Courses by MTS and ThM Areas of Focus for 2011-2012

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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

HDS 2108

Women, Justice, and Sharia
Hauwa Ibrahim
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon 12pm-2pm. Andover Hall, Room 118.

HDS 2131

Voices from the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Literature in Translation
Peter Der Manuelian
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon Wed 11am-12pm. FAS, Barker Center, Room 133.

HDS 2721

The Ethical and Religious Thought of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Seminar
Preston Noah Williams
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon 4pm-6pm. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 2912

The American Spirit in Music
Harry Huff
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon 2pm-5pm. Andover Hall, Chapel.

HDS 2986

Preaching for Social Change: Seminar
Charles G. Adams
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tue Thu 10am-11:30am. Andover Hall, Chapel.

HDS 2988

The Dynamics of Black Preaching: Seminar
Charles G. Adams
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 10am-11:30am. Andover Hall, Chapel.

HDS 2989

God, Human Suffering, and the Minister
Charles G. Adams
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Wed 4pm-6pm. Divinity Hall, Chapel.

HDS 3258

Community and Alterity in Africa
Michael D. Jackson
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tues 12pm-2pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 116.

HDS 3690

African Religions
Jacob Olupona
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Thurs 4pm-6pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 3700

Religion and Social Change
Marla Frederick
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon Wed 1pm-2pm. FAS, Barker Center, Room 230 (Locke).

Buddhist Studies

HDS 3003

Buddhism, Community, and Diversity: The Color of Practice
Cheryl A. Giles
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Thurs 4pm-6pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 3012

Zen: History, Culture, and Critique
James Robson
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 10am-11:30am. FAS, Holden Chapel, Main Room.

HDS 3014

Buddhist Thought in Action: Contemporary Expressions of Early Buddhist Teachings
Andrew Olendzki
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon 2pm-5pm. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 3233

Chinese Buddhist Texts: Readings in Medieval Buddho-Daoist Documents: Seminar
James Robson
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Wed 1pm-4pm. FAS, Northwest Lab Building, Room B 109.

HDS 3237

Saviors and Siddhas: Towards a Theory of Mahayana Buddhist Narrative
M. David Eckel
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Thurs 4pm-7pm. Andover Hall, Room 103.

HDS 3413

Dead But Not Forgotten: Early Scholars of South Asian Religions and Their Enduring Influence
Anne E. Monius
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tues 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 3576

Buddhist Ethics
Charles Hallisey
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tues 4pm-6pm. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 3779

Introduction to Buddhist Commentaries and Their Critical Interpretations
Charles Hallisey
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 8:30am-10am. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 3830

Studying Buddhism Across Time and Place
Janet Gyatso
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 11:30am-12:30pm. FAS, Emerson Hall, Room 210.

HDS 3831

Tibetan Religious Literature
Janet Gyatso
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 10am-11:30am. Divinity Hall, Room 320.

Comparative Studies

HDS 1125

Prophecy in Ancient Israel
Peter Machinist
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. M W F 11am-12pm. FAS, Semitic Museum, Room 201.

HDS 1128

Myth and Myth-Making in the Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern World
Peter Machinist
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. M W F 11am-12pm. FAS, Semitic Museum, Room 201.

HDS 1422

Biblical Archaeology
Lawrence E. Stager
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Fri 1pm-3pm. FAS, Semitic Museum, Room 201.

HDS 1810

Problems in the Literature, History, and Religion of Israel: Seminar
Peter Machinist and Richard Saley
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Thurs 3pm-5pm. FAS, Semitic Museum, Room 201.

HDS 1824

Literature of Israel: Seminar
Peter Machinist
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Wed 3pm-5pm. FAS, Semitic Museum, Room 201.

HDS 2200

Armenian Magical Texts
James R. Russell
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tues 2pm-4pm. Divinity Hall, Room 106.

HDS 2361

Religion in Modern American Thought and Culture
K. Healan Gaston
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Wed 4pm-6pm. Divinity Hall, Room 213.

HDS 2364

Religion and Politics in Modern America
K. Healan Gaston
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon Wed 11am-12pm. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 2380

Bodies in Urban Spaces
Steven Jungkeit
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 2490

Back Roads to Far Places: Literature of Journey and Quest
William A. Graham and Stephanie A. Paulsell
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon Wed 10am-11am. FAS, CGIS South, Room S020.

HDS 2803

Faith in Action
Timothy Nelson
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 2:40pm-4pm. HKS, Taubman Building, Room 301.

HDS 3011

Secularism Beyond the West
Helen Hardacre
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Wed 4pm-6pm. FAS, CGIS South, Room S040.

HDS 3101

Theology in an Interreligious Perspective
Francis X. Clooney, SJ
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 10am-11:30am. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 3310

Twins and Twinship in Religion and Myth
Kimberley C. Patton
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Thurs 2pm-4pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 116.

HDS 3340

Knowledge on the Move: Cultures of Science and Religion in the Medieval World
Katharine Park and Ahmed Ragab
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon Wed 11am-12pm. FAS, Science Center, Room 252.

HDS 3651

Angels: Messengers of God
Kimberley C. Patton
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Wed 2pm-4pm. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 3690

African Religions
Jacob Olupona
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Thurs 4pm-6pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 3847

The World's Religions in Multicultural America - Case Studies in Religious Pluralism
Diana L. Eck
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tue Thu 11:30am-1pm. FAS, CGIS South, Room S020.

East Asian Religious Studies

HDS 3010

Introduction to the Study of East Asian Religions
James Robson
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tue Thu 10am-11:30am. FAS, Jefferson Lab, Room 250.

HDS 3012

Zen: History, Culture, and Critique
James Robson
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 10am-11:30am. FAS, Holden Chapel, Main Room.

HDS 3232

Readings on Chinese Religions: Recent Scholarship on Chinese Buddhism: Seminar
James Robson
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Wed 1pm-4pm. FAS, Northwest Lab Building, Room B 109.

HDS 3233

Chinese Buddhist Texts: Readings in Medieval Buddho-Daoist Documents: Seminar
James Robson
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Wed 1pm-4pm. FAS, Northwest Lab Building, Room B 109.

