Religion
Emory’s Department of Religion honors equally the religious principles, rituals, and traditions of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Africana and African Diaspora religions, Latinx religions, and American religious cultures, among others. In our study of these matters we deploy ethnography of religions as well as the study of comparative sacred texts. Our research and teaching are deeply interdisciplinary. We drive our research with questions from a diversity of angles and disciplinary perspectives. Our courses are frequently cross-listed and, at times, co-taught with faculty in other disciplines, to explore diversity of thought and life.
We are intentionally a pluralist community, with no single majority who focuses on one particular religion, or who uses one single method of study. Thanks to the high engagement of faculty in interdisciplinary and intersectional work, the department participates in several University initiatives in contemplative studies; religion and conflict; religion and law; religion and health; religion and sexualities; and religion and the arts. We engage communities at Emory and the metro Atlanta area, and our courses relate to local as well as global matters. Our work is informed by a dynamic combination of textual study, ethnographic engagement, historical reflection, and theory-practice learning.
Religion courses at Emory introduce students to the origins and historical developments of ancient religious systems as well as the living religions of the world. They also study aspects of religion comparatively and thematically across traditions, such as religion in public life, religion and gender, religion and culture, religion and conflict. Religion students seek careers in religious studies, medicine, law, sciences, humanities, and liberal arts. More than half the faculty members have been recognized for excellence in teaching. The department works closely with a group of Associated Faculty from other departments: Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies, Political Science, History, and Classics, among others.
The Graduate Division of Religion, the Institute of the Liberal Arts, Candler School of Theology, the Marial Center (Myth and Ritual in American Life), The Carter Center, The Center for Law and Religion, and the American Academy of Religion at Emory University enrich the academic environment and provide additional faculty resources for undergraduate students of religion.
The department also has important connections with centers of learning such as the Aquinas Center for Catholic Studies, the Drepung Loseling Institute for Buddhist Studies, and the Jewish Community Center of Atlanta.
Concentrations
Faculty
- Chair
- Maria Carrion
- Director of Undergraduate Studies
- Eric Reinders
- Core
Courses
REL 100-Level Courses
An exploration of diverse ways of being religious (for example, in thought, action, community, and experience) as they are displayed in several traditions and cultures.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HA
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Social, anthropological, and cultural aspects of two or more ancient Mediterranean cultures from a comparative perspective.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HA
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- ANCMED 101
This course introduces students to the various questions, texts, methodologies, and perspectives that constitute the broad field of Jewish Studies. It presumes no prior knowledge of Jewish history, religion or culture.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HA
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- JS 101
- HIST 107
Comparative study of sacred texts in two or more religious traditions; textual authority, canons, primary and secondary texts, types of texts, and the function of sacred texts in religious communities.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HA
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Variety of subjects pertaining to religion at an introductory level. Content will vary in successive offerings. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 4
- GER
- HAP
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Variety of subjects pertaining to religion at an introductory level. Content will vary in successive offerings. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 5
- GER
- HAPW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Dynamics of inquiry on a focused research topic. Will include discussion, debate, oral and written presentations. Topic varies.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- FS
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
REL 200-Level Courses
Religion and contemporary issues of human existence, the role of religion in politics and international conflicts, or the nature of contemporary religious movements such as fundamentalism.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HA
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
The Hebrew scriptures ("Old Testament"), in translation, examined in their historical setting, and in their roles as sacred texts in Judaism and Christianity.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HA
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- JS 205
An examination of American religious history and culture from the colonial period to the present.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HA
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
This course will explore classic religious texts in depth, developing skills to interpret sacred, philosophical and ethical works. Social, cultural, and/or philosophical contexts at work will provide interpretive frameworks.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HA
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- JS 210R
This course will explore classic religious texts in depth, developing skills to interpret sacred, philosophical and ethical works. Social, cultural, and/or philosophical contexts at work will provide interpretive frameworks.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GER
- HAW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- JS 210RW
This course examines western religions over a significant span of history, special emphasis on interactions between culture and religion and between religions; topic varies.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HA
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Thematic study of at least two Asian religious traditions. Thematic emphasis may include relationships of text and context, pilgrimage, gender, epic performance, religious institutions, visual arts, or colonial and post-colonial identities.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HA
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- EAS 212
Introduction to the religions of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds: ritual types, forms of evidence, and methods of investigation, from the Bronze Age to the early Christian era.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HA
