HDS Courses Open to BTI Students for 2011-2012
Harvard Divinity School reserves the right to withdraw or modify courses as appropriate.
The following HDS course offerings are available for cross registration through the Boston Theological Institute (BTI).
Show Projected Course Offerings through 2014
Abraham, Susan
Christianity between Colonialism and Postcolonialism | |
Feminist Cross Cultural Perspectives on Beliefs and Practices |
Adams, Charles G.
Preaching for Social Change: Seminar | |
Faith-Based Economic Development | |
The Dynamics of Black Preaching: Seminar | |
God, Human Suffering, and the Minister |
Adelman, Rachel
Women and Deceit in the Hebrew Bible |
Ahmed, Leila
Readings in Islam and the History of Islam in the U.S. and Europe | |
Themes in Feminism and Islam: From Late 19th Century Middle East to 21st Century America | |
Religion, Gender, Identity - Readings in 20th Century Arab Autobiographies - Muslim, Christian, Jewish | |
Writing Lives: Women Writing Religion |
Austin, Dorothy A.
Death and Dying in Life and Literature - A Clinical Pastoral Perspective |
Basarudin, Azza
Islam, Feminist Reformers and Gender Justice in Southeast Asia |
Belser, Julia Watts
Jewish Feminist Ethics |
Braude, Ann D.
Vine Deloria, Jr.: Indigenous Critic of American Religion and Politics |
Buehrens, John
Unitarian Universalist Polity and Practices: Seminar |
Cesari, Jocelyne
Islamophobia in Europe and in the US: The Challenge of Religious Pluralism |
Cioffi, Robert Louis
Graeca - Reading of Greek Texts: Seminar |
Click, Emily
Administration and Leadership | |
Teaching with Courage and Passion |
Clooney, SJ, Francis X.
Theology in an Interreligious Perspective | |
Introduction to Mimamsa Ritual Theory |
Coogan, Michael
The Chosen People | |
Jeremiah |
Eck, Diana L.
Hindu Worlds of Art and Culture | |
The World's Religions in Multicultural America - Case Studies in Religious Pluralism |
Eckel, M. David
Saviors and Siddhas: Towards a Theory of Mahayana Buddhist Narrative |
Epp, Eldon Jay
New Testament Manuscript Studies and Textual Criticism: Seminar |
Fennema, Sharon R.
Introduction to Christian Worship | |
Strategies for Worship in Postmodernity | |
Thin Places: Sacramental Theologies and Practices |
Fiorenza, Francis Schüssler
Theology and Culture: Seminar | |
Introduction to Hermeneutics and Theology | |
Introduction to Political Theology | |
Rationality, Relativism, and Theology: Seminar |
Frediani, Judith A.
Unitarian Universalist Religious Education: Seminar |
Gaston, K. Healan
Religion in Modern American Thought and Culture | |
Religion and Politics in Modern America |
Giles, Cheryl A.
Spiritual Care and Counseling | |
Spiritual Care and Counseling | |
Advanced Spiritual Counseling: Taking Care of Others, Taking Care of Self | |
Buddhism, Community, and Diversity: The Color of Practice |
Graham, William A.
Back Roads to Far Places: Literature of Journey and Quest | |
Common Doctor of Theology Seminar |
Gyatso, Janet
Studying Buddhism Across Time and Place | |
Tibetan Religious Literature |
Hall, David D.
Radical Religion in England and America, 1550-1750 | |
Religion in America: From the Coming of the Europeans to the 1870s |
Hallisey, Charles
Buddhist Ethics | |
Introduction to Buddhist Commentaries and Their Critical Interpretations |
Hamilton, Hurmon
Introduction to Public Preaching |
Haxby, Mikael C.
The Gospel of John |
Hempton, David N.
Encountering the Other: The Expansion of the Christian West, 1650-1850 | |
Secularization in Europe and the United States, c. 1780-2000 | |
The Evangelical Tradition, c. 1700-2000 | |
Colloquium in American Religious History |
Hogan, Jr., Samuel B.
Pentecostal Polity |
Hollywood, Amy
History of Christian Thought: The Medieval West | |
Doctoral Colloquium in Religion, Gender, and Culture | |
Readings in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Theory |
Huff, Harry
Sacred Music in History and Current Practice | |
The American Spirit in Music |
Ibrahim, Hauwa
Women, Justice, and Sharia |
Jackson, Michael D.
Community and Alterity in Africa | |
The Politics of Storytelling |
Johansen, Baber
12th Century Maliki usul al-fiqh Texts | |
Arabic Family Law from 1984-2005 | |
Introduction to Islamic Law | |
Islamic Modernism III: 1970-2011 |
Jungkeit, Steven
Bodies in Urban Spaces | |
Christianities and Cultures |
Kienzle, Beverly M.