HDS 3957

Religion and Society in Edo and Meiji Japan: Conference Course
Helen Hardacre
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Wed 1pm-3pm. FAS, CGIS South, Room S003.

HDS 3958

Religion and Society in Twentieth-Century Japan: Conference Course
Helen Hardacre
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Wed 1pm-3pm. FAS, CGIS South, Room S003.

HDS 3960

Shinto
Helen Hardacre
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Wed 4pm-6pm. FAS, CGIS South, Room S003.

Hebrew Bible/Old Testament

HDS 1102

Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament 1: Pentateuch and Former Prophets
David Andrew Teeter
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tue Thu 10am-11:30am. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 1103

Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament 2: Latter Prophets and Writings
David Andrew Teeter
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 10am-11:30am. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 1120

The Chosen People
Michael Coogan
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tue Thu 8:30am-10am. Andover Hall, Room 103.

HDS 1121

Jeremiah
Michael Coogan
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 8:30am-10am. Andover Hall, Room 103.

HDS 1125

Prophecy in Ancient Israel
Peter Machinist
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. M W F 11am-12pm. FAS, Semitic Museum, Room 201.

HDS 1128

Myth and Myth-Making in the Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern World
Peter Machinist
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. M W F 11am-12pm. FAS, Semitic Museum, Room 201.

HDS 1301

The Greek Bible in History and Theology
David Andrew Teeter
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tues 4pm-6pm. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 1302

Rewriting Scripture in Jewish Antiquity: Seminar
David Andrew Teeter
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tues 4pm-6pm. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 1405

The Bible in Literature
Ruth R. Wisse
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tue Thu 10am-11:30am. FAS, Barker Center, Room 211.

HDS 1422

Biblical Archaeology
Lawrence E. Stager
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Fri 1pm-3pm. FAS, Semitic Museum, Room 201.

HDS 1625

Rapid Reading: Classical Hebrew I
David Andrew Teeter
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Thurs 1pm-3pm. FAS, Semitic Museum, Room 201.

HDS 1626

Rapid Reading: Classical Hebrew II
David Andrew Teeter
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Thurs 1pm-3pm. FAS, Northwest Lab Building, B107.

HDS 1810

Problems in the Literature, History, and Religion of Israel: Seminar
Peter Machinist and Richard Saley
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Thurs 3pm-5pm. FAS, Semitic Museum, Room 201.

HDS 1824

Literature of Israel: Seminar
Peter Machinist
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Wed 3pm-5pm. FAS, Semitic Museum, Room 201.

HDS 1848

Women and Deceit in the Hebrew Bible
Rachel Adelman
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 103.

HDS 2131

Voices from the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Literature in Translation
Peter Der Manuelian
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon Wed 11am-12pm. FAS, Barker Center, Room 133.

HDS 2989

God, Human Suffering, and the Minister
Charles G. Adams
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Wed 4pm-6pm. Divinity Hall, Chapel.

HDS 4215

Readings in the Septuagint: Seminar
Richard Saley
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tue Thu 12pm-1pm. Divinity Hall, Room 320.

History of Christianity

HDS 1202

Introduction to the New Testament
Laura Salah Nasrallah
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon Wed 11am-12pm. FAS, Sever Hall, Room 214.

HDS 1501

Martyrdom: Bodies, Death, and Life in Ancient Christianity
Karen L. King
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Wed 1pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 103.

HDS 1544

The Letters of Paul: Ethnicity, Sex, Ethics, and the End of the World
Laura Salah Nasrallah
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon Wed 11am-12pm. FAS, Sever Hall, Room 102.

HDS 1545

History of Ancient Christianity
Helmut Koester
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Thurs 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 2146

Advanced Greek: Alexandria
Annewies van den Hoek
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon Fri 10am-11am. Divinity Hall, Room 106.

HDS 2149

Advanced Greek: Montanism
Annewies van den Hoek
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon Fri 10am-11am. Divinity Hall, Room 106.

HDS 2200

Armenian Magical Texts
James R. Russell
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tues 2pm-4pm. Divinity Hall, Room 106.

HDS 2223

Latin Paleography and Manuscript Culture: Seminar
Beverly M. Kienzle
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tues 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 118.

HDS 2224

Readings in Christian Latin: Hildegard of Bingen and the Gospels
Beverly M. Kienzle
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Thurs 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 117.

HDS 2236

The Literature of Medieval Celtic Christianity: the Hagiographical Tradition
Catherine McKenna
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 11am-12pm. FAS, Warren House, Room 201 (Kates).

HDS 2241

Reformation Masculinities and Confessional Sexualities, 1450-1700
Michelle Wolfe
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Wed 9am-11am. Rockefeller Hall, Room 116.

HDS 2293

The Holocaust and the Churches, 1933-45
Kevin James Madigan
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Fri 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 103.

HDS 2295

Late Medieval Christianity
Kevin James Madigan
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Fri 12pm-2pm. Andover Hall, Room 103.

HDS 2303

Religion in America: From the Coming of the Europeans to the 1870s
David D. Hall
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon Wed 10am-11am. FAS, Sever Hall, Room 102.

HDS 2355

Encountering the Other: The Expansion of the Christian West, 1650-1850
David N. Hempton
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tue Thu 10am-11:30am. Divinity Hall, Room 213.

HDS 2356

Secularization in Europe and the United States, c. 1780-2000
David N. Hempton
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Thurs 2pm-4pm. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 2358

The Evangelical Tradition, c. 1700-2000
David N. Hempton
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 10am-11:30am. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 2361

Religion in Modern American Thought and Culture
K. Healan Gaston
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Wed 4pm-6pm. Divinity Hall, Room 213.

HDS 2364

Religion and Politics in Modern America
K. Healan Gaston
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon Wed 11am-12pm. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 2390

Colloquium in American Religious History
David N. Hempton
0.50 credits. Full year course 2011-2012. Meets biweekly. Tues 7pm-9pm. Andover Hall, Braun Room.

HDS 2415

Liberal and Liberation Theologies in Dialogue
Daniel McKanan
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tue Thu 10am-11:30am. Andover Hall, Room 103.