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- CL 215
Explores the rituals and practices of Judaism, placing them in their historical context and examining the theological concepts that underpin them.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HA
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- JS 225
This course is about The Sufi Way (Islamic Mysticism or tasawwuf), the Muslim effort to experience God's presence and make society good. It focuses on South Asia (Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh) and the Chishti Order, the region's most popular and influential Sufi community.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HA
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- MESAS 231
This course examines the parallel development of Sanskrit and vernacular poetry in the royal court and religious contexts. Critical historical studies of the political, cultural, and religious landscape of India will support our analysis of the poetry focusing on gods and patronized by kings.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HA
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- MESAS 236
This course examines the parallel development of Sanskrit and vernacular poetry in the royal court and religious contexts. Critical historical studies of the political, cultural, and religious landscape of India will support our analysis of the poetry focusing on gods and patronized by kings.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GER
- HAW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- MESAS 236W
This course is an introduction to the Qur'an in translation, from historical and literary perspectives, looking at its content, formal characteristics, language, stylistics, modes of narrative, and its relationship to Jewish, Christian, and Arabian traditions.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HA
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- MESAS 244
This course is an introduction to the Qur'an in translation, from historical and literary perspectives, looking at its content, formal characteristics, language, stylistics, modes of narrative, and its relationship to Jewish, Christian, and Arabian traditions.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GER
- HAW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- MESAS 244W
This course explores the field of religion and law: how these categories of human experience intersect, and the resulting challenges and opportunities. We will consider theories and methods that scholars and practitioners use to contribute new perspectives to matters impacting nations and people.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HA
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Everyday life in ancient Israel (1200-586 BCE), including the economy, religion and culture, city planning, the Israelite kitchen, burials, status of women, and more.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HSC
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- MESAS 251
- JS 251
Everyday life in ancient Israel (1200-586 BCE), including the economy, religion and culture, city planning, the Israelite kitchen, burials, status of women, and more.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GER
- HSCW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- MESAS 251W
- JS 251W
Introduction to Jewish populations and cultures within the framework of four fields of general anthropology: biological, archaeological, cultural, and linguistic.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- JS 258
- ANT 258
A careful examination of theory and methodology related to this branch of archaeology with special emphasis on famous discoveries, important sites, and the archaeological/historical background of Biblical events.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HSC
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- MESAS 250
- JS 250
Summer. Excavations in the Middle East, especially with the Summer Abroad Program affiliated with the Lahav Research Project at Tell Halif.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GER
- HSC
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- MESAS 259R
- JS 259R
Variety of subjects pertaining to religion. Content will vary in successive offerings. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 4
- GER
- HAP
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Variety of subjects pertaining to religion. Content will vary in successive offerings. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 5
- GER
- HAPW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Variable credit, may be repeated for up to 12 Semester Hours total.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 12
- GER
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Special topics in religion taken during study abroad program and approved by Emory Department of Religion for equivalent credit. May be repeated when topic varies.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 12
- GER
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Special topics in religion taken during study abroad program and approved by Emory Department of Religion for equivalent credit. May be repeated when topic varies.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 12
- GER
- CW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
REL 300-Level Courses
Critical exploration of philosophical, theological, ethical, and social science theories of religions and methods for the interpretation of religious phenomena.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GER
- HSC
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Hindu religious traditions from prehistorical times to the eighteenth century, including classical texts, rituals, ethical and social structures, institutions, and theologies.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HSC
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Hindu religious traditions from prehistorical times to the eighteenth century, including classical texts, rituals, ethical and social structures, institutions, and theologies.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GER
- HSCW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Historical survey of religion in India, 1756 to the present, focusing on the impact of British colonial and post-colonial settings on diverse religions in India and among Indians living abroad.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HSC
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Hinduism in the modern period, from the early nineteenth century to the present, focusing on religious communities, rituals, modes of leadership, and the contemporary internationalization of Hinduism.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HSC
