RELG 2660

"Spiritual But Not Religious": Spirituality in America

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Course Description

Discipline(s): Artistic, Interpretive, & Philosophical Inquiry / Historical Perspectives

This course asks: what does "spiritual but not religious" mean, and why has it become such a pervasive idea in modern America? We'll study everything from AA to yoga to Zen meditation, with stops in Christian rock, Beat poetry, Abstract Expressionist painting and more. In the end, we'll come to see spirituality in America as a complex intermingling of the great world religions, modern psychology, and a crassly commercialized culture industry.


  • Matthew Hedstrom

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    2.80

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    3.57

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    Spring 2025

  • Timothy Hartman

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    Spring 2012

  • Guy Aiken

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    Spring 2012

  • Kayla Kauffman

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    Spring 2015

  • Daniel Wise

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    Spring 2014

  • Matthew Farley

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    Spring 2014

  • Reuben Shank

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    Spring 2013

  • Aaron Walton

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    Spring 2013

  • Rachel Teubner

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    Spring 2017

  • Charles Cotherman

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    Spring 2015

  • Faculty Staff

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    Spring 2022

  • Isaac May

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    Spring 2020

  • Mae Speight

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    Spring 2015

  • Jeremy Sorgen

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    Spring 2018

  • Patrick Derdall

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    Spring 2016

  • Jesse Robinson

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    Spring 2016

  • Kevin Rose

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    Spring 2019

  • Elizabeth Cable

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    Spring 2018

  • Bradley Kime

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    Spring 2018

  • Maxwell Pingeon

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    Spring 2020

  • Miguel Sawaya

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    Spring 2019

  • Melanie Pace

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    Spring 2019

  • Samuel Grimes

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    Spring 2019

  • Elliott Niblock

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    Spring 2020

  • Kerwin Holmes

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    Spring 2022

  • Jason Evans

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    Spring 2020

  • Mubashir Abbasi

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    Spring 2020

  • Anderson Moss

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    Spring 2023

  • Lauren Wheeler

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    Spring 2023

  • Ame Wren

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    Summer 2025

  • Martin Pinckney

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    Spring 2022

  • Ethan Shearer

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    Spring 2023

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    Spring 2025

  • Victoria Slabinski

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    Spring 2023

  • To Be Announced

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    Spring 2025