Academic Catalog

Religious Studies (C001)

GEC Coordinator: Cynthia Baker

This concentration focuses on different aspects of religious studies.

Complete four courses from the Religious Studies department and/or designated with the (C001) GEC attribute.

This GEC is not open to students with a major or minor in Religious Studies.

Active course offerings include:

AFR 232This is not a Drake Story: (Mis)Characterizations and (Mis)Caricaturizations of Black Judaism
AFR 233Literary Representations of the Africana Religions
AMST 100Religion and Film
AMST 215American Religious History, 1550-1840
AMST 272Islam in the Americas
AMST 306DTheologies of Race and Liberation in the Americas: Black, Womanist, and Latinx
ANTH 225Rituals, Sentiments, and Gods: Religion in Ancient Greece
ASIA S26The Buddhist Himalaya: Religion in Ladakh
ASIA 155Introduction to Asian Religions
ASIA 208Religions in China
ASIA 243Buddhist Arts and Visual Cultures
ASIA 247The Art of Zen Buddhism
ASIA 250Buddhist Traditions
ASIA 251Religions of Tibet
ASIA 308Buddhist Texts in Translation
ASIA 348Epics of Asia: Myth and Religion
AVC 241The Art of Islam
AVC 243Buddhist Arts and Visual Cultures
AVC 247The Art of Zen Buddhism
AVC 251Medieval Architecture
AVC 252Art of the Middle Ages
AVC 254Sacred Travel/Shrines/Souvenirs
AVC 373Art of the Global Middle Ages
CMS 207Eve, Adam, and the Serpent
CMS 216Conflict and Community in Medieval Spain
CMS 218Greek and Roman Myths
CMS 220The Medieval Year
CMS 225Rituals, Sentiments, and Gods: Religion in Ancient Greece
CMS 235Introduction to the Hebrew Bible
CMS 236Introduction to the New Testament
CMS 241The Art of Islam
CMS 244Heroes, Martyrs, and Saints in the Greco-Roman Mediterranean
CMS 251Medieval Architecture
CMS 252Art of the Middle Ages
CMS 254Sacred Travel/Shrines/Souvenirs
CMS 264Islamic Civilization: Politics, History, Arts
CMS 266Magic and the Supernatural in the Middle Ages
CMS 292The Dawn of the Middle Ages
CMS 330Traveling East, Traveling West: Medieval Travels and Travelers
CMS 373Art of the Global Middle Ages
EUS 229Nationalism, Cosmopolitanism, and Antisemitism in 19th- and 20th-Century European Music
GSS 207Eve, Adam, and the Serpent
GSS 311Buddhism and Gender
GSS 318Sex, Gender, Islam, Power
HIST 216Conflict and Community in Medieval Spain
HIST 220The Medieval Year
HIST 232This is not a Drake Story: (Mis)Characterizations and (Mis)Caricaturizations of Black Judaism
HIST 266Magic and the Supernatural in the Middle Ages
HIST 292The Dawn of the Middle Ages
HIST 295Montezuma's Mexico: Aztecs and their World
HIST 301YThe Spanish Inquisition
LALS 295Montezuma's Mexico: Aztecs and their World
LALS 303The Spanish Inquisition
LALS 306DTheologies of Race and Liberation in the Americas: Black, Womanist, and Latinx
MUS 229Nationalism, Cosmopolitanism, and Antisemitism in 19th- and 20th-Century European Music
PHIL 260Philosophy of Religion
PHIL 310Buddhist Philosophy
PSYC 312Psychology of Religion
REL S21Representations of Jesus in Film
REL S26The Buddhist Himalaya: Religion in Ladakh
REL S29Practicing Religious Pluralism: Case Studies in Interreligious Relations
REL S33Islam in Lewiston
REL S50Independent Study
REL 100Religion and Film
REL 112Introduction to Islam: Religion, Practice, and Culture
REL 120Muslims, Christians, and Jews
REL 133Religion, Violence, and Nonviolence
REL 140Religion, Race, & Colonialism: An Introduction to Religious Studies
REL 155Introduction to Asian Religions
REL 207Eve, Adam, and the Serpent
REL 208Religions in China
REL 216American Religious History, 1550-1840
REL 217American Religious History, 1840-Present
REL 218Greek and Roman Myths
REL 220The Medieval Year
REL 223Conflict and Community in Medieval Spain
REL 225Rituals, Sentiments, and Gods: Religion in Ancient Greece
REL 229Nationalism, Cosmopolitanism, and Antisemitism in 19th- and 20th-Century European Music
REL 231Sociology of Religion
REL 232This is not a Drake Story: (Mis)Characterizations and (Mis)Caricaturizations of Black Judaism
REL 233Literary Representations of the Africana Religions
REL 235Introduction to the Hebrew Bible
REL 236Introduction to the New Testament
REL 241The Art of Islam
REL 244Heroes, Martyrs, and Saints in the Greco-Roman Mediterranean
REL 247City upon the Hill
REL 250Buddhist Traditions
REL 251Religions of Tibet
REL 252Art of the Middle Ages
REL 253Medieval Architecture
REL 254Sacred Travel/Shrines/Souvenirs
REL 255African American Religious Traditions
REL 260Philosophy of Religion
REL 264Islamic Civilization: Politics, History, Arts
REL 266Magic and the Supernatural in the Middle Ages
REL 272Islam in the Americas
REL 274Quran: Text, Culture, Arts
REL 292The Dawn of the Middle Ages
REL 295Montezuma's Mexico: Aztecs and their World
REL 306BDr. Benjamin Elijah Mays
REL 306DTheologies of Race and Liberation in the Americas: Black, Womanist, and Latinx
REL 308Buddhist Texts in Translation
REL 311Buddhism and Gender
REL 312Psychology of Religion
REL 313Human Suffering: Job, Genesis, and Revelation
REL 314The Spanish Inquisition
REL 318Sex, Gender, Islam, Power
REL 330Traveling East, Traveling West: Medieval Travels and Travelers
REL 348Epics of Asia: Myth and Religion
REL 360Independent Study
REL 365BW. E. B. Du Bois and American Culture
REL 450Religious Studies Research Seminar
REL 457Senior Thesis
REL 458Senior Thesis
SOC 231Sociology of Religion