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THEO 3100 Introduction to Old Testament 

R01 (50872) TF 8:30-9:45 Prof. Ian Kinman

R02 (53586) TF 10:00-11:15 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, and contemporary interpretations.  

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

THEO 3101 Attention and Religion 

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

R02 (52774) MR 11:30-12:45 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. 

Attributes: JSTH, REST, STXT

THEO 3105 The Torah 

R01 (53587) MR 8:30-9:45 Prof. Katja Vehlow

Study of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible and of the methods for its interpretation.  Considers how the material moved from oral tradition to written literature to sacred scripture.

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

THEO 3200 Introduction to New Testament 

R01 (52304) MR 8:30-9:45 Prof. Marie-Ange Rakotoniaina

R02 (52305) MR 10-11:15 Prof. Marie-Ange Rakotoniaina

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 3300 Who Cares About the Bible? 

R01 (53588) TF 11:30-12:45 Prof. Michael Peppard

Increasingly, the so-called “Good Book” is viewed as obsolete, irrelevant, or perhaps not even good.  This course explores the reasons that billions around the globe still do care about the Bible, and rationale for considering the text valuable.

Attributes: AMCS, REST, RSHR, STCJ, STXT

THEO 3317 Women of the Christian East 

R01 (53589) MR 11:30-12:45 Prof. George Demacopoulos

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, WGSS

THEO 3335 Queer Sacred Interpretations 

R01 (53590) MR 2:30-3:45 Prof. Cristina Traina Hutchison

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.  

Attributes: PJGS, PJST, STXT

THEO 3340 Christian Mystical Texts 

R01 (53591) MR 4:00-5:15 Prof. Matthew Brown

Introduction 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 3350 Apocalyptic Lit: Anc & Mod 

R01 (52308) TF 1:00-2:15 Prof. Matthew Siebert

Study of apocalyptic thought in 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 3375 American Relig. Txts & Trad 

R01 (53592) TWF 10:30-11:20 Prof. Joshua Bishop

R02 (53950) TWF 8:30-9:20 Prof. Joshua Bishop

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  

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) TF 1:00-2:15 Prof. Sebastian Budinich 

R02 (52311) TF 2:30-3:45 Prof. Sebastian Budinich

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 3605 Scripture and Trauma 

R01 (50970) MR 2:30-3:45 Prof. Erica Restaino

R02 (50971) MR 4;00-5:15 Prof. Erica Restaino

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

Attributes: PJRJ, PJST, REST, STXT

THEO 3655 Journey of Faith 

R01 (52753) W 11:30-2:15 Prof. Trena Yonkers-Talz

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

Attributes: REST, STXT, THHC, SL

THEO 3711 Sacred Texts of the Middle East 

R01 (50878) TF 10:00-11:15 Prof. Emanuel Fiano

R02 (52313) TF 11:30-12:45 Prof. Emanuel Fiano 

R03 (53594) TF 2:30-3:45 Prof. Emanuel Fiano

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 1:00-2:15 Prof. Alexander 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 3725 Buddhism in America 

R01 (53595) MR 11:30-12:45 Prof. Joshua Schapiro

Multimedia investigation of the history of Buddhism in America from the 19th century to the present.  

Attributes: AAST, ADVD, AMST, ASHS, ASRP, PLUR, RSCS, RSTE, STSN, STXT, THHC

THEO 3728 Buddhist Meditation 

R01 (53596) MR 10:00-11:15 Prof. Joshua Schapiro

Explores the variety of strategies Buddhist communities have employed in order to discipline the minds and bodies of practitioners.  

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

LINCOLN CENTER 

THEO 3100 Introduction to Old Testament 

L01 (53446) W 2:30-5:15 Prof. TBA

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 3130 Bible as Migration Literature 

L01 (53361) TF 1:00-2:15 Prof. Ki-Eun Jang

L02 (53362) TF 2:30-3:45 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.  

