Courses by MTS and ThM Areas of Focus
Projected Through 2016
Show Course Offerings for 2013-2014
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.
Courses listed within square brackets are not offered in 2013-2014, but are expected to be offered in future years.
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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 | |
[HDS 2367] |
[American Religious History to 1865] |
American Revelations | |
[HDS 2371] |
[American Revelations] |
Gender and Religious Leadership in Nineteenth-Century America | |
[HDS 2377] |
[Gender and Religious Leadership in Nineteenth-Century America] |
Character of God in Early America | |
[HDS 2383] |
[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 | |
[HDS 2738] |
[Gender and Sexuality in Black Atlantic Religions] |
[HDS 2749] |
[Transnational Feminism] |
The American Spirit in Music | |
Religion, Mediation and the Senses | |
African American Religions: An Introduction | |
[HDS 3251] |
[Pentecost and Prosperity: The Ethics of Pentecostal-Charismatic Movements] |
Beyond Peasants and Proletarians: Black Religions and the Social Sciences in the 20th Century | |
Islam in African History | |
[HDS 3365] |
[Islam in African History] |
Islam in Modern West Africa | |
[HDS 3366] |
[Islam in Modern West Africa] |
African Religions | |
Religion, Diaspora, and Migration: Seminar | |
[HDS 3703] |
[Indigenous Religious Traditions and Modernity: Seminar] |
[HDS 3703] |
[Indigenous Religious Traditions and Modernity: Seminar] |
Religion and Society in Nigeria: Seminar | |
[HDS 3704] |
[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 | |
[HDS 3003] |
[Buddhism, Community, and Diversity: The Color of Practice] |
Religious Women in Pre-Modern China | |
South Asian Buddhism: Dharmas, Emptiness, and Idealism | |
[HDS 3553] |
[Buddhist Practices of Self-Cultivation] |
Tibetan Religions | |
[HDS 3563] |
[Tibetan Religions] |
Advanced Topics in Buddhist Philosophy - Conference Course | |
[HDS 3576] |
[Buddhist Ethics] |
[HDS 3776] |
[Introduction to Buddhist Narrative and Story Literature] |
Modern Buddhism and Fiction | |
Introduction to Buddhist Commentaries and Their Critical Interpretations | |
[HDS 3800] |
[Introduction to Buddhist Scriptural Anthologies and their Critical Interpretations] |
Studying Buddhism Across Time and Place | |
Tibetan Religious Literature | |
[HDS 3831] |
[Tibetan Religious Literature] |
Introduction to Buddhist Scriptures and Their Critical Interpretation | |
[HDS 3888] |
[Buddhist Studies Seminar] |
Comparative Studies
[HDS 1810] |
[Problems in the Literature, History, and Religion of Israel: Seminar] |
[HDS 1825] |
[Literature of Israel: Seminar] |
Ethnographies of Religion, Texts and Contexts | |
Armenian Magical Texts | |
Back Roads to Far Places: Literature of Journey and Quest | |
[HDS 2798] |
[Introduction to Religion and Ecology] |
Women, Religion and Political Activism in the Contemporary Middle East | |
[HDS 3101] |
[Theology in an Interreligious Perspective] |
[HDS 3103] |
[Anthropology of "the Religious" Part I] |
[HDS 3104] |
[Anthropology of the Religious Part 2: Methods] |
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 | |
[HDS 3359] |
[Migration and Religious Change in Comparative Perspective] |
African Religions | |
[HDS 3703] |
[Indigenous Religious Traditions and Modernity: Seminar] |
[HDS 3703] |
[Indigenous Religious Traditions and Modernity: Seminar] |
Religion and Society in Nigeria: Seminar | |
[HDS 3704] |
