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Sep 01, 2024
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Course Catalog 2023-2024 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Religion Major
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The major consists of a minimum of 9 full courses (or the equivalent).
Note: Students must earn minimum grades of C- or P for all courses that apply toward the major.
View the catalog page for the religion department.
The religion department curriculum embodies the balanced breadth and depth of a multidisciplinary liberal arts education. As such, the flexible pathways through the religion major complement well a variety of other disciplinary pursuits. The transferable skills and knowledge gained through the religion major prepare students for a range of career and educational pursuits, including law, medicine, environmental advocacy, and publishing industries.
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Note(s) on Requirements
- At least one elective course must be above the 100-level.
- In consultation with a major advisor and with approval from the department chair, up to two courses from outside the department may count toward the major.
- Examples include courses engaging religion from other disciplinary perspectives, language courses related to study within the major, courses topically or methodologically related to study within the major, and study away courses.
Transfer of Credit Toward the Major
Students wishing to transfer credit toward the religion major are advised to provide the department with as much information about the transferred course as possible (including the syllabus, papers, and exams). The department will not normally count more than two full courses of transfer credit toward the major and does not normally accept transferred courses to satisfy distribution requirements in the major. Students should seek preapproval from the chair for coursework they intend to take elsewhere and transfer to Oberlin.
Detailed Major Requirements
Religion Major Course Lists
200-Level Religion Distribution Courses
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Majors must complete at least one 200-level course from each of the three categories below, and at least two courses from one category.
Note: Courses cannot be counted toward multiple categories.
Texts and Contexts
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Courses within this category study religious traditions past and present in relationship to their historical and cultural contexts. This includes critical analysis of material-cultural artifacts and religious texts as well as their reception over time and in different social contexts.
Arts, Literature, and Performance
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Courses within this category study religious traditions in relation to various media and performative traditions, past and present, including literature, the performing and visual arts, music, and film.
Ethics and Society
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The exploration of religion/s in relationship to broad and overlapping social issues including gender, race, health, the environment, and nationalism. This includes considerations of cultural, theological, and ethical values that help to shape societies, past and present.
Religion Major Elective Courses
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Note: At least one elective course must be above the 100-level.
- FYSP 008 - On Time
- FYSP 048OC - Faith and the Ballot Box
- FYSP 052 - Family and Gender in East Asia
- FYSP 144 - Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.
- FYSP 167 - Writing Religion and Gender
- FYSP 191 - Muslim Oral Culture: Persian Poetry in Translation, Music and Calligraphy
- RELG 100 - Introduction to Jewish Studies: Sacred Spaces and Promised Lands
- RELG 102 - Introduction to Religion: Roots of Religion in the Mediterranean World
- RELG 103 - Religion and Violence
- RELG 135 - Introduction to Religion: Devotion and Performance in South Asia
- RELG 137 - Introduction to Religion: Buddhism in East Asia
- RELG 177 - Mosque as a Window to Islam: A Venue for Spirituality and Politics
- RELG 202 - The Nature of Suffering: The Book of Job and its History of Interpretation
- RELG 203 - The Garden of Eden in Literature, Art, and Film
- RELG 204 - Biblical Prophets and Prophecy
- RELG 205 - Hebrew Bible in its Ancient Near Eastern Context
- RELG 208 - New Testament and Christian Origins
- RELG 209 - The Bible in American Politics
- RELG 215 - A History of Sin
- RELG 216 - Apocalyptic
- RELG 217 - An Empire of Martyrs: Christianity in the Mediterranean World
- RELG 218 - Authority and Dissent in Medieval Christianity
- RELG 229 - Religious Rituals in East Asia
- RELG 230 - Religion, Wellness, and the Commodification of Yoga
- RELG 231 - Introduction to Hindu Traditions
- RELG 232 - Religion and Culture in Indian Epics
- RELG 233 - Haunted Archipelago: Ghosts, Spirits, and the Occult in Japanese Religion
- RELG 240 - Religious Objects in East Asian Religions
- RELG 241 - Literature and Ethics: British Novels
- RELG 242 - Literature and Ethics: American Novels
- RELG 243 - Roman Catholic Popes and Their Social Teaching
- RELG 244 - Ethics in Early China
- RELG 245 - Religion and Ethics
- RELG 248 - Religion, Ethics, Environment
- RELG 249 - Medical Ethics
- RELG 253 - Jewish Pilgrimage
- RELG 254 - Judaism and the Body
- RELG 270 - Islam
- RELG 272 - Introduction to the Qur’an
- RELG 274 - Friendship: Perspectives from Religion, Politics, Economics, and Art
- RELG 275 - Religion and Politics in the Modern Muslim World
- RELG 291 - Animals and Religion
- RELG 306 - Biblical Biographies Told and Retold
- RELG 330 - Religion, Gender, and Sexuality in India
- RELG 335 - Buddhism, Healing, and the Body in East Asia
- RELG 336 - Embodied Mysticism and Negative Theology
- RELG 340 - Seminar: Ethical Issues in Death and Dying
- RELG 347 - Seminar: Virtue, Religion, and the Good Life
- RELG 348 - Comparative Religious Ethics
- RELG 354 - Judaism in America
- RELG 358 - Religious Outsiders and the American State
- RELG 390 - Forgiveness in the Islamic and Christian Traditions
- RELG 402 - Capstone Colloquium
- RELG 140 - Biographies of the Holy
- RELG 151 - Religion in America
- RELG 277 - Paradise and Hellfire: A View from the Quran
- RELG 292 - Buddhist Environmentalism
- RELG 344 - Religion and the Philosophy of Language
- RELG 375 - Mystical Lessons in Rumi Poetry
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