 Prof. Joshua Schapiro

Explores both the Bön and Vajrayana Buddhist traditions through examples of Tibetan philosophy, ritual, visual art, literature, meditation technique, and pilgrimage practice. 

Attributes: CNST, GLBL, REST, STSN, STXT, THHC.

THEO 3731 Japanese Religions: Texts & Arts

L01 (50966) TF 2:30-3:45 Prof. Joshua Schapiro

This course explores ritual, cosmological, and stereological aspects of Japanese religions and literary compositions through the examples of Japanese poetry, drama, koans, and manga.

Attributes: GLBL, INST, ISAS, STSN, STXT, THHC.

THEO 3840 Atheisms

L02 (52712) TF 11:30-12:45 Prof. Marcus Elder

Introduces the theological and anti-theological theories that developed from the beginning of the 19th century and that increasingly came to dominate the conception of religion, even to the present day.

Attributes: EP3, REST.

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THEO 4005 Women and Theology

R01 (52432) MR 11:30-12:45 Prof. Natalia Imperatori-Lee

This course examines major themes in feminist, womanist, and mujerista theologies, with emphasis on historical development of the field, methods, hermeneutical approaches, and significant contributions of women theologians throughout religious history. Students will explore women's theological work in developing the worldview, ethics, history, and scriptural interpretations of Christianity and other major religious traditions.

Attributes: AMCS, EP4, PJGS, PJST, VAL, WGSS. 

THEO 4008 Religion and Ecology

R01 (51230) MR 4:00-5:15 Prof. Iskander Abbasi

Explores how several different religious traditions value the natural world, while also delving into shifting understandings of, and methods in, the study of religion and ecology.

Attributes: AMCS, AMST, CORE, ENMI, ENST, EP4, EPLE, ESEJ, ESEL, PJEN, PJST, REST, THHC, VAL. 

THEO 4340 Nature in History & Ethics

R01 (51230) W 11:30-2:15 Prof. Robert Davis

This Interdisciplinary Capstone Course analyzes historical and contemporary methodologies and significations of the term “nature” in ways that facilitate critical scrutiny of how this term is deployed in contemporary political, scientific, environmental, and religious discourse.

Attributes:  ICC, THAM, THHC. **Advanced Seminar fulfills requirement for majors and minors.

THEO 4610 Malcolm, Martin, Baldwin & the Church

R01 (52320) MR 11:30-12:45 Prof. Bryan Massingale

Examines these figures’ critiques of American understandings of justice and the relevance of religious faith to the struggle for racial justice, as well as the Catholic Church’s response to these men.

Attributes:  ADVD, AMST, ASRP, PLUR, THHC.

LINCOLN CENTER

THEO 4028 Religion & Bioethics

L01 (52713) MR 10:00-11:15 Prof. C. Traina Hutchison

Explores how intersections between medicine and religion at the level of patients, practitioners, institutional providers, law, and international relations affect bioethics in our religiously diverse culture.

Attributes: BEVL, BIOE, EP4, THHC, VAL. 

THEO 4310 Feminist Theologies

L01 (52714) MR 2:30-3:45 Prof. Kathryn Kueny

This course introduces students to some of the diverse feminist voices within Muslim, Jewish, and Christian theologies.

Attributes: INST, ISIN, ISTP, JSTH, MEST, PLUR, REST, THHC, WGSS. **Advanced Seminar fulfills requirement for majors and minors.

THEO 4500 Religion in NYC

L01 (52715) W 11:30-2:15 Prof. Karina Hogan

With special attention to the dichotomy of “theory” and “practice,” this course introduces students to theories and methods in the academic study of religion and theology through study of historically influential texts, contemporary challenges to traditional scholarly categories, and productive partnership with communities of religious and spiritual practice in NYC. Students will engage in a community-based research project.

Attributes: SL. **Advanced Seminar fulfills requirement for majors and minors.