Courses by Instructor for 2012-2013
Harvard Divinity School reserves the right to withdraw or modify courses as appropriate.
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Abé, Ryûichi
Chinese Buddhist Texts: Readings in Medieval Buddho-Daoist Documents: Seminar |
Abraham, Susan
The Last Things: Religious, Theological and Cultural Perspectives in Eschatology | |
Feminist Environmental Philosophy and Theology | |
Master of Divinity Senior Seminar |
Aharony, Irit
Elementary Modern Hebrew | |
Intermediate Modern Hebrew I | |
Intermediate Modern Hebrew II | |
Advanced Modern Hebrew I | |
Advanced Modern Hebrew II | |
Advanced Bridge Seminar in Modern Hebrew: Israeli Culture |
Ahmed, Leila
Religion, Gender, and Culture Colloquium: Feminist Theory and Theology | |
Religion, Gender, and Politics in Transnational Perspective | |
Contemporary Muslim and Diasporic Memoirs and Autobiographies in the West | |
Contemporary Voices in Western Islam |
Ahmed, M. Shahab
Islam, Metaphor, Meaning | |
Orthodoxy: Truth, Authority and Law | |
Public, Private and Islam |
Asani, Ali S.
Understanding Islam and Contemporary Muslim Societies |
Austin, Dorothy A.
Clinical Case Studies in Psychology and Religion |
Bayoumi, Soha Hassan
"What is Enlightenment?": Science, Religion, and the Making of Modernity |
Bazzana, Giovanni Battista
Historical Jesus | |
Papyrology and the New Testament | |
Greek Exegesis of John | |
Gospel Parables in their Social Context |
Beliso-De Jesús, Aisha M.
Transnational Feminism | |
Anthropology of "the Religious" Part I | |
Anthropology of the Religious Part 2: Methods |
Berlin, Chris
Compassionate Care of the Dying: Buddhist Training and Techniques | |
Clinical Chaplaincy: Interfaith Caregiving Skills and Practice |
Betros, Gemma
Power, Politics, and the Female Religious Life |
Bloomer, Kristin
Altered States: Spirit Possession, Modernity, and Other Dangerous Crossings |
Braude, Ann D.
The Religious History of American Women: Seminar | |
Religion, Gender, and Politics in Transnational Perspective |
Campbell, William M.
United Methodist Polity |
Carrasco, Davíd
Apocalypse Now/2012: How the World Ends (or Doesn't) in Human Societies |
Casselberry, Judith
Black Women and Global Pentecostalism |
Cesari, Jocelyne
The Role of Religion in the Growth of American Democracy | |
Religion and Democratization in the Context of the Arab Spring |
Cioffi, Robert Louis
Graeca - Reading of Greek Texts: Seminar |
Click, Emily
Histories, Theologies and Practices of Christianity | |
Administration and Leadership | |
Meaning Making - Thinking Theologically about Ministry Experience: Seminar | |
Field Education |
Clooney, SJ, Francis X.
God, Hindu and Christian | |
Yoga Sutras in a Comparative Perspective |
Coogan, Michael
Job and the Problem of Suffering |
Cox, Jr., Harvey G.
Modern Spiritual Pioneers and Religious Revolutionaries |
Eck, Diana L.
World Religions Today: Diaspora, Diversity, and Dialogue | |
Gandhi, Then and Now: Seminar | |
The World's Religions in Multicultural America - Case Studies in Religious Pluralism |
El-Rouayheb, Khaled
Introduction to Islamic Philosophy and Theology | |
Islamic Theological Texts | |
Upper-Level Classical Arabic I | |
Upper-Level Classical Arabic II |
Fennema, Sharon R.
Performing the Body: Gender, Sexuality and Desire in Christian Worship | |
Ritual, Culture and Postcolonial Imaginations | |
Curating the Sermon: Preaching and the Arts |
Frediani, Judith A.
Unitarian Universalist Religious Education: Seminar |
Gaston, K. Healan
Protestant-Catholic Relations in America, 1600-2000 | |
Religion and Identity in Modern American History, 1865-2000 | |
The Niebuhr Brothers and Their World |
Giles, Cheryl A.
Spiritual Care and Counseling | |
Spiritual Care and Counseling | |
Advanced Spiritual Counseling: Taking Care of Others, Taking Care of Self | |
Compassionate Care of the Dying: Buddhist Training and Techniques |
Gnanapragasam, Patrick
Public Religion and Civil Society: Learning from Indian and American Experiences |
Granara, William E.