[Religion and Society in Nigeria: Seminar] |
The Self Writing the Self: Autobiography and Religion | |
[HDS 3750] |
[The Bhagavad Gita and Its Commentators] |
[HDS 3753] |
[The Summation of Hindu Theology (Vedartha Samgraha) of Ramanuja] |
[HDS 3760] |
[Hindu Goddesses and the Virgin Mary] |
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 | |
[HDS 3928] |
[The Brhadaranyaka Upanisad with Sankara's Commentary] |
East Asian Religious Studies
Religious Women in Pre-Modern China | |
Introduction to the Study of East Asian Religions | |
The Ise Shrines | |
Tibetan Religions | |
[HDS 3563] |
[Tibetan Religions] |
Studying Buddhism Across Time and Place | |
Tibetan Religious Literature | |
[HDS 3831] |
[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 | |
[HDS 1102] |
[Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament 1: Pentateuch and Former Prophets] |
Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament 2: Latter Prophets and Writings | |
[HDS 1103] |
[Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament 2: Latter Prophets and Writings] |
Eighth-Century Prophets | |
[HDS 1110] |
[History of the Religion of Ancient Israel] |
Ancient Egypt and the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament | |
Introduction to Northwest Semitic Epigraphy | |
[HDS 1153] |
[Introduction to Ugaritic] |
Northwest Semitic Epigraphy: Seminar | |
Rewriting Scripture in Jewish Antiquity: Seminar | |
[HDS 1308] |
[Scriptural Interpretation in Ancient Israel: Inner-Biblical Exegesis] |
Topics in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Exegesis at Qumran | |
[HDS 1416] |
[Ancient Jewish Wisdom Literature] |
[HDS 1417] |
[Genesis: Narrative Artistry and Theological Meanings] |
'Wisdom and Torah' in the Book of Proverbs. An Interpretation of Proverbs 1-9 and 28-31 | |
Rapid Reading: Classical Hebrew I | |
[HDS 1625] |
[Rapid Reading: Classical Hebrew I] |
[HDS 1625] |
[Rapid Reading: Classical Hebrew I] |
Rapid Reading: Classical Hebrew II | |
[HDS 1626] |
[Rapid Reading: Classical Hebrew II] |
[HDS 1626] |
[Rapid Reading: Classical Hebrew II] |
[Judaism: The Liturgical Year] | |
[Judaism: The Liturgical Year] | |
[HDS 1802] |
[Joseph and Esther: Seminar] |
[HDS 1803] |
[Midrash: The Figure of Abraham: Seminar] |
[HDS 1808] |
[The Binding of Isaac (Aqedah): Seminar] |
[HDS 1810] |
[Problems in the Literature, History, and Religion of Israel: Seminar] |
The Song at the Sea: Seminar | |
[HDS 1819] |
[Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible: Seminar] |
[HDS 1825] |
[Literature of Israel: Seminar] |
Readings in the Septuagint: Seminar | |
[HDS 4215] |
[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 | |
[HDS 1544] |
[The Letters of Paul: Ethnicity, Sex, Ethics, and the End of the World] |
History of Ancient Christianity | |
[HDS 1700] |
[Orthodoxy and Heresy in Ancient Christianity] |
[HDS 1749] |
[Early Christian Thought 1: The Greek Tradition] |
[HDS 1750] |
[Early Christian Thought 2: The Latin Tradition] |
Early Christian Thought 3: The Syriac Tradition | |
[HDS 1752] |
[Augustine and His Heretics] |
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 | |
[HDS 2236] |
[The Literature of Medieval Celtic Christianity: The Hagiographical Tradition] |
The Holocaust and the Churches, 1933-45 | |
Harvard's History and Evolving Religious Identity | |
Women and Religion in Contemporary America | |
[HDS 2357] |
[Evangelical Conversion and Disenchantment Narratives] |
Colloquium in American Religious History | |