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Two major epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, have had a long and sustained history in the development of civilizational values in South Asia. This course critically examines the role these epics have played in shaping South Asian civilizations, with a primary focus on literature and religion
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HAP
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- MESAS 304
Introduction to the practices, doctrines, literature and institutions of Buddhism, with particular focus on contemplative practices, ethics and methods of philosophical investigation, narrative traditions, and the transformation of Buddhism across cultures.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HSC
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Introduction to philosophical, psychological, and contemplative dimensions of Tibetan Buddhism.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HSC
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
The development of Buddhism in China and Japan, including examination of monasticism, ritual, ideas of Buddhahood, Zen, Pure Land, and Buddhist relations to the state and to other religions.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HSC
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- EAS 317
Modern Jewish history, society, and thought, with emphasis on religious and secular reformulations of Jewish self-identity.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HSC
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- JS 309
This seminar focuses on modern Buddhist history, society, and thought. Issues addressed may include colonization, women's ordination, meditation movements, conversion, eco-Buddhism, immigration, and globalization.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HSC
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Christianity from the apostolic period through the Middle Ages, with emphasis on the contribution of major theologians.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HSC
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Christianity from the apostolic period through the Middle Ages, with emphasis on the contribution of major theologians.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GER
- HSCW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Representative types of modern Christianity, beginning with the Reformation in Germany and concluding with contemporary issues.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HSC
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Examination of major social, ethical, and theological issues confronting post-Vatican II Catholicism, including the intellectual and historical roots of contemporary debates.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HSC
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Examination of major social, ethical, and theological issues confronting post-Vatican II Catholicism, including the intellectual and historical roots of contemporary debates.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GER
- HSCW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
This course is a survey of the major issues in the history, religion, culture, and civilization of the Islamic world in the pre-modern period.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HSC
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- MESAS 316
This course is a survey of the major issues in the history, religion, culture, and civilization of the Islamic world in the pre-modern period.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GER
- HSCW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- MESAS 316W
This seminar analyzes the problem of Islam in modern history and focuses on religious responses to major events. Issues may include secularism and Post-Enlightenment modernism, reform movements, and Islamic liberalism.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HSC
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- MESAS 317
This course studies Islam through a legal lens. We explore the main sources of the Shari'a, and study examples of each in the spheres of ritual, criminal, family, and civil law. We also examine how tensions between law, morality, pragmatism, custom, and politics spur Islamic legal development.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HSC
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- MESAS 318
This course studies Islam through a legal lens. We explore the main sources of the Shari'a, and study examples of each in the spheres of ritual, criminal, family, and civil law. We also examine how tensions between law, morality, pragmatism, custom, and politics spur Islamic legal development.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GER
- HSCW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- MESAS 318W
Study of several Native American religious traditions in their historical contexts, with a focus on ritual, cosmology, and social life.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HSC
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Development of religion among African Americans; trends and tendencies.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HSC
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- AAS 320R
Development of religion among African Americans; trends and tendencies.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GER
- HSCW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- AAS 320RW
Examination of religious existence and its relation to various aspects of human life by approaches developed in major traditions of psychological study.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HSC
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
The relation of sexuality and the sacred in symbolism, attitudes and practice; authentic human communion; and specific problems of sexual ethics.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HSC
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
The relation of sexuality and the sacred in symbolism, attitudes and practice; authentic human communion; and specific problems of sexual ethics.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GER
- HSCW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Understanding death through a study of religious attitudes and practices, modern therapies for the dying, ethical issues, and Western and Asian theological perspectives.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HSC
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
An analysis of the sociopolitical background and the horror of the Holocaust, followed by the popular as well as the theological responses of the Jewish and Christian communities.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HSC
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- JS 324
"Explores historical & contemporary notions of love with emphasis on love's powerful & controversial presence/absence in the lives of Black people in the North American context. Readings include religious studies, philosophical, historical, literary, social scientific and neurobiological texts."
