Courses by MTS and ThM Areas of Focus for 2013-2014
Show Projected Course Offerings through 2016
Listings of MTS and ThM Areas of Focus are still being finalized and are subject to change. Please refer to either the MTS Degree Program or the ThM Degree Program information for descriptions of the Areas of Focus and related degree requirements.
Not all courses available and of interest to MTS and ThM students belong to an area of focus. The programs were designed with sufficient flexibility to allow selection from among all course offerings. Students are encouraged to select elective courses when appropriate to their interests or program.
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African and African American Religious Studies
Buddhist Studies
Comparative Studies
East Asian Religious Studies
Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
History of Christianity
Hindu Studies
Islamic Studies
Jewish Studies
New Testament and Early Christianity
Philosophy of Religion
Religions of the Americas
Religion, Ethics, and Politics
Religion, Literature, and Culture
Religion and the Social Sciences
South Asian Religious Traditions
Theology
Women, Gender, Sexuality, and Religion
African and African American Religious Studies
American Religious History to 1865 | |
American Revelations | |
Gender and Religious Leadership in Nineteenth-Century America | |
Character of God in Early America | |
The Ethical and Religious Thought of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Seminar | |
Ethnography of the African Diaspora: Race, Gender and Power | |
Witchcraft, Rituals and Colonialism | |
The American Spirit in Music | |
Religion, Mediation and the Senses | |
African American Religions: An Introduction | |
Beyond Peasants and Proletarians: Black Religions and the Social Sciences in the 20th Century | |
Islam in African History | |
Islam in Modern West Africa | |
African Religions | |
Religion, Diaspora, and Migration: Seminar | |
Religion and Society in Nigeria: Seminar | |
Ritualization, Play, and Transitional Phenomena | |
Existential - Phenomenological Anthropol |
Buddhist Studies
Compassionate Care of the Dying: Buddhist Training and Techniques | |
Religious Women in Pre-Modern China | |
South Asian Buddhism: Dharmas, Emptiness, and Idealism | |
Tibetan Religions | |
Advanced Topics in Buddhist Philosophy - Conference Course | |
Modern Buddhism and Fiction | |
Introduction to Buddhist Commentaries and Their Critical Interpretations | |
Studying Buddhism Across Time and Place | |
Tibetan Religious Literature | |
Introduction to Buddhist Scriptures and Their Critical Interpretation |
Comparative Studies
Ethnographies of Religion, Texts and Contexts | |
Armenian Magical Texts | |
Back Roads to Far Places: Literature of Journey and Quest | |
Women, Religion and Political Activism in the Contemporary Middle East | |
Religion, Mediation and the Senses | |
Sex, Gender, and Religion in Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Syria-Palestine | |
Scriptures and Classics | |
The Shock of the Old: Conference Course | |
African Religions | |
Religion and Society in Nigeria: Seminar | |
The Self Writing the Self: Autobiography and Religion | |
Mysticism and Literature | |
Existential - Phenomenological Anthropol | |
The Tree at the Center of the World: Conference Course | |
Comparative Religion: History, Challenges, Potential: Seminar | |
The World's Religions in Multicultural America - Case Studies in Religious Pluralism |
East Asian Religious Studies
Religious Women in Pre-Modern China | |
Introduction to the Study of East Asian Religions | |
The Ise Shrines | |
Tibetan Religions | |
Studying Buddhism Across Time and Place | |
Tibetan Religious Literature | |
Religion and Society in Twentieth-Century Japan: Conference Course |
Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament 1: Pentateuch and Former Prophets | |
Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament 2: Latter Prophets and Writings | |
Eighth-Century Prophets | |
Ancient Egypt and the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament | |
Introduction to Northwest Semitic Epigraphy | |
Northwest Semitic Epigraphy: Seminar | |
Rewriting Scripture in Jewish Antiquity: Seminar | |
Topics in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Exegesis at Qumran | |
'Wisdom and Torah' in the Book of Proverbs. An Interpretation of Proverbs 1-9 and 28-31 | |
Rapid Reading: Classical Hebrew I | |
Rapid Reading: Classical Hebrew II | |
The Song at the Sea: Seminar | |
Readings in the Septuagint: Seminar |
