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REL 101 - Exploring Religion

Religion and religions as historical phenomena. Non-textual and textual religions. Theories of the origins and functions of religion. Exemplary voices from various traditions examined in their historical and doctrinal settings.

Amy Derogatis

Average Grade - 3.466
Median Grade - 3.5
348 total students

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REL 101 - Exploring Religion

Religion and religions as historical phenomena. Non-textual and textual religions. Theories of the origins and functions of religion. Exemplary voices from various traditions examined in their historical and doctrinal settings.

Arthur J Versluis

Average Grade - 3.595
Median Grade - 4.0
475 total students

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REL 101 - Exploring Religion

Religion and religions as historical phenomena. Non-textual and textual religions. Theories of the origins and functions of religion. Exemplary voices from various traditions examined in their historical and doctrinal settings.

David W Stowe

Average Grade - 3.450
Median Grade - 4.0
402 total students

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REL 101 - Exploring Religion

Religion and religions as historical phenomena. Non-textual and textual religions. Theories of the origins and functions of religion. Exemplary voices from various traditions examined in their historical and doctrinal settings.

Douglas P Sjoquist

Average Grade - 3.152
Median Grade - 3.5
82 total students

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REL 101 - Exploring Religion

Religion and religions as historical phenomena. Non-textual and textual religions. Theories of the origins and functions of religion. Exemplary voices from various traditions examined in their historical and doctrinal settings.

Dustin J Byrd

Average Grade - 3.366
Median Grade - 3.5
221 total students

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REL 101 - Exploring Religion

Religion and religions as historical phenomena. Non-textual and textual religions. Theories of the origins and functions of religion. Exemplary voices from various traditions examined in their historical and doctrinal settings.

Gretel A Vanwieren

Average Grade - 3.744
Median Grade - 4.0
328 total students

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REL 101 - Exploring Religion

Religion and religions as historical phenomena. Non-textual and textual religions. Theories of the origins and functions of religion. Exemplary voices from various traditions examined in their historical and doctrinal settings.

Jon Keune

Average Grade - 3.376
Median Grade - 4.0
500 total students

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REL 101 - Exploring Religion

Religion and religions as historical phenomena. Non-textual and textual religions. Theories of the origins and functions of religion. Exemplary voices from various traditions examined in their historical and doctrinal settings.

Joshua Levi Ian Gentzke

Average Grade - 3.449
Median Grade - 4.0
100 total students

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REL 101 - Exploring Religion

Religion and religions as historical phenomena. Non-textual and textual religions. Theories of the origins and functions of religion. Exemplary voices from various traditions examined in their historical and doctrinal settings.

Laura Yares

Average Grade - 3.551
Median Grade - 4.0
260 total students

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REL 101 - Exploring Religion

Religion and religions as historical phenomena. Non-textual and textual religions. Theories of the origins and functions of religion. Exemplary voices from various traditions examined in their historical and doctrinal settings.

Malcolm D Magee

Average Grade - 3.570
Median Grade - 4.0
760 total students

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REL 101 - Exploring Religion

Religion and religions as historical phenomena. Non-textual and textual religions. Theories of the origins and functions of religion. Exemplary voices from various traditions examined in their historical and doctrinal settings.

Morgan R Shipley

Average Grade - 3.562
Median Grade - 4.0
1283 total students

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REL 101 - Exploring Religion

Religion and religions as historical phenomena. Non-textual and textual religions. Theories of the origins and functions of religion. Exemplary voices from various traditions examined in their historical and doctrinal settings.

Samuel B Kigar

Average Grade - 3.782
Median Grade - 4.0
39 total students

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REL 101 - Exploring Religion

Religion and religions as historical phenomena. Non-textual and textual religions. Theories of the origins and functions of religion. Exemplary voices from various traditions examined in their historical and doctrinal settings.

Shreena Gandhi

Average Grade - 3.764
Median Grade - 4.0
429 total students

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REL 101 - Exploring Religion

Religion and religions as historical phenomena. Non-textual and textual religions. Theories of the origins and functions of religion. Exemplary voices from various traditions examined in their historical and doctrinal settings.

William F Londo

Average Grade - 3.205
Median Grade - 3.5
39 total students

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REL 102 - Exploring Spirituality

Transdisciplinary exploration of spirituality, including religiously-affiliated, faith-based, nature-oriented, experiential, and secular. Spirituality, appropriation, and transnational meanings.

