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					| 2024-2025 SCRIPPS CATALOG THIS IS AN ARCHIVED CATALOG. LINKS MAY NO LONGER BE ACTIVE AND CONTENT MAY BE OUT OF DATE! 
 
 Courses in Religious Studies |  
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   RLST 002 PO - Ideas of LoveRLST 010 CM - Introduction to South Asian Religious TraditionsRLST 012 CM - Devotional Worlds of South AsiaRLST 015 CM - Myth and ReligionRLST 016 PO - The Life Story of the BuddhaRLST 020 PO - Introduction to the Hebrew Bible: Text and Interpretation HRT IIRLST 021 CM - Jewish CivilizationRLST 022 CM - Introduction to Western Religious TraditionsRLST 025 PO - Religion, Punishment, and Restoration in the U.S.RLST 037 CM - History of World ChristianityRLST 040 PO - Religious EthicsRLST 043 CM - Introduction to Religious ThoughtRLST 045 CM - SikhismRLST 048 PO - Nourishing Life: Techniques for Bodily, Mental, and Environmental Health in East Asian WritingsRLST 049 PO - Buddhist Meditation Techniques and Cultures Across AsiaRLST 055 CM - Jewish Art and IdentityRLST 057 CM - Islamic Empire and Political PhilosophyRLST 058 CM - The End of the World As We Know ItRLST 059 CM - Dreams, Visions, and the Afterworld in Islamic TraditionRLST 060 SC - Feminist Interpretations of the BibleRLST 061 SC - New Testament and Christian OriginsRLST 064 CM - Islam in MotionRLST 065 CM - Contemporary Issues in the Study of IslamRLST 080 PO - The Holy Fool: The Comic, the Ugly, and Divine MadnessRLST 081 SC - Precolonial African Christian SpiritualitiesRLST 082 CM - African-American ReligionsRLST 084 CM - Religion, Race, and the Civil Rights MovementRLST 085 SC - Conquered Colonized ChristianityRLST 086 SC - Christianity, Capital & CommunismRLST 087 CM - Israel: Zionism and the Jewish StateRLST 089 CM - Religion, Race, and Economic Inequality in the AmericasRLST 090 SC - Early Christian BodiesRLST 091 SC - Heretics, Deviants, and “Others” in Early ChristianityRLST 092 SC - Introduction to Early ChristianitiesRLST 093 SC - Early Christianity and/as TheoryRLST 093A SC - Modern Middle Eastern Literature & FilmRLST 094 SC - Feminist Histories of Early ChristianityRLST 095 SC - Jesus, Paul, and Early Christian SexualitiesRLST 096 SC - Eros & Sex Antiquity & ByzantiumRLST 097 SC - Queer African ChristianitiesRLST 098 SC - Queering Christian MysticismRLST 100 PO - Worlds of BuddhismRLST 101A CM - Sanskrit and the Indian Epics I - The MahabharataRLST 101B CM - Sanskrit and the Indian Epics II - The RamayanaRLST 102 CM - Hinduism and South Asian CultureRLST 103 PO - Religious Traditions of ChinaRLST 105 HM - Religions in American Culture (3)RLST 106 PZ - Zen BuddhismRLST 107 PO - Tradition or Innovation? The Making of Modern Chinese BuddhismRLST 109 CM - Readings in the Hindu TraditionRLST 110 PO - Death, Dying, and the Afterlife in East Asian ReligionsRLST 111 CM - Rebels, Radicals, and Religions on the MarginsRLST 112 HM - Engaging ReligionRLST 113 HM - God, Darwin, Design in America: A Historical Survey of Religion and ScienceRLST 114 HM - 2038: Prophecy, ApocalypseRLST 115 CM - Asian American ReligionsRLST 118 CM - Hindu Goddess WorshipRLST 119 PZ - Religion in Medieval East AsiaRLST 120 CM - The Life of JesusRLST 121 SC - The Pauline TraditionRLST 128 CM - Religion of IslamRLST 129 CM - Ancient Jewish ExperienceRLST 135 CM - Jerusalem: The Holy CityRLST 136 CM - Religion in Contemporary AmericaRLST 137 CM - Jewish-Christian RelationsRLST 138 CM - American Religious HistoryRLST 139 PO - Benjamin, Blanchot, Levinas, Derrida: Contemporary Continental Jewish PhilosophyRLST 141 PO - The Experience of God: Contemporary Theologies of TransformationRLST 142 AF - The Problem of Evil: African-American Engagements with(in) Western ThoughtRLST 143 CM - Philosophy of ReligionRLST 144 CM - Life, Death and