Colloquium in American Religious History | |
Social Ethics in the Making | |
Social Ethics Today | |
Social Ethics as Social Criticism | |
[HDS 2415] |
[Liberal and Liberation Theologies in Dialogue] |
[HDS 2600] |
[Histories, Theologies and Practices of Christianity] |
[HDS 2603] |
[History and Literature of Christian Spirituality] |
[HDS 2610] |
[Christian Prayer: Seminar] |
[HDS 2629] |
[History of Christian Thought: The Medieval West] |
The Ethical and Religious Thought of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Seminar | |
Liberalism: Theology, Ethics, and Politics | |
[HDS 2770] |
[Unitarian and Universalist Thought in the Nineteenth Century] |
[HDS 2772] |
[Unitarian and Universalist Thought in the Twentieth Century] |
[HDS 2773] |
[Religion and the Left in US History] |
[HDS 2776] |
[Unitarian and Universalist History in the United States] |
[HDS 2895] |
[A Profile in Ministry: Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Seminar] |
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 | |
[HDS 4320] |
[Intermediate Readings in Christian Latin] |
Hindu Studies
[HDS 3101] |
[Theology in an Interreligious Perspective] |
South Asian Literary Cultures: An Introduction | |
[HDS 3404] |
[Introduction to the Hindu Traditions of India] |
[HDS 3405] |
[Indian Religions Through Their Narrative Literatures: The Epics] |
[HDS 3406] |
[Hindu Traditions of Devotion] |
[HDS 3411] |
[Hinduism Through the Modern Novel] |
Religious Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict and State Terror in Modern India: Cases from Kashmir, Panjab, Gujarat and Nagaland | |
Contemporary Politics of South Asia's Past | |
[HDS 3750] |
[The Bhagavad Gita and Its Commentators] |
[HDS 3753] |
[The Summation of Hindu Theology (Vedartha Samgraha) of Ramanuja] |
[HDS 3760] |
[Hindu Goddesses and the Virgin Mary] |
[HDS 3923] |
[Hindu Ethics: Seminar] |
[HDS 3925] |
[South Asian Religious Aesthetics: Seminar] |
Reading Pre-modern Hindu Narrative Literature: Seminar | |
[HDS 3928] |
[The Brhadaranyaka Upanisad with Sankara's Commentary] |
[HDS 3930] |
[Thinking About History in South Asia: Seminar] |
Islamic Studies
Islamization and Vernacularization: Religious and Cultural Dynamics in the History of MuslimSoutheast Asia | |
Reading the Qur'an | |
Islam in African History | |
[HDS 3365] |
[Islam in African History] |
Islam in Modern West Africa | |
[HDS 3366] |
[Islam in Modern West Africa] |
Islam, Modernity and Politics | |
[HDS 3368] |
[Islam, Modernity and Politics] |
Readings in the Islamic Archive of Africa | |
[HDS 3370] |
[Knowledge and Authority in Muslim Societies] |
[HDS 3371] |
[Religion and Political Violence in the Sahel] |
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 | |
[HDS 1102] |
[Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament 1: Pentateuch and Former Prophets] |
Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament 2: Latter Prophets and Writings | |
[HDS 1103] |
[Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament 2: Latter Prophets and Writings] |
[HDS 1110] |
[History of the Religion of Ancient Israel] |
[HDS 1277] |
[Historical Jesus] |
Rewriting Scripture in Jewish Antiquity: Seminar | |
[HDS 1308] |
[Scriptural Interpretation in Ancient Israel: Inner-Biblical Exegesis] |
Topics in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Exegesis at Qumran | |
[HDS 1416] |
[Ancient Jewish Wisdom Literature] |
[HDS 1417] |
[Genesis: Narrative Artistry and Theological Meanings] |
