RELIGIOUS STUDIES

2026-2027

307 courses

RELI 101Introduction to Religious Studies
RELI 102World Religions
RELI 103Understanding the Bible: Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
RELI 104Understanding the Bible: The New Testament and Christian Literature
RELI 105Religions of the Greco-Roman World
RELI 106Judaism in the Time of Jesus
RELI 107Introduction to Modern Judaism
RELI 108Classic Jewish Texts: From Bible and Dead Sea Scrolls to Kabbalah and Hassidism
RELI 109History and Culture of Ancient Israel
RELI 110The Archaeology of Palestine in the New Testament Period
RELI 111Abrahamic Religions
RELI 112A Global History of the Bible
RELI 114Early Christian Worship, Ritual, and Bodies
RELI 117Culture of the Ancient Near East
RELI 121Introduction to Religion and Culture
RELI 122Introduction to Philosophical Approaches to Religion
RELI 123IIntroduction to Jewish Studies
RELI 125Heaven and Hell
RELI 126Reason, Faith, and God: Philosophy of Western Religion
RELI 127The Claims of Science and Religion
RELI 130Religion and Popular Culture
RELI 132Religion and Global Justice
RELI 134Introduction to Religious Ethics
RELI 135Religion, Ethics, and Technology
RELI 138Religious Freedom
RELI 140Religion in America
RELI 141African American Religions
RELI 142Catholicism in America
RELI 143Judaism in Our Time
RELI 150Indigenous Religion in the Americas
RELI 151Religion in Latin America
RELI 152Religion and Indigenous Well-Being
RELI 161Introduction to the History of Christian Traditions
RELI 162Catholicism Today: An Introduction to the Contemporary Catholic Church
RELI 163Critical Issues in Western Religious Thought
RELI 164Heresy and Inquisition: Religion, Ethics, Marginalization
RELI 165Mysticism
RELI 166Ideals, Cultures, and Rituals of the University
RELI 167Global Christianity
RELI 180Islam and Muslim Life before 1500
RELI 181Islam and Muslim Life since 1500
RELI 183Asian Religions
RELI 184East Asian Religions
RELI 185Women/Gender/Islam
RELI 196Independent Study
RELI 199Special Topics in Religious Studies, FC-VALUES
RELI 201Ancient Biblical Interpretation
RELI 205Sacrifice in the Ancient World
RELI 206Prophecy and Divination in Ancient Israel and Judah
RELI 207Jesus in the Early Christian Gospels
RELI 208The Birth of Christianity
RELI 209Varieties of Early Christianity
RELI 211Classical Hebrew I: A Linguistic Introduction to the Hebrew Bible
RELI 212Classical Hebrew II: A Linguistic Introduction to the Hebrew Bible
RELI 215Eastern Christian Cultures: Middle East, Asia, Africa, and Eastern Europe
RELI 217Gnosticism
RELI 218Christianity and Islam in the Middle Ages
RELI 220Religion and Medicine
RELI 222Modern Western Religious Thought
RELI 224Modern Jewish Thought
RELI 225Christian Cultures
RELI 226Human Animals in Religion and Ethics
RELI 227Luther and the Bible
RELI 230Judaism and Popular Culture
RELI 231The Bible in America
RELI 232Shrines and Pilgrimages
RELI 233Religion and Violence
RELI 235Place, Space, and Religion
RELI 236Religious Things
RELI 238The Bible and its Others
RELI 239German Culture and the Jewish Question
RELI 240Religion, Literature, and the Arts in America
RELI 241Messianic Movements in American History
RELI 242New Religious Movements in America
RELI 243Introduction to American Judaism
RELI 244Gender and Sexuality in Western Christianity
RELI 245Latina/o Religions in the United States-Mexico Borderlands
RELI 246Supernatural Encounters: Zombies, Vampires, Demons, and the Occult in the Americas
RELI 247Uncertain Truths: Conspiracy Theories, Aliens, and Secret Societies in America
RELI 248Introduction to American Islam