Survival of DeathRLST 147 HM - World Religions and Transnational Religions: American and Global MovementsRLST 150 AF - The Eye of God: Race, Sun, & EmpireRLST 151 CM - Poverty, Religion, and Social ChangeRLST 152 PO - Ritual and Magic in Children’s LiteratureRLST 153 CM - Religion and American PoliticsRLST 155 PO - Religion, Ethics and Social Practice: An Intergenerational Partnership on Vocations for Social ChangeRLST 156 CM - European ReformationsRLST 157 PO - Philosophical Responses to the HolocaustRLST 158 PO - Introduction to Jewish MysticismRLST 161 CM - Gurus, Swamis, and Others: Hindu Wisdom Beyond South AsiaRLST 162 PO - Modern Jewish PhilosophyRLST 163 CM - Women and Gender in Jewish TraditionRLST 164 PO - Engendering and Experience: Women in Islamic TraditionsRLST 165 CM - Religion and Politics in Medieval and Early Modern EuropeRLST 166A PO - The Divine Body: Religion and the EnvironmentRLST 166B CM - Religion, Politics, and Global ViolenceRLST 168 HM - Activism, Vocation, JusticeRLST 167 SC - Early Christian-Muslim Relations: Baghdad to BarcelonaRLST 169 CM - Christianity and Politics in East AsiaRLST 170 SC - Women and Religion in Greco-Roman AntiquityRLST 171 CM - Religion and FilmRLST 173 CM - US Latino Religions and PoliticsRLST 175 CM - Visions of the Divine FeminineRLST 176 CM - Visionaries, Prophets, and Transformative LeadershipRLST 177 PO - Gender and ReligionRLST 179 SC - Islam, Christianity and JudaismRLST 180 PO - Interpreting Religious WorldsRLST 181 PO - Prison, Punishment, RedemptionRLST 183 HM - Ghosts and the MachinesRLST 184 PO - Queer Theory and the BibleRLST 185 SC - God on Trial: Free Will & EvilRLST 186 CM - Research Practicum in ArchaeologyRLST 187 PO - Queering ReligionRLST 189P PO - Critical TheoryRLST 190 PO - Senior Seminar in Religious StudiesRLST 191 SC - Senior ThesisRLST 199 SC - Independent Study in Religious Studies
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 ANTH 025 SC - Contemporary Middle East MESANTH 087 SC - Contemporary Issues in Gender and Islam MESANTH 088 PZ - China: Gender, Cosmology, and the State HRT I, CWSANTH 150 PO - Anthropology of Religion PRTANTH 171 SC - Seminar in Sexuality and Religion MESARBC 001 CM - Introductory ArabicARBC 002 CM - Continuing Introductory ArabicARBC 033 CM - Intermediate ArabicCLAS 121 JT - Classical Mythology PRTCREA 124 PZ - The Bible and Homer HRT IIGOVT 138 CM - Religion, Politics, and Change in Latin AmericaHIST 011 PO - Medieval MediterraneanHIST 012 PO - Saints and Society HRT IIHIST 042 PO - Worlds of IslamHIST 043 PO - Middle East in Modern TimesHIST 074 PZ - Queering the Medieval * HRT IIHIST 122 PZ - Religion and the Founding FathersHIST 131 HM - The Jewish Experience in America HRT II, CWSHIST 101AC PO - Environmental Histories of the Middle East, South Asia, and AfricaHIST 147 PO - Mughal IndiaHIST 170 PZ - Hybrid Identities: Spanish Empire * HRT IIHIST 173 AF - Black International Politics in the United States: Race, Nation, and Empire HRT IIHIST 173 PZ - Religion, Violence, and Tolerance, 1450-1650 *HIST 175 PZ - Magic, Heresy and Gender in the Atlantic World, 1400-1700 HRT II *CGS 075 PZ - Introduction to Postcolonial Studies *CGS 128 PZ - The War on Terror *CGS 167 PZ - Theory and Practice of Resistance to Monoculture: Gender, Spirituality, and Power * CWSMUS 120 SC - Music in Christian PracticePHIL 052 PZ - Philosophy of Religion * PRTPHIL 084 PZ - Islamic Philosophy * PRT, MESPHIL 096 JT - God and Philosophy: A Conflict in Reason PRT *PHIL 155 PZ - Islam vs. Islam * PRT, MESPHIL 170 SC - Faith and Reason PRTPOLI 112 SC - Mobilizing IslamPOLI 114 SC - Islam and Politics in the Middle East: Rulers, Reformers and RadicalsPOLI 116 SC - The Politics of GodSOC 114 PZ - Sociology of Religion CWS
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