Apocalyptic Literature of the Second Temple Period | |
Rapid Reading: Classical Hebrew I | |
[HDS 1625] |
[Rapid Reading: Classical Hebrew I] |
[HDS 1625] |
[Rapid Reading: Classical Hebrew I] |
Rapid Reading: Classical Hebrew II | |
[HDS 1626] |
[Rapid Reading: Classical Hebrew II] |
[HDS 1626] |
[Rapid Reading: Classical Hebrew II] |
[Judaism: The Liturgical Year] | |
[Judaism: The Liturgical Year] | |
[HDS 1802] |
[Joseph and Esther: Seminar] |
[HDS 1803] |
[Midrash: The Figure of Abraham: Seminar] |
[HDS 1808] |
[The Binding of Isaac (Aqedah): Seminar] |
[HDS 1810] |
[Problems in the Literature, History, and Religion of Israel: Seminar] |
The Song at the Sea: Seminar | |
[HDS 1819] |
[Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible: Seminar] |
[HDS 1825] |
[Literature of Israel: Seminar] |
The Holocaust and the Churches, 1933-45 | |
Selected Works of Twentieth Century Jewish Theology | |
Readings in Midrash: Seminar | |
Readings in the Septuagint: Seminar | |
[HDS 4215] |
[Readings in the Septuagint: Seminar] |
New Testament and Early Christianity
Eighth-Century Prophets | |
[HDS 1110] |
[History of the Religion of Ancient Israel] |
Advanced Greek: In the Beginning | |
Advanced Greek: Origen's Commentary on the Gospel John | |
Introduction to the New Testament | |
[HDS 1202] |
[Introduction to the New Testament] |
[HDS 1202] |
[Introduction to the New Testament] |
[HDS 1277] |
[Historical Jesus] |
Martyrdom: Bodies, Death, and Life in Ancient Christianity | |
[HDS 1503] |
[Gospel Stories of Women] |
Feminist Biblical Interpretation | |
[HDS 1518] |
[Early Christianity in the Roman Empire] |
Greek Exegesis of Mark | |
[HDS 1534] |
[Papyrology and the New Testament] |
Apocalyptic Literature of the Second Temple Period | |
[HDS 1538] |
[Greek Exegesis of John] |
[HDS 1544] |
[The Letters of Paul: Ethnicity, Sex, Ethics, and the End of the World] |
History of Ancient Christianity | |
[HDS 1551] |
[Greek Exegesis of 1 Corinthians] |
Witchcraft in Early Christianity | |
[HDS 1562] |
[Gospel Parables in their Social Context] |
[HDS 1700] |
[Orthodoxy and Heresy in Ancient Christianity] |
[HDS 1749] |
[Early Christian Thought 1: The Greek Tradition] |
[HDS 1750] |
[Early Christian Thought 2: The Latin Tradition] |
Early Christian Thought 3: The Syriac Tradition | |
[HDS 1752] |
[Augustine and His Heretics] |
Neoplatonism 1: Plotinus | |
[HDS 1870] |
[Archaeology and the World of the New Testament: Seminar] |
[HDS 1882] |
[New Testament Ethics and Theology: Seminar] |
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 | |
[HDS 1749] |
[Early Christian Thought 1: The Greek Tradition] |
[HDS 1750] |
[Early Christian Thought 2: The Latin Tradition] |
Early Christian Thought 3: The Syriac Tradition | |
[HDS 1752] |
[Augustine and His Heretics] |
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 | |
[HDS 2457] |
[Theopoetics and Poethics] |
[HDS 2459] |
[Levinas and His Readers] |
[HDS 2477] |
[Catholicism Faces Modernity: Classics of Twentieth Century Roman Catholicism] |
[HDS 2570] |
[Body and Flesh: Christian Metaphors in Contemporary Theory] |
[HDS 2604] |
[Life in Theology and Philosophy] |
[HDS 2607] |
[Wonder and Glory] |
God: Seminar | |
Kant: Seminar | |
[HDS 2692] |
[Sex, Gender, and Sexuality] |
Readings in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Theory | |
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 | |
[HDS 2357] |
[Evangelical Conversion and Disenchantment Narratives] |
[HDS 2360] |
[Alternative Spiritualities in the United States] |
