Religious Studies

2026–2027

67 courses

RLST 0009Hell, Karma, and Pure Land: Death in Buddhism
RLST 0035Jerusalem: Judaism, Christianity, Islam
RLST 0045Six Global Perspectives on Reality
RLST 1030Elementary Biblical Hebrew I
RLST 1031Elementary Biblical Hebrew II
RLST 1140What's the Matter (with Religion)?
RLST 1210Religion and Culture in Korea
RLST 145Introduction to the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible)
RLST 1480Jews and the World: From the Bible through Early Modern Times
RLST 1490Modern Jewish Politics: The Last Four Centuries
RLST 152Introduction to the New Testament History and Literature
RLST 1710Introduction to Chinese Philosophy
RLST 1930Zionism and Anti-Zionism and its Opponents
RLST 2010Medieval Jews, Christians, and Muslims In Conversation
RLST 2020Jews in Muslim Lands from the Seventh to the Sixteenth Centuries
RLST 2290Good Life, Care, and Ethics in Buddhism
RLST 2310How the West Became Antisemitic: Jews and the Formation of Europe 800-1500
RLST 2680Christian Mysticism, 1200–1700
RLST 2770Existentialism
RLST 2815Mind-Sculpting 101: World Meditation Traditions
RLST 3085Phenomenology of Religion
RLST 3104The Good Mind: Buddhist Philosophy for Psychologists
RLST 3150Liberation by Hearing: Sound and Listening to the Liminal
RLST 3210Hindus and Muslims in South Asia
RLST 3240The Global Right: From the French Revolution to the American Insurrection
RLST 3265Buddhism Through Storytelling and Narratives
RLST 3270Buddhist Monastic Experience
RLST 3300Religion, Place, and Space
RLST 3310Hindu Worlds Through Narratives
RLST 3470Sexual Minorities from Plato to the Enlightenment
RLST 3760Enchantment
RLST 4020The Philosophy of Religion
RLST 4220Egyptian Monastic Literature in Coptic
RLST 4370Critical Theories of Science and Religion
RLST 4500Spinoza and the God of the Bible
RLST 4880Individual Tutorial
RLST 4890Individual Tutorial
RLST 4900Religion and Society
RLST 4910The Senior Essay
RLST 4920The Senior Essay
RLST 5100Method and Theory
RLST 5320Readings in Buddhist Studies
RLST 5920Society and Religion on the Silk Road
RLST 6160How the West Became Antisemitic: Jews and the Formation of Europe, 800–1500
RLST 6240Enchantment
RLST 6262Dilthey’s Introduction to the Human Sciences
RLST 6420Christianity and the Law: The First Millennium
RLST 6430The Global Right: From the French Revolution to the American Insurrection
RLST 6580Egyptian Monastic Literature in Coptic
RLST 6610Hindu Worlds Through Narratives
RLST 6730Islamic Law and Mysticism
RLST 6930Introduction to Modern Jewish Politics
RLST 7040Readings in Critical Muslim Studies
RLST 7550Theory and Politics in the Hasidic Tale
RLST 7730Jews and the World: From the Bible through Early Modern Times
RLST 7770Jews in Muslim Lands from the Seventh through the Sixteenth Century
RLST 8030Archaia Seminar: Art, Architecture, and Climate Change in the Premodern World
RLST 8031Archaia Seminar: Literacy, Books, and the Materiality of Writing in the Premodern World
RLST 8340Northwest Semitic Inscriptions: Phoenician and Punic Epigraphy
RLST 8350Northwest Semitic Inscriptions: Aramaic
RLST 8370Northwest Semitic Inscriptions: Official Aramaic
RLST 8380Elementary Syriac I
RLST 8390Elementary Syriac II
RLST 8740Advanced Syriac I
RLST 8800Spinoza and the God of the Bible
RLST 8820Readings on Mind and Nature
RLST 9050Theology Doctoral Seminar