Latin Paleography and Manuscript Culture: Seminar | |
Readings in Christian Latin: Hildegard of Bingen and the Gospels |
King, Elizabeth Ann
United Church of Christ Polity |
King, Karen L.
Martyrdom: Bodies, Death, and Life in Ancient Christianity | |
Seminar for Advanced New Testament Students | |
New Testament Seminar for Doctoral Dissertations | |
Intermediate Coptic |
Klawans, Jonathan
The Dead Sea Scrolls |
Koester, Helmut
History of Ancient Christianity |
Lamberth, David C.
John Calvin at the Beginning of Reformed Theology | |
Nineteenth-Century Religious Thought: Theology and the Critique of Religion | |
Classical Pragmatism and Religion | |
The Thought of John Dewey: Seminar |
Machinist, Peter
Prophecy in Ancient Israel | |
Myth and Myth-Making in the Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern World | |
Problems in the Literature, History, and Religion of Israel: Seminar | |
Literature of Israel: Seminar |
Madigan, Kevin James
The Holocaust and the Churches, 1933-45 | |
Late Medieval Christianity |
McKanan, Daniel
Liberal and Liberation Theologies in Dialogue | |
Unitarian and Universalist Thought in the Nineteenth Century | |
History of Local Congregations |
Monius, Anne E.
Indian Religions Through Their Narrative Literatures: The Epics | |
Dead But Not Forgotten: Early Scholars of South Asian Religions and Their Enduring Influence | |
South Asia As Understood by Its Regions |
Moore, Diane L.
Religion, Ecology, and Human Rights |
Nasrallah, Laura Salah
Introduction to the New Testament | |
The Letters of Paul: Ethnicity, Sex, Ethics, and the End of the World | |
Greek Exegesis of 1 Corinthians | |
The New Testament, Biblical Studies, and Empire: Seminar |
Olendzki, Andrew
Buddhist Thought in Action: Contemporary Expressions of Early Buddhist Teachings |
Olupona, Jacob
African Religions |
Park, Katharine
Knowledge on the Move: Cultures of Science and Religion in the Medieval World |
Partridge, Cameron Elliot
Preaching in the Christian Liturgical Year |
Patton, Kimberley C.
Twins and Twinship in Religion and Myth | |
Angels: Messengers of God | |
Common Doctor of Theology Seminar |
Paulsell, Stephanie A.
Back Roads to Far Places: Literature of Journey and Quest | |
Children's Literature and Religious Education: Seminar | |
Introduction to Ministry Studies |
Potter, Jr., Ralph Benajah
Friendship from A to Z: Aristotle to Zuckerberg |
Ragab, Ahmed
Knowledge on the Move: Cultures of Science and Religion in the Medieval World | |
Science and Religion: Debates, Approaches, and Controversies | |
Bodies and Sexualities in the Medieval Middle East: Medical, Cultural, and Religious Views | |
Quranic Exegeses Through History: Themes, Questions, and Controversies |
Rathbone, Patricia
Counseling - Practice and Theory: Seminar | |
Counseling for Practitioners - Addressing Trauma and Loss: Seminar |
Rose, Dudley Corwin
Introduction to Ministry Studies |
Saley, Richard
Problems in the Literature, History, and Religion of Israel: Seminar |
Schüssler Fiorenza, Elisabeth
Feminist Biblical Interpretation | |
Diversity and Domination in Theory, Scripture, and Society: Seminar |
Smith, Daniel Albert
Introduction to Public Preaching |
Smith, Gary E.
Preaching in the Unitarian Universalist and Free Church Traditions: Seminar |
Stager, Lawrence E.
Biblical Archaeology |
Stanfield, Burns F.
Presbyterian Polity |
Stern, Kaia
Race, Ethics and the U.S. Prison System | |
Eye Contact, Ethics and Interbeing |
Teeter, David Andrew
Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament 1: Pentateuch and Former Prophets | |
Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament 2: Latter Prophets and Writings | |
The Greek Bible in History and Theology | |
Rewriting Scripture in Jewish Antiquity: Seminar | |
Rapid Reading: Classical Hebrew I | |
Rapid Reading: Classical Hebrew II |
Thiemann, Ronald F.
Religion and the Public Intellectual | |
Theology and The Everyday | |
Theology and the Literary Arts: Seminar | |
Faith: Seminar |
van den Hoek, Annewies
Advanced Greek: Alexandria | |
Advanced Greek: Montanism | |
Intermediate Greek II |
Williams, Preston Noah
The Ethical and Religious Thought of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Seminar |
Wolfe, Michelle
Reformation Masculinities and Confessional Sexualities, 1450-1700 |

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