202/Buddhist Studies 220/Asian Studies 220. Introduction to World
Religions: South and East Asia. (4). (HU).
See Buddhist Studies 220.
(Gomez)
204/GNE 204. Islamic Religion: An Introduction. (3).
(HU).
See General Near East 204.
(Mir)
280/ABS 280. Jesus and the Gospels. (4).
(HU).
See ABS 280. (Fossum)
310/CAAS 335. Religion in the Afro-American Experience. (3). (HU).
This course will provide students with a general survey of the
religious experience of Afro-Americans, concentrating on developments
in the religious life of Black people in America. Various religious
impulses within the Black community will be studied, including
traditional Christianity, Islam, Judaism, cultic Christianity
(as expressed in the various Pentecostal movements which have
been described as "personality cults" such as those
led by Father Divine, Daddy Grace Prophet Jones, and Rev. Oke.)
A brief survey of the traditional African approach to religion
is given in the background for a proper understanding of the ways
in which the introduction of Christianity affected African people, followed by a study of the development of religion among Black
people in ante-bellum America. The study of Black religion since
1900 will explore the social and political cross-currents which
led to the rise of separatist religious groups in the twentieth
century. The role of mainline churches and their success or failure
in translating the needs and aspirations of the Black community
to the larger society will be studied in relation to the civil
rights struggle of the 1960s and the development of new social-action
oriented religious movements. The course will conclude with an
exploration of Black religious moods in contemporary society.
Cost:1 WL:1 (Miles)
380/ABS 380. Selected Topics
in Christian Studies. (3). (Excl). May be repeated
for a total of 6 credits. Only one course from Religion 380, 387, and 487 may be elected in the same term.
This course will be concerned with the ways in which religious
practices and doctrines generate and ground authority, and how
religious and secular institutions draw upon the authority intrinsic
to religion and exercise it in human affairs. The course will
commence with lectures addressing the nature of the authority
of ritual, myth, and scripture, proceed to the discussion of the
authority claimed by religious institutions and then to the exercise
of religious authority in contemporary political and social arenas.
Lecturers will include both distinguished visitors and members
of the Michigan faculty. It is being offered both as a college
course and as a series of public lectures under the Program on
Studies in Religion's Visiting Professor of Religious Thought
program. There will be one lecture a week, and, for those registered, on discussion section as well. (Rappaport)
387. Independent Study. (1-3). (Excl).
(INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for credit. Only one course from
Religion 380, 387 and 487 may be elected in the same term.
This course is designed to accomodate students who may be unable
to take listed offerings or have special reasons for undertaking
directed readings. Course content and requirements are worked
out individually between the student, the instructor and the Religion
Program. For Religion Concentrators only.
396. Comedy in Catholic
Contexts. (4). (Excl).
For Winter Term, 1992, this course is jointly offered with History 396-008. (Tentler)
404/ABS 496/Anthro. 450.
Comparative Religion: Logos and Liturgy. Upperclass
standing and permission of instructor. (3). (Excl). May be repeated
with permission for a total of 6 credits.
This course will be concerned with the ways in which religious
practices and doctrines generate and ground authority, and how
religious and secular institutions draw upon the authority intrinsic
to religion and exercise it in human affairs. The course will
commence with lectures addressing the nature of the authority
of ritual, myth, and scripture, proceed to the discussion of the
authority claimed by religious institutions and then to the exercise
of religious authority in contemporary political and social arenas.
Lecturers will include both distinguished visitors and members
of the Michigan faculty. It is being offered as a graduate seminar
and is included with the series of public lectures (Religion 380)
under the Program on Studies in Religion's Visiting Professor
of Religious Thought program. There will be one lecture per week, and this seminar for graduate students. (Rappaport)
468/Class. Civ 466. Greek Religion. (1).
(Excl).
Section 001: Late Antique Polytheism. See Classical
Civilization 466. (Fowden)
469/GNE 468/Jud. Stud. 468. Jewish Mysticism. (3).
(Excl).
See General Near East 468.
(Ginsburg)
470/GNE 567/Jud. Stud. 470. Topics in the Study of
Judaism: The Sabbath and Sacred Time. Graduate standing
or permission of instructor. (3). (Excl). May be repeated for
a total of nine credits.
See General Near Easr 567.
(Ginsburg)
481/GNE 481/Engl. 401. The English Bible: Its Literary
Aspects and Influences, I. (3). (HU).
See English 401. (Williams)
487. Independent Study. (1-3). (Excl).
(INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for credit. Only one course from
Religion 380, 387 and 487 may be elected in the same term.
This course is designed to accommodate students who may be able
to take listed offerings or have special reasons for undertaking
directed readings. Course content and requirements are worked
out individually between the student, the instructor and the Program
on Studies in Religion. This course is for Religion concentrators
only and is approved for graduate students.
497. Senior Honors Thesis. (1-6). (Excl).
(INDEPENDENT). May be elected for a total of 6 credits.
Each student will prepare a substantial paper under the direction
of a staff member. (Open only to seniors admitted to the Honors
Program.)
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