Examines the Dzokchen tradition of Tibetan Buddhist Tantra focusing on its philosophical and contemplative systems and its historical and social contexts.
How is a religiously pluralistic society to pursue a societal common good? This graduate seminar explores responses to this question within religious ethics at local, national, and global levels. Readings …
This course introduces graduate students to classic and major recent scholarly texts in the field of African American religious history, from transatlantic slavery to the civil rights movement and Black …
This graduate seminar provides a comprehensive survey of the subjects and areas addressed in the field of Arabic and Islamic Studies.
This course surveys the major developments within Islamic philosophy and theology from the classical to the early modern periods. Topics covered include the early theological schools (Ash'aris, Maturidis, Mu'tazilis), the …
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Over the past decade, Sylvia Wynter has emerged as one of the most influential voices in Black Studies, Decolonial Studies, and Religious Studies. Her distinct oeuvre has occasioned multiple edited …
This course examines philosophical debates of Hindu and Buddhist authors from the time of the founding of Buddhism to the medieval period. Primary sources in translation and secondary, scholarly sources …
Studies the Middle Way School of Madhyamika, including Nagarjuna's reasoning and its intent and place in the spiritual path.
The purpose of this course is to provide a comprehensive introduction to Indian tantric Saivism, beginning with the proto-tantric traditions of the "Outer Way" (atiarga) and including the increasingly goddess …
Advanced study in the philosophical and spiritual language of Tibet, past and present. Prerequisite: RELB 5000, 5010, 5350, 5360, or equivalent.
Advanced study in the philosophical and spiritual language of Tibet, past and present. Prerequisite: RELB 5000, 5010, 5350, 5360, or equivalent.
This course introduces the structure, scope, and contents of the Tibetan-language Buddhist canonical collections. We will read and discuss selections in both English and Tibetan from the 5000 works in …
Topics in Islamic Studies
Intensive consideration of a selected issue, movement or figure in Christian thought of the second through fifth centuries. Prerequisite: RELC 2050 or instructor permission.
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Buddhism.
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject of Christianity
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject of general religion.
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Hinduism.
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Islam.