American Religious History to 1865 | |
[HDS 2367] |
[American Religious History to 1865] |
American Revelations | |
[HDS 2371] |
[American Revelations] |
Gender and Religious Leadership in Nineteenth-Century America | |
[HDS 2377] |
[Gender and Religious Leadership in Nineteenth-Century America] |
Character of God in Early America | |
[HDS 2383] |
[Character of God in Early America] |
Colloquium in American Religious History | |
Colloquium in American Religious History | |
[HDS 2415] |
[Liberal and Liberation Theologies in Dialogue] |
Religion, Politics, and Public Policy in the U.S. | |
[HDS 2526] |
[Religion, Politics, and Public Policy in the U.S.] |
Witchcraft, Rituals and Colonialism | |
[HDS 2738] |
[Gender and Sexuality in Black Atlantic Religions] |
[HDS 2770] |
[Unitarian and Universalist Thought in the Nineteenth Century] |
[HDS 2772] |
[Unitarian and Universalist Thought in the Twentieth Century] |
[HDS 2773] |
[Religion and the Left in US History] |
[HDS 2776] |
[Unitarian and Universalist History in the United States] |
The American Spirit in Music | |
Journeys | |
Latinos Remaking America: Immigration, Culture and Language | |
African American Religions: An Introduction | |
[HDS 3251] |
[Pentecost and Prosperity: The Ethics of Pentecostal-Charismatic Movements] |
Beyond Peasants and Proletarians: Black Religions and the Social Sciences in the 20th Century | |
African Religions | |
[HDS 3703] |
[Indigenous Religious Traditions and Modernity: Seminar] |
[HDS 3703] |
[Indigenous Religious Traditions and Modernity: Seminar] |
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 | |
[HDS 2403] |
[Theology and Culture: Seminar] |
Introduction to Hermeneutics and Theology | |
[HDS 2415] |
[Liberal and Liberation Theologies in Dialogue] |
Nineteenth-Century Religious Thought: Theology and the Critique of Religion | |
[HDS 2477] |
[Catholicism Faces Modernity: Classics of Twentieth Century Roman Catholicism] |
Contemporary Roman Catholic Theology | |
Religion and American Public Life | |
Religion, Politics, and Public Policy in the U.S. | |
[HDS 2526] |
[Religion, Politics, and Public Policy in the U.S.] |
Theology and Power: Seminar | |
[HDS 2644] |
[Rationality, Relativism, and Theology: Seminar] |
Kant: Seminar | |
The Ethical and Religious Thought of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Seminar | |
[HDS 2749] |
[Transnational Feminism] |
Liberalism: Theology, Ethics, and Politics | |
[HDS 2773] |
[Religion and the Left in US History] |
[HDS 2798] |
[Introduction to Religion and Ecology] |
[HDS 2801] |
[Introduction to Justice and Rights] |
Religion, Ecology, and Human Rights | |
Ethics, Punishment and Race | |
Border Crossings: Immigration in America | |
[HDS 2848] |
[Border Crossings: Immigration in America] |
Introduction to Religion and Globalization | |
[HDS 2849] |
[Introduction to Religion and Globalization] |
Religious Literacy Project Seminar | |
[HDS 2851] |
[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 | |
[HDS 2895] |
[A Profile in Ministry: Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Seminar] |
[HDS 2916] |
[Religion, Democracy and Education] |
Risk and Resilience in Adolescent Development: Seminar | |
[HDS 2932] |
[Advanced Spiritual Counseling: Taking Care of Others, Taking Care of Self] |
Women, Religion and Political Activism in the Contemporary Middle East | |
Religious Tourism | |
Religion, Mediation and the Senses | |
[HDS 3251] |