History of Christianity
Advanced Greek: In the Beginning | |
Advanced Greek: Origen's Commentary on the Gospel John | |
Martyrdom: Bodies, Death, and Life in Ancient Christianity | |
History of Ancient Christianity | |
Early Christian Thought 3: The Syriac Tradition | |
Neoplatonism 1: Plotinus | |
Religion and Women's Social Movements in United States History | |
Armenian Magical Texts | |
Latin Paleography and Manuscript Culture: Seminar | |
Scrolls in the Middle Ages | |
The Holocaust and the Churches, 1933-45 | |
Harvard's History and Evolving Religious Identity | |
Women and Religion in Contemporary America | |
Colloquium in American Religious History | |
Social Ethics in the Making | |
Social Ethics Today | |
Social Ethics as Social Criticism | |
The Ethical and Religious Thought of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Seminar | |
Liberalism: Theology, Ethics, and Politics | |
Sacred Music in History and Current Practice | |
The American Spirit in Music | |
Latinos Remaking America: Immigration, Culture and Language | |
The Self Writing the Self: Autobiography and Religion | |
Mysticism and Literature | |
Intermediate Readings in Christian Latin |
Hindu Studies
South Asian Literary Cultures: An Introduction | |
Religious Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict and State Terror in Modern India: Cases from Kashmir, Panjab, Gujarat and Nagaland | |
Contemporary Politics of South Asia's Past | |
Reading Pre-modern Hindu Narrative Literature: Seminar |
Islamic Studies
Islamization and Vernacularization: Religious and Cultural Dynamics in the History of MuslimSoutheast Asia | |
Reading the Qur'an | |
Islam in African History | |
Islam in Modern West Africa | |
Islam, Modernity and Politics | |
Readings in the Islamic Archive of Africa | |
South Asian Literary Cultures: An Introduction | |
Religious Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict and State Terror in Modern India: Cases from Kashmir, Panjab, Gujarat and Nagaland | |
Contemporary Politics of South Asia's Past | |
Religion, Gender, Identity in 21st Century Diasporic Muslim Fiction | |
History of the Near East, 1055-1517: Conference Course | |
The Satanic Verses Problem in History I | |
The Satanic Verses Problem in History II | |
Introduction to Islamic Philosophy and Theology: The Early-Modern and Modern Periods (16th to 20thcenturies) | |
For the Love of God and His Prophet: Religion, Literature and the Arts in Muslim Cultures | |
Mysticism and Literature | |
Ismaili History and Thought | |
Why the West Fears Islam: Explorations of Muslims in Liberal Democracies | |
Why They/We Hate Us/Them: Islam, History, Violence and Identity | |
The Vocabulary of Islam | |
Sufi Traditions in Persian Literature |
Jewish Studies
Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament 1: Pentateuch and Former Prophets | |
Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament 2: Latter Prophets and Writings | |
Rewriting Scripture in Jewish Antiquity: Seminar | |
Topics in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Exegesis at Qumran | |
Apocalyptic Literature of the Second Temple Period | |
Rapid Reading: Classical Hebrew I | |
Rapid Reading: Classical Hebrew II | |
The Song at the Sea: Seminar | |
The Holocaust and the Churches, 1933-45 | |
Selected Works of Twentieth Century Jewish Theology | |
Readings in Midrash: Seminar | |
Readings in the Septuagint: Seminar |
New Testament and Early Christianity
Eighth-Century Prophets | |
Advanced Greek: In the Beginning | |
Advanced Greek: Origen's Commentary on the Gospel John | |
Introduction to the New Testament | |
Martyrdom: Bodies, Death, and Life in Ancient Christianity | |
Feminist Biblical Interpretation | |
Greek Exegesis of Mark | |
Apocalyptic Literature of the Second Temple Period | |
History of Ancient Christianity | |
Witchcraft in Early Christianity | |
Early Christian Thought 3: The Syriac Tradition | |
Neoplatonism 1: Plotinus | |
Diversity in New Testament Interpretation: 1 Peter | |
Seminar for Advanced New Testament Students | |
Sacred Music in History and Current Practice |
Philosophy of Religion
Advanced Greek: In the Beginning | |
Early Christian Thought 3: The Syriac Tradition | |
Neoplatonism 1: Plotinus | |
Other Possible Worlds: Utopia, Eschaton, and Other Science Fictions | |
Introduction to Hermeneutics and Theology | |
Nineteenth-Century Religious Thought: Theology and the Critique of Religion | |
God: Seminar | |
Kant: Seminar | |
Religious Tourism | |
Religion, Mediation and the Senses | |
Advanced Topics in Buddhist Philosophy - Conference Course | |
