RELI398 - Majors Colloquium in Religious Studies

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Academic Year 2001/2002

Majors Colloquium in Religious Studies
RELI 398 SP

The Majors' Colloquium is designed to reflect critically upon issues, discourses, theories, and methods involved in the scholarly study of religion. The course has been organized around the four major areas of study undertaken in the Department of Religion, namely: Philosophical/Theological Studies, History of Religion, Anthropology of Religion, and Textual Studies. We will devote approximately three weeks each to approaches employed in each of these areas. Each unit will typically 1) begin with a classical statement in the field, 2) be followed by more recent scholarship, and 3) conclude with a feminist evaluation. In each case, our shared task will be to understand and to assess how religious studies scholars conduct their research and make t heir critical judgments.

MAJOR READINGS

S. Kierkegaard, FEAR AND TREMBLING
M. Eliade, THE SACRED AND THE PROFANE
N. Jay, THROUGHOUT YOUR GENERATIONS FOREVER
M. Wolf, A THRICE TOLD TALE
T. Tulku, trans., MOTHER OF KNOWLEDGE
A. Klein, MEETING THE GREAT BLISS QUEEN

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Short frequent papers, midterm and final essay, intensively literate participation in class discussion.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

This is a required course for religion majors, is LIMITED TO THEM, and is to be taken in one's junior year. This course fulfills a "Critical Disciplines" requirement for the department major.

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: NONE Grading Mode: Graded

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Willis,Janice D.

Times: ..T.R.. 02:40PM-04:00PM; Location: RSCSEM

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 20)

SR. major: 6 Jr. major: 14

SR. non-major: X Jr. non-major: X SO: X FR: X

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal: Ethical Reasoning, Writing

Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2002