[Pentecost and Prosperity: The Ethics of Pentecostal-Charismatic Movements] |
Beyond Peasants and Proletarians: Black Religions and the Social Sciences in the 20th Century | |
Islam, Modernity and Politics | |
[HDS 3368] |
[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 | |
[HDS 3553] |
[Buddhist Practices of Self-Cultivation] |
Tibetan Religions | |
[HDS 3563] |
[Tibetan Religions] |
Religion, Diaspora, and Migration: Seminar | |
Religion and Society in Nigeria: Seminar | |
[HDS 3704] |
[Religion and Society in Nigeria: Seminar] |
Ritualization, Play, and Transitional Phenomena | |
Existential - Phenomenological Anthropol | |
The Politics of Storytelling | |
[HDS 3923] |
[Hindu Ethics: Seminar] |
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 | |
[HDS 1870] |
[Archaeology and the World of the New Testament: Seminar] |
Ethnographies of Religion, Texts and Contexts | |
The Word of God | |
Latin Paleography and Manuscript Culture: Seminar | |
[HDS 2236] |
[The Literature of Medieval Celtic Christianity: The Hagiographical Tradition] |
American Religious History to 1865 | |
[HDS 2367] |
[American Religious History to 1865] |
Other Possible Worlds: Utopia, Eschaton, and Other Science Fictions | |
American Revelations | |
[HDS 2371] |
[American Revelations] |
Gender and Religious Leadership in Nineteenth-Century America | |
[HDS 2377] |
[Gender and Religious Leadership in Nineteenth-Century America] |
Character of God in Early America | |
[HDS 2383] |
[Character of God in Early America] |
Back Roads to Far Places: Literature of Journey and Quest | |
[HDS 2491] |
[Spiritual Formation and the Life of Study: Seminar] |
[HDS 2611] |
[Attention and Engagement in Contemporary American Poetry] |
Sacred Music in History and Current Practice | |
The American Spirit in Music | |
Spiritual Care and Counseling | |
Risk and Resilience in Adolescent Development: Seminar | |
[HDS 2932] |
[Advanced Spiritual Counseling: Taking Care of Others, Taking Care of Self] |
[HDS 3003] |
[Buddhism, Community, and Diversity: The Color of Practice] |
[HDS 3103] |
[Anthropology of "the Religious" Part I] |
[HDS 3104] |
[Anthropology of the Religious Part 2: Methods] |
Journeys | |
Religion and Literature: An Introduction | |
Latinos Remaking America: Immigration, Culture and Language | |
Scriptures and Classics | |
Readings in the Islamic Archive of Africa | |
[HDS 3370] |
[Knowledge and Authority in Muslim Societies] |
[HDS 3371] |
[Religion and Political Violence in the Sahel] |
[HDS 3404] |
[Introduction to the Hindu Traditions of India] |
[HDS 3405] |
[Indian Religions Through Their Narrative Literatures: The Epics] |
[HDS 3406] |
[Hindu Traditions of Devotion] |
[HDS 3411] |
[Hinduism Through the Modern Novel] |
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 | |
[HDS 3776] |
[Introduction to Buddhist Narrative and Story Literature] |
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 | |
[HDS 3925] |
[South Asian Religious Aesthetics: Seminar] |
Reading Pre-modern Hindu Narrative Literature: Seminar |
Religion and the Social Sciences
[HDS 1870] |
[Archaeology and the World of the New Testament: Seminar] |
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 | |
[HDS 2403] |
[Theology and Culture: Seminar] |
Theology and Power: Seminar | |
[HDS 2644] |
[Rationality, Relativism, and Theology: Seminar] |
Ethnography of the African Diaspora: Race, Gender and Power | |
[HDS 2749] |
[Transnational Feminism] |
[HDS 2801] |
[Introduction to Justice and Rights] |
Ethics, Punishment and Race | |