HDS 2431

Nineteenth-Century Religious Thought: Theology and the Critique of Religion
David C. Lamberth
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tue Thu 11:30am-1pm. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 2601

Christianities and Cultures
Steven Jungkeit
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon Wed 1pm-2pm. Divinity Hall, Room 106.

HDS 2629

History of Christian Thought: The Medieval West
Amy Hollywood
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon Wed 10am-11:30am. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 2721

The Ethical and Religious Thought of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Seminar
Preston Noah Williams
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon 4pm-6pm. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 2770

Unitarian and Universalist Thought in the Nineteenth Century
Daniel McKanan
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Fri 9:30am-12pm. Divinity Hall, Room 213.

HDS 2794

History of Local Congregations
Daniel McKanan
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Thurs 2pm-4pm. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 2901

Sacred Music in History and Current Practice
Harry Huff
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon 2pm-5pm. Andover Hall, Chapel.

HDS 2912

The American Spirit in Music
Harry Huff
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon 2pm-5pm. Andover Hall, Chapel.

HDS 2949

Preaching in the Christian Liturgical Year
Cameron Elliot Partridge
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Fri 2pm-5pm. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 3340

Knowledge on the Move: Cultures of Science and Religion in the Medieval World
Katharine Park and Ahmed Ragab
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon Wed 11am-12pm. FAS, Science Center, Room 252.

Hindu Studies

HDS 3101

Theology in an Interreligious Perspective
Francis X. Clooney, SJ
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 10am-11:30am. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 3405

Indian Religions Through Their Narrative Literatures: The Epics
Anne E. Monius
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon Wed 10am-11am. FAS, Sever Hall, Room 310.

HDS 3413

Dead But Not Forgotten: Early Scholars of South Asian Religions and Their Enduring Influence
Anne E. Monius
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tues 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 3745

Introduction to Mimamsa Ritual Theory
Francis X. Clooney, SJ
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Wed 2pm-4pm. Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Rabinowitz Room.

Islamic Studies

HDS 2101

Islam, Feminist Reformers and Gender Justice in Southeast Asia
Azza Basarudin
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon 12pm-2pm. Andover Hall, Room 118.

HDS 2108

Women, Justice, and Sharia
Hauwa Ibrahim
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon 12pm-2pm. Andover Hall, Room 118.

HDS 3340

Knowledge on the Move: Cultures of Science and Religion in the Medieval World
Katharine Park and Ahmed Ragab
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon Wed 11am-12pm. FAS, Science Center, Room 252.

HDS 3341

Science and Religion: Debates, Approaches, and Controversies
Ahmed Ragab
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Wed 4pm-6pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 3358

Orientalism: Old and New Perspectives
Malika Zeghal
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Wed 1pm-3pm. FAS, Boylston Hall, Room 110 (Fong Auditorium).

HDS 3360

Islam in the West
Malika Zeghal
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 10am-11:30am. FAS, Barker Center, Room 114 (Kresge).

HDS 3362

Reform and Revival in Modern Islam, 19th-20th Centuries
Malika Zeghal
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Wed 1pm-3pm. FAS, Semitic Museum, Room 202.

HDS 3581

12th Century Maliki usul al-fiqh Texts
Baber Johansen
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tues 4pm-6pm. Andover Hall, Room 117.

HDS 3582

Readings in Islam and the History of Islam in the U.S. and Europe
Leila Ahmed
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tues 4pm-6pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 3587

Bodies and Sexualities in the Medieval Middle East: Medical, Cultural, and Religious Views
Ahmed Ragab
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon Wed 11am-12pm. FAS, Science Center, Hall A.

HDS 3591

Arabic Family Law from 1984-2005
Baber Johansen
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Wed 4pm-6pm. Andover Hall, Room 118.

HDS 3595

History of the Near East, 1055-1517: Conference Course
Roy Mottahedeh
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Thurs 2pm-4pm. FAS, CGIS South, Room S354.

HDS 3596

The Satanic Verses Problem in History I
M. Shahab Ahmed
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon 2pm-5pm. FAS, Barker Center, Room 403 (Finnegan).

HDS 3597

The Satanic Verses Problem in History II
M. Shahab Ahmed
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon 2pm-5pm. FAS, Barker Center, Room 403 (Finnegan).

HDS 3598

Quranic Exegeses Through History: Themes, Questions, and Controversies
Ahmed Ragab
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Wed 4pm-6pm. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 3604

Themes in Feminism and Islam: From Late 19th Century Middle East to 21st Century America
Leila Ahmed
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Wed 1pm-4pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 3616

Religion, Gender, Identity - Readings in 20th Century Arab Autobiographies - Muslim, Christian, Jewish
Leila Ahmed
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Wed 1pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 3620

Introduction to Islamic Mysticism: The Sufi Tradition
Ali S. Asani
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tue Thu 12pm-1pm. FAS, Sever Hall, Room 106.

HDS 3621

Introduction to Islamic Law
Baber Johansen
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon 4pm-6pm. Andover Hall, Room 103.

HDS 3623

Introduction to the Modern Arab World I
William E. Granara
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon Wed 10am-11am. FAS, Sever Hall, Room 203.

HDS 3626

Introduction to the Arab World II
William E. Granara
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon Wed 10am-11am. FAS, Sever Hall, Room 203.

HDS 3627

For the Love of God and His Prophet: Religion, Literature and the Arts in Muslim Cultures
Ali S. Asani
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 11:30am-1pm. FAS, Sever Hall, Room 102.

HDS 3949

Islamophobia in Europe and in the US: The Challenge of Religious Pluralism
Jocelyne Cesari
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Fri 12pm-2pm. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 3965

Islamic Modernism III: 1970-2011
Baber Johansen
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon 4pm-6pm. Divinity Hall, Room 213.

HDS 3978

The Vocabulary of Islam
M. Shahab Ahmed
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tue Thu 1pm-2:30pm. FAS, Harvard Hall, Room 102.

HDS 4070

Sufi Traditions in Persian Literature
Chad Kia
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon Wed 2pm-3:30pm. FAS, Grays Hall, Room 1.

Jewish Studies

HDS 1102

Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament 1: Pentateuch and Former Prophets
David Andrew Teeter
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tue Thu 10am-11:30am. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 1103

Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament 2: Latter Prophets and Writings
David Andrew Teeter
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 10am-11:30am. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 1125

Prophecy in Ancient Israel
Peter Machinist
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. M W F 11am-12pm. FAS, Semitic Museum, Room 201.