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GER
- HSCE
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- AAS 325
Spiritual transformations involving worship, magic and healing, ritual, and aesthetic performance in Black speech and literature, music, and drama; and spiritual uses of Biblical themes to empower social political movements.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HAPE
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- AAS 326
Spiritual transformations involving worship, magic and healing, ritual, and aesthetic performance in Black speech and literature, music, and drama; and spiritual uses of Biblical themes to empower social political movements.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GER
- HPWE
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- AAS 326W
This course explores Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as well as other religious groups in the Holy Land on location. In Israel. In English. No knowledge of Hebrew required.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HSC
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- JS 327
- MESAS 327
Cross-cultural ethnographic study of women's religious lives, including ritual and leadership roles, forms and contexts of religious expression, and negotiations between dominant cultural representations and women's self-representations.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HSC
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- ANT 328
- WGS 328
Cross-cultural ethnographic study of women's religious lives, including ritual and leadership roles, forms and contexts of religious expression, and negotiations between dominant cultural representations and women's self-representations.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GER
- HSCW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- ANT 328W
- WGS 328W
Historical, philosophical, and ethical relationships between religion and ecology; other dimensions include Eastern thought, ecofeminism, animal rights, and literary nature writers.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GER
- HAP
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- ENVS 329
This is an introductory course on Tibetan culture focusing on selected themes and perspectives of Tibetan culture.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HSC
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- MESAS 330
Tibet's history, geography, and spiritual legacy produced a unique culture that only recently has come into contact with the West; these three facets will be explored for their impact on Tibetan culture.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HSC
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
An exploration of the body and bodily experience in selected religious traditions. Topics may include: ritual, asceticism, monasticism, healing, gender, sex, diet, birth, and death.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HAP
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
This is a theory-practice course in which we analyze the nature of embodied knowledge and the creative power of performance through twice-weekly discussions of mythologies, art, and theoretical analyses of dance and once-weekly participant performance of the Indian classical dance form of Kuchipudi.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HAP
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Considers common roots of spirituals, blues, and jazz, and surveys historical, cultural, social, and denominational factors that have shaped our perspective on the spiritual capacity of jazz. Focus is on the sacred works, biographies, and implicit theological positions of specific jazz masters.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HAP
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- MUS 305
- AAS 305
An exploration of local religious communities in the metropolitan area, with special emphasis on field research methodologies.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HSC
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
This course is intended to present an overview of the history of Tibet in an unbiased format. Beginning with an introduction to Tibet's geography, people, language and religion, students will then study selected events and episodes in the history of Tibet.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HSC
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- MESAS 338
Background and emergence of Rabbinic Judaism in 100-500 C.E., its institutions and beliefs: study, law, chosenness, messianic doctrine of god, revelation and prayer.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HAP
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- JS 340
Intensive study of a major work on an important theme in medieval Jewish thought such as Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed, Saadia's Beliefs and Opinions, and medieval Jewish exegesis of the Bible.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HAP
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- JS 341
Intensive study of a major work, author or movement; or of an important theme in modern Jewish thought, such as Heschel, Buber, reform, religious anthropology.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HAP
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- JS 343
The role and methodology of law in Judaism, using difficult problems that arise due to recent advances in medical technology as a paradigm for how legal systems address hard issues.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HAP
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Interpretation of the New Testament in the context of the historical, social, religious, and literary environment of the eastern Mediterranean world during late antiquity.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HAP
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Interpretation of the New Testament in the context of the historical, social, religious, and literary environment of the eastern Mediterranean world during late antiquity.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GER
- HAPW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
