Religious Studies

2026–2027

140 courses

RELS 0003History, Culture, and Religion in Early India
RELS 0004Myths and Religions of the Ancient World
RELS 0006Hindu Mythology
RELS 0008India: Culture and Society
RELS 0020Religions of the West
RELS 0040Art and Religion
RELS 0050Gender, Sexuality, and Religion
RELS 0055Introduction to Indian Philosophy
RELS 0080Religion and Sports: Sacred Games and the Spirit of Competition
RELS 0088Penitentiaries to PILOTs: Religion and Institutions in Pennsylvania
RELS 0130Gods, Ghosts, and Monsters
RELS 0215The Religion of Ancient Egypt
RELS 0250Jerusalem: Holy City
RELS 0300Gurus, Prophets & Aliens: Understanding New Religious Movements
RELS 0301Introduction to the Bible
RELS 0305Great Books of Judaism
RELS 0315Jewish Literature in the Middle Ages in Translation
RELS 0325Jewish Mysticism
RELS 0335Themes Jewish Tradition
RELS 0361First Year Seminar: Collecting and Collectors (SNF Paideia Program Course)
RELS 0500East Asian Religions
RELS 0504Introduction to the Qur'an
RELS 0630Women in Modern Iranian Literature and Cinema
RELS 0666Satan: History, Poetics, and Politics of the Archenemy
RELS 0701Medieval Road Trip: Reading and Writing with Chaucer
RELS 0790The Religion of Anime
RELS 0810Saints and Devils in Literature and Tradition
RELS 1010Religion and Evolution
RELS 1020Sacred Stuff: Religious Bodies, Places, and Objects
RELS 1050Virtual Religion: Religion in the Digital Age
RELS 1080First Year Seminar - Black Spiritual Journeys: Modern African American
RELS 1100American Jesus
RELS 1105Buddhist Arts of East Asia: Sources, Iconography and Styles
RELS 1110God and Money
RELS 1112Religion and Cinema in India
RELS 1120Religious Ethics and Modern Society
RELS 1130How to Read the Bible
RELS 1140Religion and Storytelling
RELS 1150American Jewish Experience
RELS 1200The Bible in Translation
RELS 1259Ultimate Meanings
RELS 1271Israel: Law, Religion and State
RELS 1320The History of God
RELS 1350Introduction to the New Testament
RELS 1360Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Judaism and Christianity
RELS 1361Spirit and Law
RELS 1370Religion and the Global Future (SNF Paideia Program Course)
RELS 1400The Making of Scripture
RELS 1430Introduction to Islam
RELS 1440From Jesus to Muhammad: History of Early Christianity
RELS 1520What is Taoism?
RELS 1600Jews and Judaism in Antiquity
RELS 1605Muslims, Christians, and Jews in the Middle East: Historical Perspectives
RELS 1610Medieval and Early Modern Jewry
RELS 1640Devotion's New Market: Religion, Economics, and the City
RELS 1710Jews in the Modern World
RELS 1730Introduction to Buddhism
RELS 1800Sacred Stuff: Religious Bodies, Places, and Objects
RELS 1999Independent Study
RELS 2014Medieval Literature Seminar: Premodern Animals
RELS 2040Ancient Iranian Empires
RELS 2070Jews, Race and Religion
RELS 2071Anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, and Racism in Contemporary Times
RELS 2180Media and Culture in Contemporary Iran
RELS 2270Queer and Religious in Israel
RELS 2350Eastern Christianities
RELS 2390Death, Disease & Demons in the Medieval World
RELS 2531Religion in Modern China
RELS 2540Violence, Tolerance, Freedom
RELS 2550Media and Religion in South Asia
RELS 2560Existential Despair
RELS 2710The Politics of Shinto
RELS 2730Buddhist Literature
RELS 2870Religion and Society in Africa
RELS 3099Honors Thesis Seminar
RELS 3100Orthodox America (SNF Paideia Program Course)
RELS 3110Religion & Politics in America
RELS 3170“Black Spiritual Journeys: Modern African American Religious Memoir”
RELS 3203Power and Peril: The Paradox of Monarchy among Ancient Greeks, Romans, and Jews
RELS 3207Conversion in Historical Perspective: Religion, Society, and Self