Courses by Instructor for 2011-2012
Harvard Divinity School reserves the right to withdraw or modify courses as appropriate.
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Abraham, Susan
Christianity between Colonialism and Postcolonialism | |
Feminist Cross Cultural Perspectives on Beliefs and Practices |
Adams, Charles G.
Preaching for Social Change: Seminar | |
Faith-Based Economic Development | |
The Dynamics of Black Preaching: Seminar | |
God, Human Suffering, and the Minister |
Adelman, Rachel
Women and Deceit in the Hebrew Bible |
Aharony, Irit
Elementary Modern Hebrew | |
Intermediate Modern Hebrew I | |
Intermediate Modern Hebrew II | |
Advanced Modern Hebrew II |
Ahmed, Leila
Readings in Islam and the History of Islam in the U.S. and Europe | |
Themes in Feminism and Islam: From Late 19th Century Middle East to 21st Century America | |
Religion, Gender, Identity - Readings in 20th Century Arab Autobiographies - Muslim, Christian, Jewish | |
Writing Lives: Women Writing Religion |
Ahmed, M. Shahab
The Satanic Verses Problem in History I | |
The Satanic Verses Problem in History II | |
The Vocabulary of Islam |
Al-Masri, Khaled
Elementary Arabic |
Asani, Ali S.
Introduction to Islamic Mysticism: The Sufi Tradition | |
For the Love of God and His Prophet: Religion, Literature and the Arts in Muslim Cultures |
Austin, Dorothy A.
Death and Dying in Life and Literature - A Clinical Pastoral Perspective |
Ayanna, Amiri
Advanced Intermediate German Readings |
Bar-Asher Siegal, Elitzur
Introduction to Jewish Babylonian Aramaic |
Basarudin, Azza
Islam, Feminist Reformers and Gender Justice in Southeast Asia |
Belser, Julia Watts
Jewish Feminist Ethics |
Braude, Ann D.
Vine Deloria, Jr.: Indigenous Critic of American Religion and Politics |
Buehrens, John
Unitarian Universalist Polity and Practices: Seminar |
Carrasco, Davíd
Theories and Methods in the Study of Religion |
Cesari, Jocelyne
Islamophobia in Europe and in the US: The Challenge of Religious Pluralism |
Cioffi, Robert Louis
Graeca - Reading of Greek Texts: Seminar |
Click, Emily
Administration and Leadership | |
Meaning Making - Thinking Theologically about Ministry Experience: Seminar | |
Teaching with Courage and Passion | |
Field Education |
Clooney, SJ, Francis X.
Theology in an Interreligious Perspective | |
Introduction to Mimamsa Ritual Theory |
Cohen, Shaye J. D.
Jews and Judaism in the Ancient World | |
Josephus |
Coogan, Michael
The Chosen People | |
Jeremiah |
Dupuis, Kenneth
Intermediate French Readings | |
Advanced Intermediate French Readings |
Eck, Diana L.
Hindu Worlds of Art and Culture | |
The World's Religions in Multicultural America - Case Studies in Religious Pluralism |
Eckel, M. David
Saviors and Siddhas: Towards a Theory of Mahayana Buddhist Narrative |
Epp, Eldon Jay
New Testament Manuscript Studies and Textual Criticism: Seminar |
Feinstein, Eve
Introduction to Rabbinic Hebrew |
Fennema, Sharon R.
Introduction to Christian Worship | |
Strategies for Worship in Postmodernity | |
Thin Places: Sacramental Theologies and Practices |
Fiorenza, Francis Schüssler
Theology and Culture: Seminar | |
Introduction to Hermeneutics and Theology | |
Introduction to Political Theology | |
Rationality, Relativism, and Theology: Seminar |
Frederick, Marla
Race, Class and the Making of American Religion | |
Religion and Social Change |
Frediani, Judith A.
Unitarian Universalist Religious Education: Seminar |
Gaston, K. Healan
Religion in Modern American Thought and Culture | |
Religion and Politics in Modern America |
Giles, Cheryl A.
Spiritual Care and Counseling | |
Spiritual Care and Counseling | |
Advanced Spiritual Counseling: Taking Care of Others, Taking Care of Self | |
Buddhism, Community, and Diversity: The Color of Practice |
Graham, William A.