Ritualization, Play, and Transitional Phenomena | |
Existential - Phenomenological Anthropol | |
Comparative Religion: History, Challenges, Potential: Seminar | |
The Politics of Storytelling |
Religions of the Americas
Religion and Women's Social Movements in United States History | |
Women and Religion in Contemporary America | |
Issues in the Study of Native American Religion | |
American Religious History to 1865 | |
American Revelations | |
Gender and Religious Leadership in Nineteenth-Century America | |
Character of God in Early America | |
Colloquium in American Religious History | |
Religion, Politics, and Public Policy in the U.S. | |
Witchcraft, Rituals and Colonialism | |
The American Spirit in Music | |
Journeys | |
Latinos Remaking America: Immigration, Culture and Language | |
African American Religions: An Introduction | |
Beyond Peasants and Proletarians: Black Religions and the Social Sciences in the 20th Century | |
African Religions | |
The World's Religions in Multicultural America - Case Studies in Religious Pluralism | |
Why the West Fears Islam: Explorations of Muslims in Liberal Democracies |
Religion, Ethics, and Politics
Religion and Women's Social Movements in United States History | |
Radical Religion in England and America, 1560 - 1700 | |
Contemporary Challenges in Religion and International Affairs | |
Social Ethics in the Making | |
Social Ethics Today | |
Social Ethics as Social Criticism | |
Introduction to Hermeneutics and Theology | |
Nineteenth-Century Religious Thought: Theology and the Critique of Religion | |
Contemporary Roman Catholic Theology | |
Religion and American Public Life | |
Religion, Politics, and Public Policy in the U.S. | |
Theology and Power: Seminar | |
Kant: Seminar | |
The Ethical and Religious Thought of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Seminar | |
Liberalism: Theology, Ethics, and Politics | |
Religion, Ecology, and Human Rights | |
Ethics, Punishment and Race | |
Border Crossings: Immigration in America | |
Introduction to Religion and Globalization | |
Religious Literacy Project Seminar | |
Religion and Politics: Defining the Actors and Debating the Issues | |
The Politics and Ethics of the Use of Force | |
Friendship from A to Z: Aristotle to Zuckerberg | |
Risk and Resilience in Adolescent Development: Seminar | |
Women, Religion and Political Activism in the Contemporary Middle East | |
Religious Tourism | |
Religion, Mediation and the Senses | |
Beyond Peasants and Proletarians: Black Religions and the Social Sciences in the 20th Century | |
Islam, Modernity and Politics | |
Religious Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict and State Terror in Modern India: Cases from Kashmir, Panjab, Gujarat and Nagaland | |
Contemporary Politics of South Asia's Past | |
Tibetan Religions | |
Religion, Diaspora, and Migration: Seminar | |
Religion and Society in Nigeria: Seminar | |
Ritualization, Play, and Transitional Phenomena | |
Existential - Phenomenological Anthropol | |
The Politics of Storytelling | |
Why the West Fears Islam: Explorations of Muslims in Liberal Democracies |
Religion, Literature, and Culture
Advanced Greek: In the Beginning | |
Advanced Greek: Origen's Commentary on the Gospel John | |
Ethnographies of Religion, Texts and Contexts | |
The Word of God | |
Latin Paleography and Manuscript Culture: Seminar | |
American Religious History to 1865 | |
Other Possible Worlds: Utopia, Eschaton, and Other Science Fictions | |
American Revelations | |
Gender and Religious Leadership in Nineteenth-Century America | |
Character of God in Early America | |
Back Roads to Far Places: Literature of Journey and Quest | |
Sacred Music in History and Current Practice | |
The American Spirit in Music | |
Spiritual Care and Counseling | |
Risk and Resilience in Adolescent Development: Seminar | |
Journeys | |
Religion and Literature: An Introduction | |
Latinos Remaking America: Immigration, Culture and Language | |
Scriptures and Classics | |
Readings in the Islamic Archive of Africa | |
Hindu Worlds of Art and Culture | |
Religion, Gender, Identity in 21st Century Diasporic Muslim Fiction | |
For the Love of God and His Prophet: Religion, Literature and the Arts in Muslim Cultures | |
The Self Writing the Self: Autobiography and Religion | |
Modern Buddhism and Fiction | |
Mysticism and Literature | |
Ancient Greek Sanctuaries: Oracles | |
Ritualization, Play, and Transitional Phenomena | |
Existential - Phenomenological Anthropol | |
The Tree at the Center of the World: Conference Course | |