David Alan Watson

Average Grade - 3.955
Median Grade - 4.0
33 total students

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REL 102 - Exploring Spirituality

Transdisciplinary exploration of spirituality, including religiously-affiliated, faith-based, nature-oriented, experiential, and secular. Spirituality, appropriation, and transnational meanings.

Elan Pochedley

Average Grade - 3.471
Median Grade - 4.0
18 total students

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REL 102 - Exploring Spirituality

Transdisciplinary exploration of spirituality, including religiously-affiliated, faith-based, nature-oriented, experiential, and secular. Spirituality, appropriation, and transnational meanings.

Morgan R Shipley

Average Grade - 3.833
Median Grade - 4.0
42 total students

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REL 150 - Exploring Biblical Literature

A critical survey of biblical texts, including the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and writings found in the Apocrypha/Deuterocanon, that combines historical and literary analysis with attention to the ancient religious context of this literature.

Christopher A Frilingos

Average Grade - 3.485
Median Grade - 4.0
1087 total students

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REL 175 - Religion in Film

Film representation of religions and spiritual traditions through their representations in film.

David W Stowe

Average Grade - 3.453
Median Grade - 3.5
439 total students

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REL 175 - Religion in Film

Film representation of religions and spiritual traditions through their representations in film.

Dustin J Byrd

Average Grade - 3.400
Median Grade - 4.0
45 total students

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REL 185 - Introduction to Religion and Nonprofits

History, themes and issues in the intersection of religion, philanthropy, and nonprofit organizations in U.S. and global contexts.

Gerald Robert Lindman

Average Grade - 3.626
Median Grade - 4.0
797 total students

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REL 185 - Introduction to Religion and Nonprofits

History, themes and issues in the intersection of religion, philanthropy, and nonprofit organizations in U.S. and global contexts.

Gretel A Vanwieren

Average Grade - 3.840
Median Grade - 4.0
590 total students

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REL 185 - Introduction to Religion and Nonprofits

History, themes and issues in the intersection of religion, philanthropy, and nonprofit organizations in U.S. and global contexts.

Jennifer Jerusha Marcy

Average Grade - 3.917
Median Grade - 4.0
35 total students

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REL 185 - Introduction to Religion and Nonprofits

History, themes and issues in the intersection of religion, philanthropy, and nonprofit organizations in U.S. and global contexts.

Laura Yares

Average Grade - 3.838
Median Grade - 4.0
165 total students

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REL 185 - Introduction to Religion and Nonprofits

History, themes and issues in the intersection of religion, philanthropy, and nonprofit organizations in U.S. and global contexts.

Morgan R Shipley

Average Grade - 3.688
Median Grade - 4.0
16 total students

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REL 205 - Myth, Self, and Religion

The mythic quest for meaning, identity, value, and transcendence as seen through religious biography and literary narrative. Myth in relation to religious symbols and life-cycle rituals. Cross-cultural perspective on religious world views and the interpretation of myth as sacred narrative.

Alan G Hill

Average Grade - 3.214
Median Grade - 3.5
84 total students

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REL 205 - Myth, Self, and Religion

The mythic quest for meaning, identity, value, and transcendence as seen through religious biography and literary narrative. Myth in relation to religious symbols and life-cycle rituals. Cross-cultural perspective on religious world views and the interpretation of myth as sacred narrative.

Ann M Mongoven

Average Grade - 3.656
Median Grade - 4.0
33 total students

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REL 205 - Myth, Self, and Religion

The mythic quest for meaning, identity, value, and transcendence as seen through religious biography and literary narrative. Myth in relation to religious symbols and life-cycle rituals. Cross-cultural perspective on religious world views and the interpretation of myth as sacred narrative.

David W Stowe

Average Grade - 3.261
Median Grade - 3.5
46 total students

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REL 205 - Myth, Self, and Religion

The mythic quest for meaning, identity, value, and transcendence as seen through religious biography and literary narrative. Myth in relation to religious symbols and life-cycle rituals. Cross-cultural perspective on religious world views and the interpretation of myth as sacred narrative.

Dustin J Byrd

Average Grade - 3.538
Median Grade - 4.0
66 total students

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REL 205 - Myth, Self, and Religion

The mythic quest for meaning, identity, value, and transcendence as seen through religious biography and literary narrative. Myth in relation to religious symbols and life-cycle rituals. Cross-cultural perspective on religious world views and the interpretation of myth as sacred narrative.