Back Roads to Far Places: Literature of Journey and Quest | |
Common Doctor of Theology Seminar |
Granara, William E.
Introduction to the Modern Arab World I | |
Introduction to the Arab World II | |
Intermediate Arabic I | |
Upper-Level Classical Arabic I | |
Upper-Level Classical Arabic II | |
Intermediate Arabic II |
Grundler-Whitacre, Karin
German for Reading | |
Intermediate German Readings |
Gyatso, Janet
Studying Buddhism Across Time and Place | |
Tibetan Religious Literature |
Haley, Judy Ravesloot
Intermediate Greek I |
Hall, David D.
Radical Religion in England and America, 1550-1750 | |
Religion in America: From the Coming of the Europeans to the 1870s |
Hallisey, Charles
Buddhist Ethics | |
Introduction to Buddhist Commentaries and Their Critical Interpretations |
Hamilton, Hurmon
Introduction to Public Preaching |
Hardacre, Helen
Secularism Beyond the West | |
Religion and Society in Edo and Meiji Japan: Conference Course | |
Religion and Society in Twentieth-Century Japan: Conference Course | |
Shinto |
Haxby, Mikael C.
The Gospel of John |
Hehir, J. Bryan
Religion and Politics: Defining the Actors and Debating the Issues | |
The Politics and Ethics of the Use of Force |
Heinrichs, Wolfhart P.
Introduction to Syriac |
Hempton, David N.
Encountering the Other: The Expansion of the Christian West, 1650-1850 | |
Secularization in Europe and the United States, c. 1780-2000 | |
The Evangelical Tradition, c. 1700-2000 | |
Colloquium in American Religious History |
Hogan, Jr., Samuel B.
Pentecostal Polity |
Hollywood, Amy
History of Christian Thought: The Medieval West | |
Doctoral Colloquium in Religion, Gender, and Culture | |
Readings in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Theory |
Huff, Harry
Sacred Music in History and Current Practice | |
The American Spirit in Music |
Ibrahim, Hauwa
Women, Justice, and Sharia |
Jackson, Michael D.
Community and Alterity in Africa | |
The Politics of Storytelling |
Johansen, Baber
12th Century Maliki usul al-fiqh Texts | |
Arabic Family Law from 1984-2005 | |
Introduction to Islamic Law | |
Islamic Modernism III: 1970-2011 |
Jungkeit, Steven
Bodies in Urban Spaces | |
Christianities and Cultures |
Kia, Chad
Sufi Traditions in Persian Literature |
Kienzle, Beverly M.
Latin Paleography and Manuscript Culture: Seminar | |
Readings in Christian Latin: Hildegard of Bingen and the Gospels |
King, Elizabeth Ann
United Church of Christ Polity |
King, Karen L.
Martyrdom: Bodies, Death, and Life in Ancient Christianity | |
Seminar for Advanced New Testament Students | |
New Testament Seminar for Doctoral Dissertations | |
Intermediate Coptic |
Klawans, Jonathan
The Dead Sea Scrolls |
Koester, Helmut
History of Ancient Christianity |
Lamberth, David C.
John Calvin at the Beginning of Reformed Theology | |
Nineteenth-Century Religious Thought: Theology and the Critique of Religion | |
Classical Pragmatism and Religion | |
The Thought of John Dewey: Seminar |
Ledford, Lorraine
Intermediate Spanish Readings | |
Advanced Intermediate Spanish Readings | |
Communication Skills for Spanish Ministry |
Machinist, Peter
Prophecy in Ancient Israel | |
Myth and Myth-Making in the Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern World | |
Problems in the Literature, History, and Religion of Israel: Seminar | |
Literature of Israel: Seminar | |
Elementary Classical Hebrew | |
Intermediate Classical Hebrew I | |
Intermediate Classical Hebrew II |
Madigan, Kevin James
The Holocaust and the Churches, 1933-45 | |
Late Medieval Christianity |
Manuelian, Peter Der
Voices from the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Literature in Translation | |
The Language of Pharaohs: Introduction to Egyptian Hieroglyphs I | |
The Language of Pharaohs: Introduction to Egyptian Hieroglyphs II |
Matus, Zachary Alexander
Introduction to Christian Latin | |
Intermediate Grammar and Readings in Christian Latin |
McKanan, Daniel
Liberal and Liberation Theologies in Dialogue | |
Unitarian and Universalist Thought in the Nineteenth Century | |
History of Local Congregations |
McKenna, Catherine
The Literature of Medieval Celtic Christianity: the Hagiographical Tradition |
Monius, Anne E.