HDS 1128

Myth and Myth-Making in the Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern World
Peter Machinist
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. M W F 11am-12pm. FAS, Semitic Museum, Room 201.

HDS 1301

The Greek Bible in History and Theology
David Andrew Teeter
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tues 4pm-6pm. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 1302

Rewriting Scripture in Jewish Antiquity: Seminar
David Andrew Teeter
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tues 4pm-6pm. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 1304

The Dead Sea Scrolls
Jonathan Klawans
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon 3pm-5pm. Andover Hall, Room 118.

HDS 1401

The Sermon as Source for Jewish History and Culture
Marc Saperstein
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon 1pm-3pm. FAS, Semitic Museum, Room 201.

HDS 1462

Jews and Judaism in the Ancient World
Shaye J. D. Cohen
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 10am-11:30am. FAS, Semitic Museum, Room 201.

HDS 1468

Josephus
Shaye J. D. Cohen
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Wed 1pm-3pm. FAS, Semitic Museum, Room 202.

HDS 1625

Rapid Reading: Classical Hebrew I
David Andrew Teeter
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Thurs 1pm-3pm. FAS, Semitic Museum, Room 201.

HDS 1626

Rapid Reading: Classical Hebrew II
David Andrew Teeter
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Thurs 1pm-3pm. FAS, Northwest Lab Building, B107.

HDS 1810

Problems in the Literature, History, and Religion of Israel: Seminar
Peter Machinist and Richard Saley
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Thurs 3pm-5pm. FAS, Semitic Museum, Room 201.

HDS 1824

Literature of Israel: Seminar
Peter Machinist
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Wed 3pm-5pm. FAS, Semitic Museum, Room 201.

HDS 1847

Jewish Feminist Ethics
Julia Watts Belser
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon 2pm-4pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 116.

HDS 1848

Women and Deceit in the Hebrew Bible
Rachel Adelman
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 103.

HDS 2293

The Holocaust and the Churches, 1933-45
Kevin James Madigan
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Fri 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 103.

New Testament and Early Christianity

HDS 1202

Introduction to the New Testament
Laura Salah Nasrallah
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon Wed 11am-12pm. FAS, Sever Hall, Room 214.

HDS 1301

The Greek Bible in History and Theology
David Andrew Teeter
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tues 4pm-6pm. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 1501

Martyrdom: Bodies, Death, and Life in Ancient Christianity
Karen L. King
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Wed 1pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 103.

HDS 1504

Feminist Biblical Interpretation
Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Wed 1pm-2pm. Andover Hall, Room 103. Wed 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 117.

HDS 1515

The Gospel of John
Mikael C. Haxby
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon 2pm-4pm. Divinity Hall, Room 213.

HDS 1544

The Letters of Paul: Ethnicity, Sex, Ethics, and the End of the World
Laura Salah Nasrallah
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon Wed 11am-12pm. FAS, Sever Hall, Room 102.

HDS 1545

History of Ancient Christianity
Helmut Koester
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Thurs 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 1551

Greek Exegesis of 1 Corinthians
Laura Salah Nasrallah
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tues 2pm-4pm. Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Rabinowitz Room.

HDS 1884

New Testament Manuscript Studies and Textual Criticism: Seminar
Eldon Jay Epp
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon 3pm-6pm. Divinity Hall, Room 320.

HDS 1887

The New Testament, Biblical Studies, and Empire: Seminar
Laura Salah Nasrallah
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tues 2pm-4pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 116.

HDS 1980

Seminar for Advanced New Testament Students
Karen L. King
0.50 credits. Full year course 2011-2012. Meets biweekly. Tues 12pm-2pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 2146

Advanced Greek: Alexandria
Annewies van den Hoek
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon Fri 10am-11am. Divinity Hall, Room 106.

HDS 2149

Advanced Greek: Montanism
Annewies van den Hoek
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon Fri 10am-11am. Divinity Hall, Room 106.

HDS 2752

Diversity and Domination in Theory, Scripture, and Society: Seminar
Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tues 2pm-4pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 2901

Sacred Music in History and Current Practice
Harry Huff
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon 2pm-5pm. Andover Hall, Chapel.

HDS 2949

Preaching in the Christian Liturgical Year
Cameron Elliot Partridge
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Fri 2pm-5pm. Andover Hall, Room 102.

Philosophy of Religion

HDS 2146

Advanced Greek: Alexandria
Annewies van den Hoek
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon Fri 10am-11am. Divinity Hall, Room 106.

HDS 2149

Advanced Greek: Montanism
Annewies van den Hoek
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon Fri 10am-11am. Divinity Hall, Room 106.

HDS 2213

Strategies for Worship in Postmodernity
Sharon R. Fennema
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tues 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Chapel. Tues 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 117.

HDS 2431

Nineteenth-Century Religious Thought: Theology and the Critique of Religion
David C. Lamberth
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tue Thu 11:30am-1pm. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 2671

Classical Pragmatism and Religion
David C. Lamberth
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon Wed 11am-12pm. Andover Hall, Room 103.

HDS 2715

The Thought of John Dewey: Seminar
David C. Lamberth
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Wed 2pm-4pm. Divinity Hall, Room 320.

HDS 2759

Readings in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Theory
Amy Hollywood
0.50 credits. Full year course 2011-2012. Meets biweekly. Wed 4pm-7pm. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 3258

Community and Alterity in Africa
Michael D. Jackson
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tues 12pm-2pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 116.

HDS 3341

Science and Religion: Debates, Approaches, and Controversies
Ahmed Ragab
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Wed 4pm-6pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 3358

Orientalism: Old and New Perspectives
Malika Zeghal
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Wed 1pm-3pm. FAS, Boylston Hall, Room 110 (Fong Auditorium).

HDS 3598

Quranic Exegeses Through History: Themes, Questions, and Controversies
Ahmed Ragab
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Wed 4pm-6pm. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 3859

The Politics of Storytelling
Michael D. Jackson
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Thurs 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Sperry Room.