The study of the New Testament gospels through approximately ten Christian gospels and fragments of gospels written during the first two centuries, including modern studies and debates about the historical Jesus.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HAP
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
The study of the New Testament gospels through approximately ten Christian gospels and fragments of gospels written during the first two centuries, including modern studies and debates about the historical Jesus.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GER
- HAPW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
The study of the historical role of Paul, his thinking, the major Pauline theme, as well as the problems faced by the first urban Christians.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HAP
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
The study of the historical role of Paul, his thinking, the major Pauline theme, as well as the problems faced by the first urban Christians.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GER
- HAPW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Construction of gender, definitions of the roles and status of women and men in a variety of traditions; women's and men's religious lives. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HSC
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- JS 352R
Mystical texts, themes, practices, and rituals, focusing on selected mystical authors. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HAP
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Analysis of methods and/or texts pertaining to ethical decision-making for individual and social problems such as race, sex/marriage, justice, war, biomedical technology, and environmental pollution. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HAP
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- JS 354R
Analysis of methods and/or texts pertaining to ethical decision-making for individual and social problems such as race, sex/marriage, justice, war, biomedical technology, and environmental pollution. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GER
- HAPW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- JS 354RW
History and present experience of worship or liturgy in various traditions, with a variety of methods, including the study of art, music, and/or architecture. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HAP
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Issues in contemporary theology. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HAP
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
This theory-practice course asks: How does conflict reveal the character and nature of a religion? How can our conflict resolution practices advance our study of religion? Includes case studies.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HAP
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Designed to explore the mind/body connection as a paradigm to understand religion and healing. Will examine the role of faith, ritual, prayer, and meditation in various models of healing.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HAP
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Designed to explore the mind/body connection as a paradigm to understand religion and healing. Will examine the role of faith, ritual, prayer, and meditation in various models of healing.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GER
- HAPW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Explores the features that distinguish Buddhist thought from other traditions, as well as the unique tenets of major philosophical movements such as Shravakayana, Mahayana, and Vajrayana.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HAP
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Survey of the history, cultures, and religions of Afghanistan and Central Asia including Tibet from antiquity to modern times. Topics will include the Silk Road, Buddhist, Christian, and Islamic cultures of the religion, and medieval, colonial, and modern history and politics.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HSC
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- MESAS 366
- HIST 366
Narrative films concerned with religious issues and experience; commonalities between the film medium and the performative religious imagination.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GER
- HSC
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Variety of subjects pertaining to religion. Content will vary in successive offerings. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 4
- GER
- HAP
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Variety of subjects pertaining to religion. Content will vary in successive offerings. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 5
- GER
- HAPW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Through variables such as arts, politics, freedom, race, nd coloniality, this repeatable special topics course will explore various ways in which religion and law intersect and pose questions in political life, social justice struggles, community conversations and spaces, and cultural consciousness.
- Credit Hours
- 3 - 4
- GER
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Study in depth of a problem in classical texts or religious thought. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 4
- GER
- HAP
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Study in depth of a problem in classical texts or religious thought. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 5
- GER
- HAPW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Study in depth of a historical or theoretical problem or tradition. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 4
- GER
- HAP
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Confucian Classics shaped Chinese literati culture from late antiquity to the early 20th century. The goal of this course is to illustrate the diversity of literary and cultural practices that evolved around Confucius' unique body of writings (551 - 479 BC). Knowledge of Chinese is not necessary. .