Church Ministry in a Digital Age: Preaching, Worship, Teaching, Communication, and Administration | |
[HDS 2871] |
[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 | |
[HDS 2932] |
[Advanced Spiritual Counseling: Taking Care of Others, Taking Care of Self] |
Compassionate Care of the Dying: Buddhist Training and Techniques | |
Clinical Chaplaincy: Interfaith Caregiving Skills and Practice | |
[HDS 2936] |
[Clinical Chaplaincy: Interfaith Caregiving Skills and Practice] |
[HDS 2936] |
[Clinical Chaplaincy: Interfaith Caregiving Skills and Practice] |
Change and Spiritual Resilience | |
[HDS 2966] |
[Change and Spiritual Resilience] |
[HDS 2966] |
[Change and Spiritual Resilience] |
Teaching with Courage and Passion | |
[HDS 3002] |
[Teaching with Courage and Passion] |
[HDS 3003] |
[Buddhism, Community, and Diversity: The Color of Practice] |
[HDS 3103] |
[Anthropology of "the Religious" Part I] |
[HDS 3104] |
[Anthropology of the Religious Part 2: Methods] |
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 | |
[HDS 3359] |
[Migration and Religious Change in Comparative Perspective] |
Islam in African History | |
[HDS 3365] |
[Islam in African History] |
Islam in Modern West Africa | |
[HDS 3366] |
[Islam in Modern West Africa] |
Readings in the Islamic Archive of Africa | |
[HDS 3370] |
[Knowledge and Authority in Muslim Societies] |
[HDS 3371] |
[Religion and Political Violence in the Sahel] |
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
[HDS 3101] |
[Theology in an Interreligious Perspective] |
South Asian Literary Cultures: An Introduction | |
[HDS 3404] |
[Introduction to the Hindu Traditions of India] |
[HDS 3405] |
[Indian Religions Through Their Narrative Literatures: The Epics] |
[HDS 3406] |
[Hindu Traditions of Devotion] |
[HDS 3411] |
[Hinduism Through the Modern Novel] |
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 | |
[HDS 3553] |
[Buddhist Practices of Self-Cultivation] |
Tibetan Religions | |
[HDS 3563] |
[Tibetan Religions] |
Advanced Topics in Buddhist Philosophy - Conference Course | |
[HDS 3576] |
[Buddhist Ethics] |
[HDS 3750] |
[The Bhagavad Gita and Its Commentators] |
[HDS 3753] |
[The Summation of Hindu Theology (Vedartha Samgraha) of Ramanuja] |
[HDS 3760] |
[Hindu Goddesses and the Virgin Mary] |
[HDS 3776] |
[Introduction to Buddhist Narrative and Story Literature] |
Modern Buddhism and Fiction | |
Introduction to Buddhist Commentaries and Their Critical Interpretations | |
[HDS 3800] |
[Introduction to Buddhist Scriptural Anthologies and their Critical Interpretations] |
Studying Buddhism Across Time and Place | |
Tibetan Religious Literature | |
[HDS 3831] |
[Tibetan Religious Literature] |
Introduction to Buddhist Scriptures and Their Critical Interpretation | |
[HDS 3888] |
[Buddhist Studies Seminar] |
[HDS 3923] |
[Hindu Ethics: Seminar] |
[HDS 3925] |
[South Asian Religious Aesthetics: Seminar] |
Reading Pre-modern Hindu Narrative Literature: Seminar | |
[HDS 3928] |
[The Brhadaranyaka Upanisad with Sankara's Commentary] |
[HDS 3930] |
[Thinking About History in South Asia: Seminar] |
Theology
Introduction to the New Testament | |
[HDS 1202] |
[Introduction to the New Testament] |
[HDS 1202] |
[Introduction to the New Testament] |
[HDS 1277] |
[Historical Jesus] |
[HDS 1503] |
[Gospel Stories of Women] |
Feminist Biblical Interpretation | |
Greek Exegesis of Mark | |
Apocalyptic Literature of the Second Temple Period | |
[HDS 1538] |
[Greek Exegesis of John] |
Witchcraft in Early Christianity | |