Religions of the Americas

HDS 2303

Religion in America: From the Coming of the Europeans to the 1870s
David D. Hall
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon Wed 10am-11am. FAS, Sever Hall, Room 102.

HDS 2355

Encountering the Other: The Expansion of the Christian West, 1650-1850
David N. Hempton
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tue Thu 10am-11:30am. Divinity Hall, Room 213.

HDS 2356

Secularization in Europe and the United States, c. 1780-2000
David N. Hempton
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Thurs 2pm-4pm. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 2358

The Evangelical Tradition, c. 1700-2000
David N. Hempton
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 10am-11:30am. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 2361

Religion in Modern American Thought and Culture
K. Healan Gaston
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Wed 4pm-6pm. Divinity Hall, Room 213.

HDS 2364

Religion and Politics in Modern America
K. Healan Gaston
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon Wed 11am-12pm. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 2390

Colloquium in American Religious History
David N. Hempton
0.50 credits. Full year course 2011-2012. Meets biweekly. Tues 7pm-9pm. Andover Hall, Braun Room.

HDS 2415

Liberal and Liberation Theologies in Dialogue
Daniel McKanan
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tue Thu 10am-11:30am. Andover Hall, Room 103.

HDS 2526

Religion, Politics, and Public Policy in the U.S.
Richard Parker
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 2:40pm-4pm. HKS, Littauer Building, Room L280.

HDS 2599

Race, Class and the Making of American Religion
Marla Frederick
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Thurs 1pm-3pm. FAS, Barker Center, Room 230 (Locke).

HDS 2770

Unitarian and Universalist Thought in the Nineteenth Century
Daniel McKanan
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Fri 9:30am-12pm. Divinity Hall, Room 213.

HDS 2794

History of Local Congregations
Daniel McKanan
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Thurs 2pm-4pm. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 2912

The American Spirit in Music
Harry Huff
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon 2pm-5pm. Andover Hall, Chapel.

HDS 3156

Vine Deloria, Jr.: Indigenous Critic of American Religion and Politics
Ann D. Braude
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Fri 10am-12pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 3690

African Religions
Jacob Olupona
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Thurs 4pm-6pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 3847

The World's Religions in Multicultural America - Case Studies in Religious Pluralism
Diana L. Eck
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tue Thu 11:30am-1pm. FAS, CGIS South, Room S020.

Religion, Ethics, and Politics

HDS 1847

Jewish Feminist Ethics
Julia Watts Belser
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon 2pm-4pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 116.

HDS 2101

Islam, Feminist Reformers and Gender Justice in Southeast Asia
Azza Basarudin
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon 12pm-2pm. Andover Hall, Room 118.

HDS 2270

Radical Religion in England and America, 1550-1750
David D. Hall
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon 2pm-4pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 2274

Christianity between Colonialism and Postcolonialism
Susan Abraham
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon Wed 10am-11am. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 2303

Religion in America: From the Coming of the Europeans to the 1870s
David D. Hall
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon Wed 10am-11am. FAS, Sever Hall, Room 102.

HDS 2358

The Evangelical Tradition, c. 1700-2000
David N. Hempton
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 10am-11:30am. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 2364

Religion and Politics in Modern America
K. Healan Gaston
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon Wed 11am-12pm. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 2380

Bodies in Urban Spaces
Steven Jungkeit
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 2403

Theology and Culture: Seminar
Francis Schüssler Fiorenza
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tues 12pm-2pm. Divinity Hall, Room 320.

HDS 2410

Introduction to Hermeneutics and Theology
Francis Schüssler Fiorenza
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon Wed 11am-12pm. Andover Hall, Room 103.

HDS 2415

Liberal and Liberation Theologies in Dialogue
Daniel McKanan
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tue Thu 10am-11:30am. Andover Hall, Room 103.

HDS 2526

Religion, Politics, and Public Policy in the U.S.
Richard Parker
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 2:40pm-4pm. HKS, Littauer Building, Room L280.

HDS 2528

Religion and the Public Intellectual
Ronald F. Thiemann
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Wed 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 2530

Theology and The Everyday
Ronald F. Thiemann
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Wed 2pm-4pm. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 2546

Theology and the Literary Arts: Seminar
Ronald F. Thiemann
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tues 12pm-2pm. Divinity Hall, Room 213.

HDS 2601

Christianities and Cultures
Steven Jungkeit
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon Wed 1pm-2pm. Divinity Hall, Room 106.

HDS 2632

Introduction to Political Theology
Francis Schüssler Fiorenza
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Wed 1pm-4pm. Divinity Hall, Room 106.

HDS 2644

Rationality, Relativism, and Theology: Seminar
Francis Schüssler Fiorenza
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tues 12pm-2pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 116.

HDS 2671

Classical Pragmatism and Religion
David C. Lamberth
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon Wed 11am-12pm. Andover Hall, Room 103.

HDS 2721

The Ethical and Religious Thought of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Seminar
Preston Noah Williams
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon 4pm-6pm. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 2752

Diversity and Domination in Theory, Scripture, and Society: Seminar
Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tues 2pm-4pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 2802

Religion, Ecology, and Human Rights
Diane L. Moore
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Wed 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 103.

HDS 2803

Faith in Action
Timothy Nelson
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 2:40pm-4pm. HKS, Taubman Building, Room 301.

HDS 2804

Race, Ethics and the U.S. Prison System
Kaia Stern
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tue Thu 10am-11:30am. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 2806

Eye Contact, Ethics and Interbeing
Kaia Stern
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Fri 11am-2pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 2852

Religion and Politics: Defining the Actors and Debating the Issues
J. Bryan Hehir
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon Wed 4:10pm-5:30pm. HKS, Littauer Building, Room L332.

HDS 2853

The Politics and Ethics of the Use of Force
J. Bryan Hehir
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon Wed 2:40pm-4pm. HKS, Belfer Center, Room 1.

HDS 2876

Friendship from A to Z: Aristotle to Zuckerberg
Ralph Benajah Potter, Jr.
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Thurs 4pm-6pm. Divinity Hall, Room 104.

HDS 2925

Administration and Leadership
Emily Click
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Thurs 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 103.

HDS 2986

Preaching for Social Change: Seminar
Charles G. Adams
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tue Thu 10am-11:30am. Andover Hall, Chapel.