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HAP
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- CHN 373
- EAS 374
Confucian Classics shaped Chinese literati culture from late antiquity to the early 20th century. The goal of this course is to illustrate the diversity of literary and cultural practices that evolved around Confucius' unique body of writings (551 - 479 BC). Knowledge of Chinese is not necessary.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GER
- HAPW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- CHN 373W
- EAS 374W
Applied learning in a supervised work experience utilizing skills related to concentrations in religion, in such areas as community service, education and social work.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 12
- GER
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Historical and cultural survey of Muslim Spain (al-Andalus) and North Africa through the 16th century. The course focuses on the concept of Convivencia (co-existence) as theorized by modern Spanish and North African historians.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- MESAS 381
- SPAN 381
Reading and interpretation of representative major literary works in the perspective of their religious meaning.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HAP
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Reading and interpretation of representative major literary works in the perspective of their religious meaning.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GER
- HAPW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
A survey of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966 - 1976). Students will study revolutionary songs, films, and model plays, in addition to the visual and material culture of the period. Students will also stage a performance of Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GER
- HAP
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- CHN 388
- EAS 388
A survey of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966 - 1976). Students will study revolutionary songs, films, and model plays, in addition to the visual and material culture of the period. Students will also stage a performance of Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy.
- Credit Hours
- 5
- GER
- HAPW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- CHN 388W
- EAS 388W
Advanced topic(s) in religion taken during study abroad program and approved by Emory Department of Religion for equivalent credit. May be repeated when topic varies.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 12
- GER
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Advanced topic(s) in religion taken during study abroad program and approved by Emory Department of Religion for equivalent credit. May be repeated when topic varies.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 12
- GER
- CW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
REL 400-Level Courses
This course is an introduction to Shiite Islam, including a historical survey with particular attention to the Twelver and Ismaili traditions, showing how Shiism has shaped Islamic history in general.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HSC
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- MESAS 414
This course is an introduction to Shiite Islam, including a historical survey with particular attention to the Twelver and Ismaili traditions, showing how Shiism has shaped Islamic history in general.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GER
- HSCW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- MESAS 414W
This course focuses on famous works of the Islamic world and treats the transmission of knowledge, religious orthodoxy and heresy, the presentation of self, and the theory of love. We will read The Arabian Nights, al-Ghazali's Deliverance from Error, and other works. .
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HAP
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- MESAS 415
This course focuses on famous works of the Islamic world and treats the transmission of knowledge, religious orthodoxy and heresy, the presentation of self, and the theory of love. We will read The Arabian Nights, al-Ghazali's Deliverance from Error, and other works. .
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GER
- HAPW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- MESAS 415W
We will produce a 20-page research paper through scaffolded writing assignments, as well as oral and visual presentations. The course theme addresses how Spanish and Portuguese colonization forced Iberian, Indigenous, and African worlds together in the region that is known today as Latin America.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GER
- CWE
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- HIST 461W
- LACS 461W
Prerequisite: either Philosophy 358 or one course in religion. The religious and philosophical consciousness in confrontation with each other; investigation of their differing natures and methods; and exploration of their possible contribution to the clarification and solution of problems of mutual concern.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- HAP
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- PHIL 470
Advanced study of an issue, problem or selection of writings. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 4
- GER
- HSC
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Advanced study of an issue, problem or selection of writings. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 5
- GER
- HSCW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Selected topics in religious studies. Required for majors.
- Credit Hours
- 3
- GER
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Selected topics in religious studies. Required for majors.
- Credit Hours
- 4
- GER
- CW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Independent research for senior major and joint-major students selected to participate in the department's Honors Program.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 8
- GER
- XA
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Independent research for senior major and joint-major students selected to participate in the department's Honors Program.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 8
- GER
- CW
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Students conduct directed or supervised research in support of a faculty member's research project or agenda. Permission of the department and a supervising faculty member is required.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 4
- GER
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Students study, read, and write on a topic under the direction or supervision of a faculty member. Permission of the department and a supervising faculty member is required.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 4
- GER
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None
Students conduct independent research in support of their own research agenda or question with guidance from a faculty member. Permission of the department and a supervising faculty member is required.
- Credit Hours
- 1 - 4
- GER
- None
- Requisites
- None
- Cross-Listed
- None