Introduction to the Modern Arab World I | |
Introduction to the Arab World II | |
Intermediate Arabic I | |
Intermediate Arabic II |
Grimm, Geraldine
Advanced Intermediate German Readings |
Grundler-Whitacre, Karin
German for Reading | |
Intermediate German Readings |
Gyatso, Janet
Buddhist Women and Representations of the Female | |
The Body and its Moral Cultivation: Buddhist Sources | |
Studying Buddhism Across Time and Place | |
Tibetan Religious Literature |
Haley, Judy Ravesloot
Intermediate Greek I |
Hall, David D.
Religion in America: From the Coming of the Europeans to the 1870s | |
Religions in North America: An Introduction to the History of Interpretations |
Hallisey, Charles
Introduction to Buddhist Narrative and Story Literature | |
Introduction to Buddhist Scriptural Anthologies and their Critical Interpretations | |
Moral Anthropology: Buddhist Insights | |
Theories and Methods in the Study of Religion |
Hardacre, Helen
Animated Spirituality: Japanese Religion in Anime, Manga, and Film | |
Japanese Folk Religion | |
Shinto |
Hehir, J. Bryan
Religion and Politics: Defining the Actors and Debating the Issues | |
The Politics and Ethics of the Use of Force |
Hempton, David N.
The American Evangelical Tradition from Jonathan Edwards to Jerry Falwell | |
Colloquium in American Religious History |
Hollywood, Amy
Sex, Gender, and Sexuality | |
Common Doctor of Theology Seminar |
Huff, Harry
Sacred Music in History and Current Practice | |
The American Spirit in Music |
Ibrahim, Hauwa
Women, Justice, and Shariah |
Jackson, Michael D.
The Shock of the New | |
Poetry and Religion | |
Space and Place: Seminar | |
Ritualization, Play, and Transitional Phenomena |
Johansen, Baber
The Islamic Ritual's Influence on the Legal Reasoning of the Fiqh | |
The Spring of 2011 in the Middle East | |
Does the Fiqh Know a Concept of Natural Law? |
Jungkeit, Steven
Marx and His Readers | |
Aesthetics, Erotics, and Ethics |
Kane, Ousmane Oumar
Islam in African History | |
Islam, Modernity and Politics |
Kia, Chad
Sufi Traditions in Persian Literature |
Kienzle, Beverly M.
Latin Paleography and Manuscript Culture: Seminar | |
Readings in Christian Latin: Preaching and the Sermon in the Middle Ages |
King, Elizabeth Ann
United Church of Christ Polity |
King, Karen L.
Women, Sex, and Gender in Ancient Christianity | |
Sacrifice: Christian Theology, Discourse and Practices in the Landscape of Ancient MediterraneanReligion |
Koester, Helmut
The Apostle Paul: His Letters, His Cities, and His Legacy |
Larsen, Donald S.
Lutheran Confessional Theology |
Ledford, Lorraine
Intermediate Spanish Readings | |
Advanced Intermediate Spanish Readings | |
Communication Skills for Spanish Ministry |
Levenson, Jon D.
Ancient Jewish Wisdom Literature | |
Genesis: Narrative Artistry and Theological Meanings | |
Rapid Reading: Classical Hebrew I | |
Rapid Reading: Classical Hebrew II | |
Joseph and Esther: Seminar | |
The Binding of Isaac (Aqedah): Seminar |
Levine, Lee I.
The History and Archaeology of Jerusalem | |
The Synagogue and Jewish Community |
Löhnert, Anne
History of the Ancient Near East |
Machinist, Peter
Law in the World of the Bible | |
History of the Study of the Hebrew Bible: From the Renaissance to the Present: Seminar | |
History and Historiography in the Ancient Near East | |
Problems in the Literature, History, and Religion of Israel: Seminar | |
Elementary Classical Hebrew | |
Introduction to Rabbinic Hebrew |
Madigan, Kevin James
History of Western Christianity, 150-1100 |
Manuelian, Peter Der
The Language of Pharaohs: Introduction to Egyptian Hieroglyphs I |
McKanan, Daniel
Alternative Spiritualities in the United States | |
Liberal and Liberation Theologies in Dialogue | |
Histories, Theologies and Practices of Christianity | |
Unitarian and Universalist History in the United States |
Monius, Anne E.
Introduction to the Hindu Traditions of India | |
Hinduism Through the Modern Novel | |
Hindu Ethics: Seminar |
Moore, Diane L.