HDS 2987

Faith-Based Economic Development
Charles G. Adams
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Wed 4pm-6pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 2988

The Dynamics of Black Preaching: Seminar
Charles G. Adams
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 10am-11:30am. Andover Hall, Chapel.

HDS 2989

God, Human Suffering, and the Minister
Charles G. Adams
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Wed 4pm-6pm. Divinity Hall, Chapel.

HDS 3156

Vine Deloria, Jr.: Indigenous Critic of American Religion and Politics
Ann D. Braude
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Fri 10am-12pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 3258

Community and Alterity in Africa
Michael D. Jackson
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tues 12pm-2pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 116.

HDS 3362

Reform and Revival in Modern Islam, 19th-20th Centuries
Malika Zeghal
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Wed 1pm-3pm. FAS, Semitic Museum, Room 202.

HDS 3581

12th Century Maliki usul al-fiqh Texts
Baber Johansen
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tues 4pm-6pm. Andover Hall, Room 117.

HDS 3591

Arabic Family Law from 1984-2005
Baber Johansen
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Wed 4pm-6pm. Andover Hall, Room 118.

HDS 3621

Introduction to Islamic Law
Baber Johansen
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon 4pm-6pm. Andover Hall, Room 103.

HDS 3859

The Politics of Storytelling
Michael D. Jackson
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Thurs 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Sperry Room.

HDS 3917

Feminist Cross Cultural Perspectives on Beliefs and Practices
Susan Abraham
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 11:30am-1pm. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 3949

Islamophobia in Europe and in the US: The Challenge of Religious Pluralism
Jocelyne Cesari
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Fri 12pm-2pm. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 3965

Islamic Modernism III: 1970-2011
Baber Johansen
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon 4pm-6pm. Divinity Hall, Room 213.

Religion, Literature, and Culture

HDS 1202

Introduction to the New Testament
Laura Salah Nasrallah
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon Wed 11am-12pm. FAS, Sever Hall, Room 214.

HDS 1401

The Sermon as Source for Jewish History and Culture
Marc Saperstein
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon 1pm-3pm. FAS, Semitic Museum, Room 201.

HDS 1405

The Bible in Literature
Ruth R. Wisse
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tue Thu 10am-11:30am. FAS, Barker Center, Room 211.

HDS 2131

Voices from the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Literature in Translation
Peter Der Manuelian
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon Wed 11am-12pm. FAS, Barker Center, Room 133.

HDS 2146

Advanced Greek: Alexandria
Annewies van den Hoek
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon Fri 10am-11am. Divinity Hall, Room 106.

HDS 2149

Advanced Greek: Montanism
Annewies van den Hoek
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon Fri 10am-11am. Divinity Hall, Room 106.

HDS 2223

Latin Paleography and Manuscript Culture: Seminar
Beverly M. Kienzle
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tues 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 118.

HDS 2224

Readings in Christian Latin: Hildegard of Bingen and the Gospels
Beverly M. Kienzle
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Thurs 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 117.

HDS 2236

The Literature of Medieval Celtic Christianity: the Hagiographical Tradition
Catherine McKenna
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 11am-12pm. FAS, Warren House, Room 201 (Kates).

HDS 2490

Back Roads to Far Places: Literature of Journey and Quest
William A. Graham and Stephanie A. Paulsell
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon Wed 10am-11am. FAS, CGIS South, Room S020.

HDS 2528

Religion and the Public Intellectual
Ronald F. Thiemann
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Wed 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 2530

Theology and The Everyday
Ronald F. Thiemann
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Wed 2pm-4pm. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 2546

Theology and the Literary Arts: Seminar
Ronald F. Thiemann
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tues 12pm-2pm. Divinity Hall, Room 213.

HDS 2549

Faith: Seminar
Ronald F. Thiemann
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tues 12pm-2pm. Divinity Hall, Room 213.

HDS 2901

Sacred Music in History and Current Practice
Harry Huff
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon 2pm-5pm. Andover Hall, Chapel.

HDS 2912

The American Spirit in Music
Harry Huff
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon 2pm-5pm. Andover Hall, Chapel.

HDS 2959

Death and Dying in Life and Literature - A Clinical Pastoral Perspective
Dorothy A. Austin
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tues 6pm-8pm. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 2963

Children's Literature and Religious Education: Seminar
Stephanie A. Paulsell
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Wed 2pm-4pm. Divinity Hall, Room 106.

HDS 3003

Buddhism, Community, and Diversity: The Color of Practice
Cheryl A. Giles
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Thurs 4pm-6pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 3237

Saviors and Siddhas: Towards a Theory of Mahayana Buddhist Narrative
M. David Eckel
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Thurs 4pm-7pm. Andover Hall, Room 103.

HDS 3258

Community and Alterity in Africa
Michael D. Jackson
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tues 12pm-2pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 116.

HDS 3340

Knowledge on the Move: Cultures of Science and Religion in the Medieval World
Katharine Park and Ahmed Ragab
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon Wed 11am-12pm. FAS, Science Center, Room 252.

HDS 3341

Science and Religion: Debates, Approaches, and Controversies
Ahmed Ragab
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Wed 4pm-6pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 3405

Indian Religions Through Their Narrative Literatures: The Epics
Anne E. Monius
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon Wed 10am-11am. FAS, Sever Hall, Room 310.

HDS 3412

Hindu Worlds of Art and Culture
Diana L. Eck
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. M W F 12pm-1pm. FAS, Boylston Hall, Room 110 (Fong Auditorium).

HDS 3582

Readings in Islam and the History of Islam in the U.S. and Europe
Leila Ahmed
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tues 4pm-6pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 3587

Bodies and Sexualities in the Medieval Middle East: Medical, Cultural, and Religious Views
Ahmed Ragab
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon Wed 11am-12pm. FAS, Science Center, Hall A.

HDS 3598

Quranic Exegeses Through History: Themes, Questions, and Controversies
Ahmed Ragab
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Wed 4pm-6pm. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 3616

Religion, Gender, Identity - Readings in 20th Century Arab Autobiographies - Muslim, Christian, Jewish
Leila Ahmed
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Wed 1pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 3627

For the Love of God and His Prophet: Religion, Literature and the Arts in Muslim Cultures
Ali S. Asani
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 11:30am-1pm. FAS, Sever Hall, Room 102.