The Politics of Storytelling | |
Reading Pre-modern Hindu Narrative Literature: Seminar |
Religion and the Social Sciences
Ethnographies of Religion, Texts and Contexts | |
Women, Religion, and the 'Turn to Agency' | |
Other Possible Worlds: Utopia, Eschaton, and Other Science Fictions | |
Contemporary Challenges in Religion and International Affairs | |
Theology and Power: Seminar | |
Ethnography of the African Diaspora: Race, Gender and Power | |
Ethics, Punishment and Race | |
Church Ministry in a Digital Age: Preaching, Worship, Teaching, Communication, and Administration | |
Friendship from A to Z: Aristotle to Zuckerberg | |
Spiritual Care and Counseling | |
Risk and Resilience in Adolescent Development: Seminar | |
Compassionate Care of the Dying: Buddhist Training and Techniques | |
Clinical Chaplaincy: Interfaith Caregiving Skills and Practice | |
Change and Spiritual Resilience | |
Teaching with Courage and Passion | |
Religious Tourism | |
Religion, Mediation and the Senses | |
The Shock of the Old: Conference Course | |
Beyond Peasants and Proletarians: Black Religions and the Social Sciences in the 20th Century | |
Islam in African History | |
Islam in Modern West Africa | |
Readings in the Islamic Archive of Africa | |
Religious Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict and State Terror in Modern India: Cases from Kashmir, Panjab, Gujarat and Nagaland | |
Contemporary Politics of South Asia's Past | |
Religion, Diaspora, and Migration: Seminar | |
Ancient Greek Sanctuaries: Oracles | |
Ritualization, Play, and Transitional Phenomena | |
Existential - Phenomenological Anthropol | |
The Politics of Storytelling | |
Why the West Fears Islam: Explorations of Muslims in Liberal Democracies |
South Asian Religious Traditions
South Asian Literary Cultures: An Introduction | |
Hindu Worlds of Art and Culture | |
Religious Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict and State Terror in Modern India: Cases from Kashmir, Panjab, Gujarat and Nagaland | |
Contemporary Politics of South Asia's Past | |
South Asian Buddhism: Dharmas, Emptiness, and Idealism | |
Tibetan Religions | |
Advanced Topics in Buddhist Philosophy - Conference Course | |
Modern Buddhism and Fiction | |
Introduction to Buddhist Commentaries and Their Critical Interpretations | |
Studying Buddhism Across Time and Place | |
Tibetan Religious Literature | |
Introduction to Buddhist Scriptures and Their Critical Interpretation | |
Reading Pre-modern Hindu Narrative Literature: Seminar |
Theology
Introduction to the New Testament | |
Feminist Biblical Interpretation | |
Greek Exegesis of Mark | |
Apocalyptic Literature of the Second Temple Period | |
Witchcraft in Early Christianity | |
Early Christian Thought 3: The Syriac Tradition | |
Neoplatonism 1: Plotinus | |
Introduction to Preaching in the Christian Tradition | |
The Word of God | |
The Theology and Ministry of Sacraments | |
The Eucharist | |
Twentieth Century Theological Method: An Introduction | |
Introduction to Hermeneutics and Theology | |
Nineteenth-Century Religious Thought: Theology and the Critique of Religion | |
Contemporary Roman Catholic Theology | |
Religion and American Public Life | |
Theology and Power: Seminar | |
God: Seminar | |
Kant: Seminar | |
Sacred Music in History and Current Practice | |
The Self Writing the Self: Autobiography and Religion |
Women, Gender, Sexuality, and Religion
Martyrdom: Bodies, Death, and Life in Ancient Christianity | |
Feminist Biblical Interpretation | |
Religion and Women's Social Movements in United States History | |
Women, Religion, and the 'Turn to Agency' | |
Women and Religion in Contemporary America | |
Gender and Religious Leadership in Nineteenth-Century America | |
Contemporary Challenges in Religion and International Affairs | |
Social Ethics as Social Criticism | |
Ethnography of the African Diaspora: Race, Gender and Power | |
Witchcraft, Rituals and Colonialism | |
Spiritual Care and Counseling | |
Risk and Resilience in Adolescent Development: Seminar | |
Compassionate Care of the Dying: Buddhist Training and Techniques | |
Religious Women in Pre-Modern China | |
Women, Religion and Political Activism in the Contemporary Middle East | |
Journeys | |
Sex, Gender, and Religion in Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Syria-Palestine | |
Latinos Remaking America: Immigration, Culture and Language | |
Religion, Gender, Identity in 21st Century Diasporic Muslim Fiction | |
Religion, Diaspora, and Migration: Seminar |
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