Religion, Democracy and Education |
Mottahedeh, Roy
History of the Near East 600-1055 |
Murray, Stephen Butler
Baptist Polity, Practice, and History |
Nasrallah, Laura Salah
Prophecy, Ecstasy, and Dreams in Early Christian History | |
Archaeology and the World of the New Testament: Seminar | |
Seminar for Advanced New Testament Students | |
New Testament Seminar for Doctoral Dissertations |
Nelson, Timothy
Faith in Action |
Olendzki, Andrew
Buddhist Psychology: Theory and Practice |
Olupona, Jacob
Christianity, Identity, and Civil Society in Africa | |
African Religions |
Pardes, Ilana
Bible, Literature, Culture: The Song of Songs |
Parker, Richard
Religion, Politics, and Public Policy in the U.S. |
Parsa, Parisa Day
Unitarian Universalist Polity and Practices: Seminar |
Partridge, Cameron Elliot
Complementarity and its Discontents: Theologies of the Human in Premodern Christianity and Contemporary Debate | |
Preaching in the Christian Liturgical Year: Incarnation to Pascha |
Patil, Parimal
Advanced Topics in Buddhist Philosophy - Conference Course | |
Introductory Pali | |
Introductory Pali |
Patton, Kimberley C.
Emerging Topics in Greek Religion | |
The Deep: Purity, Danger, and Metamorphosis |
Paulsell, Stephanie A.
Virginia Woolf and Religion | |
Introduction to Ministry Studies |
Pearson, Lori Kay
Gender, Authority, and Domination in Modern Theologies and Theories of Religion |
Phillips, Sue
Unitarian Universalist Polity and Practices: Seminar |
Potter, Jr., Ralph Benajah
The Rise and Fall of the Simple Life |
Ragab, Ahmed
Science and Religion: Debates, Approaches, and Controversies | |
The Word(s) of the Prophet: Prophetic Traditions through History | |
Bodies and Sexualities in the Medieval Middle East: Medical, Cultural, and Religious Views | |
Crusades, Plagues and Hospitals: Medicine, Religion and Society in the Medieval Mediterranean |
Rivera Rivera, Mayra
Readings in Postmodern Theology | |
Gender, Race, and Transformation Latina Theory | |
Body and Flesh: Christian Metaphors in Contemporary Theory |
Rose, Dudley Corwin
A Profile in Ministry: Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Seminar | |
Meaning Making - Thinking Theologically about Ministry Experience: Seminar | |
Introduction to Ministry Studies | |
Field Education |
Saley, Richard
Problems in the Literature, History, and Religion of Israel: Seminar | |
Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible: Seminar |
Schüssler Fiorenza, Elisabeth
Introduction to the New Testament | |
New Testament Ethics and Theology: Seminar |
Siljak, Zilka Spahic
Women, Spirituality, and Peace |
Singh, Harpreet
South Asian Literary Cultures: An Introduction | |
Religious Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict and State Terror in Modern India: Cases from Kashmir, Panjab, Gujarat and Nagaland | |
Religious Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in Modern South Asia |
Skedros, James Constantine
Elementary Greek I | |
Elementary Greek II |
Smith, Daniel Albert
Introduction to Public Preaching |
Smith, Gary E.
Preaching in the Unitarian Universalist and Free Church Traditions: Seminar |
Stang, Charles Marshall
Early Christian Thought 1: The Greek Tradition | |
Early Christian Thought 2: The Latin Tradition | |
Augustine and His Heretics | |
Origen, Evagrius, and Cassian |
Steinkeller, Piotr
Introduction to Mesopotamian Religion |
Stern, Kaia
Ethics, Punishment and Race | |
Eye Contact, Ethics and Interbeing |
Teeter, David Andrew
Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament 1: Pentateuch and Former Prophets | |
Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament 2: Latter Prophets and Writings | |
Scriptural Interpretation in Ancient Israel: Inner-Biblical Exegesis | |
Problems in the Literature, History, and Religion of Israel: Seminar | |
Intermediate Classical Hebrew I | |
Intermediate Classical Hebrew II |
Torracinta, Pascale
Intermediate French Readings | |
Advanced Intermediate French Readings |
Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher
Themes in Mormon History: Seminar |
van den Hoek, Annewies
Advanced Greek: Martyrdom | |
Advanced Greek: Writing History | |
Intermediate Greek II |
Willard, Mara
Religion and American Public Life | |
Christian Ethics and Modern Society | |
Christian Perspectives on War and Peace |
Williams, Preston Noah
The Ethical and Religious Thought of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Seminar |
Wulfsberg, Paul Herbert
Elementary Arabic |
Yolles, Julian
Introduction to Christian Latin | |
Intermediate Grammar and Readings in Christian Latin |
Zeghal, Malika
Ethnographies of Religion, Texts and Contexts | |
Political Islam in the 20th and 21st Centuries |

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