HDS 3651

Angels: Messengers of God
Kimberley C. Patton
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Wed 2pm-4pm. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 3700

Religion and Social Change
Marla Frederick
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon Wed 1pm-2pm. FAS, Barker Center, Room 230 (Locke).

HDS 3859

The Politics of Storytelling
Michael D. Jackson
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Thurs 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Sperry Room.

HDS 3900

Writing Lives: Women Writing Religion
Leila Ahmed
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tues 4pm-6pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

Religion and the Social Sciences

HDS 2380

Bodies in Urban Spaces
Steven Jungkeit
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 2403

Theology and Culture: Seminar
Francis Schüssler Fiorenza
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tues 12pm-2pm. Divinity Hall, Room 320.

HDS 2599

Race, Class and the Making of American Religion
Marla Frederick
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Thurs 1pm-3pm. FAS, Barker Center, Room 230 (Locke).

HDS 2632

Introduction to Political Theology
Francis Schüssler Fiorenza
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Wed 1pm-4pm. Divinity Hall, Room 106.

HDS 2644

Rationality, Relativism, and Theology: Seminar
Francis Schüssler Fiorenza
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tues 12pm-2pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 116.

HDS 2803

Faith in Action
Timothy Nelson
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 2:40pm-4pm. HKS, Taubman Building, Room 301.

HDS 2804

Race, Ethics and the U.S. Prison System
Kaia Stern
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tue Thu 10am-11:30am. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 2806

Eye Contact, Ethics and Interbeing
Kaia Stern
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Fri 11am-2pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 2876

Friendship from A to Z: Aristotle to Zuckerberg
Ralph Benajah Potter, Jr.
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Thurs 4pm-6pm. Divinity Hall, Room 104.

HDS 2925

Administration and Leadership
Emily Click
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Thurs 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 103.

HDS 2927

Spiritual Care and Counseling
Cheryl A. Giles
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tues 12pm-2pm. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 2927

Spiritual Care and Counseling
Cheryl A. Giles
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tues 12pm-2pm. Divinity Hall, Room 106.

HDS 2932

Advanced Spiritual Counseling: Taking Care of Others, Taking Care of Self
Cheryl A. Giles
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Thurs 12pm-2pm. Divinity Hall, Room 213.

HDS 2959

Death and Dying in Life and Literature - A Clinical Pastoral Perspective
Dorothy A. Austin
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tues 6pm-8pm. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 3002

Teaching with Courage and Passion
Emily Click
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Thurs 2pm-4pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 116.

HDS 3003

Buddhism, Community, and Diversity: The Color of Practice
Cheryl A. Giles
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Thurs 4pm-6pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 3011

Secularism Beyond the West
Helen Hardacre
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Wed 4pm-6pm. FAS, CGIS South, Room S040.

HDS 3156

Vine Deloria, Jr.: Indigenous Critic of American Religion and Politics
Ann D. Braude
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Fri 10am-12pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 3258

Community and Alterity in Africa
Michael D. Jackson
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tues 12pm-2pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 116.

HDS 3310

Twins and Twinship in Religion and Myth
Kimberley C. Patton
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Thurs 2pm-4pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 116.

HDS 3341

Science and Religion: Debates, Approaches, and Controversies
Ahmed Ragab
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Wed 4pm-6pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 3358

Orientalism: Old and New Perspectives
Malika Zeghal
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Wed 1pm-3pm. FAS, Boylston Hall, Room 110 (Fong Auditorium).

HDS 3859

The Politics of Storytelling
Michael D. Jackson
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Thurs 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Sperry Room.

HDS 3949

Islamophobia in Europe and in the US: The Challenge of Religious Pluralism
Jocelyne Cesari
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Fri 12pm-2pm. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

South Asian Religious Traditions

HDS 3014

Buddhist Thought in Action: Contemporary Expressions of Early Buddhist Teachings
Andrew Olendzki
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon 2pm-5pm. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 3237

Saviors and Siddhas: Towards a Theory of Mahayana Buddhist Narrative
M. David Eckel
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Thurs 4pm-7pm. Andover Hall, Room 103.

HDS 3405

Indian Religions Through Their Narrative Literatures: The Epics
Anne E. Monius
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon Wed 10am-11am. FAS, Sever Hall, Room 310.

HDS 3412

Hindu Worlds of Art and Culture
Diana L. Eck
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. M W F 12pm-1pm. FAS, Boylston Hall, Room 110 (Fong Auditorium).

HDS 3413

Dead But Not Forgotten: Early Scholars of South Asian Religions and Their Enduring Influence
Anne E. Monius
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tues 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 3418

South Asia As Understood by Its Regions
Anne E. Monius
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Thurs 2pm-4pm. FAS, 1 Bow Street, Room 330.

HDS 3576

Buddhist Ethics
Charles Hallisey
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tues 4pm-6pm. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 3745

Introduction to Mimamsa Ritual Theory
Francis X. Clooney, SJ
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Wed 2pm-4pm. Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Rabinowitz Room.

HDS 3779

Introduction to Buddhist Commentaries and Their Critical Interpretations
Charles Hallisey
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 8:30am-10am. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 3830

Studying Buddhism Across Time and Place
Janet Gyatso
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 11:30am-12:30pm. FAS, Emerson Hall, Room 210.

Theology

HDS 1504

Feminist Biblical Interpretation
Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Wed 1pm-2pm. Andover Hall, Room 103. Wed 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 117.

HDS 2207

Introduction to Christian Worship
Sharon R. Fennema
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Thurs 9am-12pm. Divinity Hall, Chapel. Thurs 9am-12pm. Divinity Hall, Room 320.

HDS 2214

Thin Places: Sacramental Theologies and Practices
Sharon R. Fennema
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Wed 4pm-6pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 116.

HDS 2260

John Calvin at the Beginning of Reformed Theology
David C. Lamberth
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Thurs 2pm-4pm. Divinity Hall, Room 213.