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

THEO 3310 Early Christian Writings

L01 (53992) TF 8:30-9:45 Prof. Karl Taps

THEO 3371 American Transcendentalists 

L01 (53364) TF 11:30-12:45 Prof. Robert Davis

Explores the spirituality and religious thought of the transcendentalists in the context of 19th cent. liberal Protestant Christianity in the U.S. as well as their influence on later ecological spirituality, social progressivism, and post-religious spirituality.

Attributes: AMST, ASRP, ENST, ESEJ, ESEL, STXT, THHC

THEO 3375 American Religious Txts & Trad 

L01 (53991) MR 4:00-5:15 Prof. Carlton Chase

THEO 3546 The Bible and Social Justice 

L01 (53367) W 8:30-11:15 Prof. Hillary Bylund

A study of social justice in the Hebrew and Christian scriptures that involves historical, literary, theological, and ethical interpretations.

Attributes: AMST, APPI, ASRP, LAHA, LALS, PJRJ, PJST, REST, STXT, THAM, THHC

THEO 3655 Journey of Faith 

L01 (53993) TF 1:00-2:15 Prof. Marcus Elder

THEO 3711 Sacred Texts of the Middle East 

L01 (53368) MR 4:00-5:15 Prof. Kathryn Kueny

This course explores how sacred texts and traditions fashion piety through dress and adornment. Throughout the semester, students will investigate Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim scriptures and writings on dress and fashion, along with the ways those sources have been interpreted, expressed, or transgressed within or across faith traditions and contemporary American contexts. 

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

THEO 3715 Classic Islamic Texts 

L01 (52710) MW 11:30-12:45 Prof. Alexander 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

THEO 3725 Buddhism in America 

L01 (53370) TF 11:30-12:45 Prof. Joshua Schapiro

Multimedia investigation of the history of Buddhism in America from the 19th century to the present.  

Attributes: AAST, ADVD, AMST, ASHS, ASRP, PLUR, RSCS, RSTE, STSN, STXT, THHC

THEO 3728 Buddhist Meditation 

L01 (53371) TF 10:00-11:15 Prof. Joshua Schapiro

Explores the variety of strategies Buddhist communities have employed in order to discipline the minds and bodies of practitioners.  

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

THEO 3854 Ignatian Spirituality 

L01 (53372) TF 8:30-9:45 Prof. Curtis McKenzie

This course offers a historical-critical, hermeneutical, and theological engagement with selected texts by Ignatius. Various methods of Ignatian contemplation, meditation, discernment of spirits, and discernment of God's will in our lives will be explored.

Attributes: STXT, THHC

ROSE HILL

THEO 4008 Religion and Ecology 

R01 (53597) TF 11:30-12:45 Prof. Alexander 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, DESC, ENMI, ENST, EP4, EPLE, ESEJ, ESEL, PJEN, PJST, REST, THHC, VAL

THEO 4028 Religion & Bioethics 

R01 (53598) MR 4:00-5:15 Prof. Cristina Traina Hutchison

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

Attributes: BEVL, BIOE, EP4, THHC, VAL

THEO 4160 American Music and the Catholic Imagination R01 (53466) TF 1:00-2:15 Prof. Michael Lee

Focuses on issues of race, ethnicity, gender and religion to explore the complex ways musical artists have interacted with and interrogated Catholic influences.  

Attributes: AMCS, PLUR

THEO 4355 American Evangelicalism 

R01 (53599) TF 11:30-12:45 Prof. Kathryn Reklis

This course explores the histories and cultures of American evangelicalism with special attention to how race and gender come to define what it means to be an evangelical Christian.

Attributes: ACUP, AMST, ASRP, THHC-THRS

*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 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 4008 Religion and Ecology 

L01 (53373) MW 1:00-2:15 Prof. Alexander 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, DESC, ENMI, ENST, EP4, EPLE, ESEJ, ESEL, PJEN, PJST, REST, THHC, VAL

THEO 4010 Asian Americans, Religion, Law

L01 (53990) TF 10:00-11:15 Prof. Ki-Eun Jang

THEO 4310 Divine Patriarchies 

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 4400 Foundations of Cont Theo 

L01 (53374) T 2:30-5:15 Prof. Aristotle Papanikolaou