[HDS 1562] |
[Gospel Parables in their Social Context] |
[HDS 1749] |
[Early Christian Thought 1: The Greek Tradition] |
[HDS 1750] |
[Early Christian Thought 2: The Latin Tradition] |
Early Christian Thought 3: The Syriac Tradition | |
[HDS 1752] |
[Augustine and His Heretics] |
Neoplatonism 1: Plotinus | |
[HDS 1882] |
[New Testament Ethics and Theology: Seminar] |
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 | |
[HDS 2403] |
[Theology and Culture: Seminar] |
Introduction to Hermeneutics and Theology | |
[HDS 2415] |
[Liberal and Liberation Theologies in Dialogue] |
[HDS 2427] |
[Readings in Postmodern Theology I] |
[HDS 2428] |
[Readings in Postmodern Theology] |
Nineteenth-Century Religious Thought: Theology and the Critique of Religion | |
[HDS 2447] |
[Salvations] |
[HDS 2477] |
[Catholicism Faces Modernity: Classics of Twentieth Century Roman Catholicism] |
Contemporary Roman Catholic Theology | |
Religion and American Public Life | |
[HDS 2600] |
[Histories, Theologies and Practices of Christianity] |
[HDS 2604] |
[Life in Theology and Philosophy] |
[HDS 2629] |
[History of Christian Thought: The Medieval West] |
Theology and Power: Seminar | |
God: Seminar | |
[HDS 2644] |
[Rationality, Relativism, and Theology: Seminar] |
Kant: Seminar | |
Readings in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Theory | |
[HDS 2770] |
[Unitarian and Universalist Thought in the Nineteenth Century] |
[HDS 2772] |
[Unitarian and Universalist Thought in the Twentieth Century] |
[HDS 2801] |
[Introduction to Justice and Rights] |
[HDS 2895] |
[A Profile in Ministry: Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Seminar] |
Sacred Music in History and Current Practice | |
[HDS 3101] |
[Theology in an Interreligious Perspective] |
[HDS 3251] |
[Pentecost and Prosperity: The Ethics of Pentecostal-Charismatic Movements] |
The Self Writing the Self: Autobiography and Religion | |
[HDS 3750] |
[The Bhagavad Gita and Its Commentators] |
[HDS 3753] |
[The Summation of Hindu Theology (Vedartha Samgraha) of Ramanuja] |
[HDS 3760] |
[Hindu Goddesses and the Virgin Mary] |
[HDS 3928] |
[The Brhadaranyaka Upanisad with Sankara's Commentary] |
Women, Gender, Sexuality, and Religion
Martyrdom: Bodies, Death, and Life in Ancient Christianity | |
[HDS 1503] |
[Gospel Stories of Women] |
Feminist Biblical Interpretation | |
[HDS 1700] |
[Orthodoxy and Heresy in Ancient Christianity] |
[HDS 1882] |
[New Testament Ethics and Theology: Seminar] |
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 | |
[HDS 2377] |
[Gender and Religious Leadership in Nineteenth-Century America] |
Contemporary Challenges in Religion and International Affairs | |
Social Ethics as Social Criticism | |
[HDS 2570] |
[Body and Flesh: Christian Metaphors in Contemporary Theory] |
[HDS 2692] |
[Sex, Gender, and Sexuality] |
Ethnography of the African Diaspora: Race, Gender and Power | |
Witchcraft, Rituals and Colonialism | |
[HDS 2738] |
[Gender and Sexuality in Black Atlantic Religions] |
[HDS 2749] |
[Transnational Feminism] |
Spiritual Care and Counseling | |
Risk and Resilience in Adolescent Development: Seminar | |
[HDS 2932] |
[Advanced Spiritual Counseling: Taking Care of Others, Taking Care of Self] |
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 | |
[HDS 3703] |
[Indigenous Religious Traditions and Modernity: Seminar] |
[HDS 3703] |
[Indigenous Religious Traditions and Modernity: Seminar] |

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