Indian Religions Through Their Narrative Literatures: The Epics | |
Dead But Not Forgotten: Early Scholars of South Asian Religions and Their Enduring Influence | |
South Asia As Understood by Its Regions |
Moore, Diane L.
Religion, Ecology, and Human Rights |
Mottahedeh, Roy
History of the Near East, 1055-1517: Conference Course |
Nasrallah, Laura Salah
Introduction to the New Testament | |
The Letters of Paul: Ethnicity, Sex, Ethics, and the End of the World | |
Greek Exegesis of 1 Corinthians | |
The New Testament, Biblical Studies, and Empire: Seminar |
Nelson, Timothy
Faith in Action |
Olendzki, Andrew
Buddhist Thought in Action: Contemporary Expressions of Early Buddhist Teachings |
Olupona, Jacob
African Religions |
Park, Katharine
Knowledge on the Move: Cultures of Science and Religion in the Medieval World |
Parker, Richard
Religion, Politics, and Public Policy in the U.S. |
Partridge, Cameron Elliot
Preaching in the Christian Liturgical Year |
Patton, Kimberley C.
Twins and Twinship in Religion and Myth | |
Angels: Messengers of God | |
Theories and Methods in the Study of Religion | |
Common Doctor of Theology Seminar |
Paulsell, Stephanie A.
Back Roads to Far Places: Literature of Journey and Quest | |
Children's Literature and Religious Education: Seminar | |
Introduction to Ministry Studies | |
Master of Divinity Senior Seminar |
Potter, Jr., Ralph Benajah
Friendship from A to Z: Aristotle to Zuckerberg |
Ragab, Ahmed
Knowledge on the Move: Cultures of Science and Religion in the Medieval World | |
Science and Religion: Debates, Approaches, and Controversies | |
Bodies and Sexualities in the Medieval Middle East: Medical, Cultural, and Religious Views | |
Quranic Exegeses Through History: Themes, Questions, and Controversies |
Rathbone, Patricia
Counseling - Practice and Theory: Seminar | |
Counseling for Practitioners - Addressing Trauma and Loss: Seminar |
Robson, James
Introduction to the Study of East Asian Religions | |
Zen: History, Culture, and Critique | |
Readings on Chinese Religions: Recent Scholarship on Chinese Buddhism: Seminar | |
Chinese Buddhist Texts: Readings in Medieval Buddho-Daoist Documents: Seminar |
Rose, Dudley Corwin
Meaning Making - Thinking Theologically about Ministry Experience: Seminar | |
Introduction to Ministry Studies | |
Field Education |
Russell, James R.
Armenian Magical Texts |
Saley, Richard
Problems in the Literature, History, and Religion of Israel: Seminar | |
Readings in the Septuagint: Seminar |
Saperstein, Marc
The Sermon as Source for Jewish History and Culture |
Schüssler Fiorenza, Elisabeth
Feminist Biblical Interpretation | |
Diversity and Domination in Theory, Scripture, and Society: Seminar |
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 |
Stager, Lawrence E.
Biblical Archaeology |
Stanfield, Burns F.
Presbyterian Polity |
Stern, Kaia
Race, Ethics and the U.S. Prison System | |
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 | |
The Greek Bible in History and Theology | |
Rewriting Scripture in Jewish Antiquity: Seminar | |
Rapid Reading: Classical Hebrew I | |
Rapid Reading: Classical Hebrew II |
Thiemann, Ronald F.
Religion and the Public Intellectual | |
Theology and The Everyday | |
Theology and the Literary Arts: Seminar | |
Faith: Seminar |
van den Hoek, Annewies
Advanced Greek: Alexandria | |
Advanced Greek: Montanism | |
Intermediate Greek II |
Williams, Preston Noah
The Ethical and Religious Thought of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Seminar |
Wisse, Ruth R.
The Bible in Literature |
Wolfe, Michelle
Reformation Masculinities and Confessional Sexualities, 1450-1700 |
Zeghal, Malika
Orientalism: Old and New Perspectives | |
Islam in the West | |
Reform and Revival in Modern Islam, 19th-20th Centuries |

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