HDS 2274

Christianity between Colonialism and Postcolonialism
Susan Abraham
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon Wed 10am-11am. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 2303

Religion in America: From the Coming of the Europeans to the 1870s
David D. Hall
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon Wed 10am-11am. FAS, Sever Hall, Room 102.

HDS 2403

Theology and Culture: Seminar
Francis Schüssler Fiorenza
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tues 12pm-2pm. Divinity Hall, Room 320.

HDS 2410

Introduction to Hermeneutics and Theology
Francis Schüssler Fiorenza
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon Wed 11am-12pm. Andover Hall, Room 103.

HDS 2415

Liberal and Liberation Theologies in Dialogue
Daniel McKanan
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tue Thu 10am-11:30am. Andover Hall, Room 103.

HDS 2431

Nineteenth-Century Religious Thought: Theology and the Critique of Religion
David C. Lamberth
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tue Thu 11:30am-1pm. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 2528

Religion and the Public Intellectual
Ronald F. Thiemann
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Wed 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 2530

Theology and The Everyday
Ronald F. Thiemann
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Wed 2pm-4pm. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 2546

Theology and the Literary Arts: Seminar
Ronald F. Thiemann
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tues 12pm-2pm. Divinity Hall, Room 213.

HDS 2549

Faith: Seminar
Ronald F. Thiemann
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tues 12pm-2pm. Divinity Hall, Room 213.

HDS 2601

Christianities and Cultures
Steven Jungkeit
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon Wed 1pm-2pm. Divinity Hall, Room 106.

HDS 2629

History of Christian Thought: The Medieval West
Amy Hollywood
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon Wed 10am-11:30am. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 2632

Introduction to Political Theology
Francis Schüssler Fiorenza
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Wed 1pm-4pm. Divinity Hall, Room 106.

HDS 2644

Rationality, Relativism, and Theology: Seminar
Francis Schüssler Fiorenza
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tues 12pm-2pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 116.

HDS 2715

The Thought of John Dewey: Seminar
David C. Lamberth
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Wed 2pm-4pm. Divinity Hall, Room 320.

HDS 2752

Diversity and Domination in Theory, Scripture, and Society: Seminar
Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tues 2pm-4pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 2759

Readings in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Theory
Amy Hollywood
0.50 credits. Full year course 2011-2012. Meets biweekly. Wed 4pm-7pm. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 2770

Unitarian and Universalist Thought in the Nineteenth Century
Daniel McKanan
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Fri 9:30am-12pm. Divinity Hall, Room 213.

HDS 2804

Race, Ethics and the U.S. Prison System
Kaia Stern
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tue Thu 10am-11:30am. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 2806

Eye Contact, Ethics and Interbeing
Kaia Stern
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Fri 11am-2pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 2901

Sacred Music in History and Current Practice
Harry Huff
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon 2pm-5pm. Andover Hall, Chapel.

HDS 2949

Preaching in the Christian Liturgical Year
Cameron Elliot Partridge
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Fri 2pm-5pm. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 3101

Theology in an Interreligious Perspective
Francis X. Clooney, SJ
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 10am-11:30am. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 3917

Feminist Cross Cultural Perspectives on Beliefs and Practices
Susan Abraham
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 11:30am-1pm. Andover Hall, Room 102.

Women, Gender, Sexuality, and Religion

HDS 1504

Feminist Biblical Interpretation
Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Wed 1pm-2pm. Andover Hall, Room 103. Wed 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 117.

HDS 1847

Jewish Feminist Ethics
Julia Watts Belser
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon 2pm-4pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 116.

HDS 1848

Women and Deceit in the Hebrew Bible
Rachel Adelman
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 103.

HDS 2101

Islam, Feminist Reformers and Gender Justice in Southeast Asia
Azza Basarudin
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Mon 12pm-2pm. Andover Hall, Room 118.

HDS 2108

Women, Justice, and Sharia
Hauwa Ibrahim
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon 12pm-2pm. Andover Hall, Room 118.

HDS 2224

Readings in Christian Latin: Hildegard of Bingen and the Gospels
Beverly M. Kienzle
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Thurs 2pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 117.

HDS 2236

The Literature of Medieval Celtic Christianity: the Hagiographical Tradition
Catherine McKenna
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 11am-12pm. FAS, Warren House, Room 201 (Kates).

HDS 2241

Reformation Masculinities and Confessional Sexualities, 1450-1700
Michelle Wolfe
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Wed 9am-11am. Rockefeller Hall, Room 116.

HDS 2274

Christianity between Colonialism and Postcolonialism
Susan Abraham
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon Wed 10am-11am. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 2361

Religion in Modern American Thought and Culture
K. Healan Gaston
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Wed 4pm-6pm. Divinity Hall, Room 213.

HDS 2698

Doctoral Colloquium in Religion, Gender, and Culture
Amy Hollywood
0.50 credits. Full year course 2011-2012. Meets biweekly. Wed 4pm-6pm. Divinity Hall, Room 211.

HDS 2752

Diversity and Domination in Theory, Scripture, and Society: Seminar
Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tues 2pm-4pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 3341

Science and Religion: Debates, Approaches, and Controversies
Ahmed Ragab
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Wed 4pm-6pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 3582

Readings in Islam and the History of Islam in the U.S. and Europe
Leila Ahmed
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tues 4pm-6pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 3587

Bodies and Sexualities in the Medieval Middle East: Medical, Cultural, and Religious Views
Ahmed Ragab
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Mon Wed 11am-12pm. FAS, Science Center, Hall A.

HDS 3604

Themes in Feminism and Islam: From Late 19th Century Middle East to 21st Century America
Leila Ahmed
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Wed 1pm-4pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 3616

Religion, Gender, Identity - Readings in 20th Century Arab Autobiographies - Muslim, Christian, Jewish
Leila Ahmed
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Wed 1pm-4pm. Andover Hall, Room 102.

HDS 3900

Writing Lives: Women Writing Religion
Leila Ahmed
0.50 credits. Fall 2011. Tues 4pm-6pm. Rockefeller Hall, Room 117.

HDS 3917

Feminist Cross Cultural Perspectives on Beliefs and Practices
Susan Abraham
0.50 credits. Spring 2012. Tue Thu 11:30am-1pm. Andover Hall, Room 102.