Joshua Levi Ian Gentzke

Average Grade - 3.848
Median Grade - 4.0
34 total students

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REL 205 - Myth, Self, and Religion

The mythic quest for meaning, identity, value, and transcendence as seen through religious biography and literary narrative. Myth in relation to religious symbols and life-cycle rituals. Cross-cultural perspective on religious world views and the interpretation of myth as sacred narrative.

Leila Tarakji

Average Grade - 3.394
Median Grade - 4.0
53 total students

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REL 205 - Myth, Self, and Religion

The mythic quest for meaning, identity, value, and transcendence as seen through religious biography and literary narrative. Myth in relation to religious symbols and life-cycle rituals. Cross-cultural perspective on religious world views and the interpretation of myth as sacred narrative.

Margot B Valles

Average Grade - 3.632
Median Grade - 4.0
182 total students

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REL 205 - Myth, Self, and Religion

The mythic quest for meaning, identity, value, and transcendence as seen through religious biography and literary narrative. Myth in relation to religious symbols and life-cycle rituals. Cross-cultural perspective on religious world views and the interpretation of myth as sacred narrative.

Morgan R Shipley

Average Grade - 3.523
Median Grade - 4.0
129 total students

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REL 205 - Myth, Self, and Religion

The mythic quest for meaning, identity, value, and transcendence as seen through religious biography and literary narrative. Myth in relation to religious symbols and life-cycle rituals. Cross-cultural perspective on religious world views and the interpretation of myth as sacred narrative.

Robert McKinley

Average Grade - 3.871
Median Grade - 4.0
31 total students

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REL 205 - Myth, Self, and Religion

The mythic quest for meaning, identity, value, and transcendence as seen through religious biography and literary narrative. Myth in relation to religious symbols and life-cycle rituals. Cross-cultural perspective on religious world views and the interpretation of myth as sacred narrative.

Shreena Gandhi

Average Grade - 4.000
Median Grade - 4.0
14 total students

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REL 205 - Myth, Self, and Religion

The mythic quest for meaning, identity, value, and transcendence as seen through religious biography and literary narrative. Myth in relation to religious symbols and life-cycle rituals. Cross-cultural perspective on religious world views and the interpretation of myth as sacred narrative.

Zana Litos

Average Grade - 3.052
Median Grade - 3.5
155 total students

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REL 206 - Spirituality, Belonging, and the Quest for Purpose

Secular spirituality. Spiritual but not Religious. Spiritual practices, wellness, and mindfulness. Spirituality, meaning-making, and the cultivation of belonging. Spirituality and the Environment.

Morgan R Shipley

Average Grade - 3.702
Median Grade - 4.0
48 total students

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REL 208 - Black Prophetic Tradition and Social Movements

Historical survey of the foundations of the black freedom movement in North America using pre-colonial history; antebellum history; folk culture (slave narratives, tales, and music); and rhetoric.

Tamura Asziac Lomax

Average Grade - 2.955
Median Grade - 3.5
12 total students

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REL 210 - Religion and the Environment

Global perspectives on religion and the environment, with U.S. emphasis. Focus on places, beliefs, practices, and conflicts. Field trips required.

Dustin J Byrd

Average Grade - 3.375
Median Grade - 4.0
34 total students

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REL 210 - Religion and the Environment

Global perspectives on religion and the environment, with U.S. emphasis. Focus on places, beliefs, practices, and conflicts. Field trips required.

Gretel A Vanwieren

Average Grade - 3.753
Median Grade - 4.0
540 total students

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REL 210 - Religion and the Environment

Global perspectives on religion and the environment, with U.S. emphasis. Focus on places, beliefs, practices, and conflicts. Field trips required.

Shreena Gandhi

Average Grade - 3.919
Median Grade - 4.0
37 total students

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REL 215 - Music and Religion

Introduction to the lived experience of world religions through investigation of their sacred songs.

David W Stowe

Average Grade - 3.235
Median Grade - 3.5
205 total students

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REL 215 - Music and Religion

Introduction to the lived experience of world religions through investigation of their sacred songs.

Dustin J Byrd

Average Grade - 3.909
Median Grade - 4.0
33 total students

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REL 220 - Religion in America

History, themes and issues of religions in America from precolonial times to the present.

Amy Derogatis

Average Grade - 2.834
Median Grade - 3.0
336 total students

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REL 220 - Religion in America

History, themes and issues of religions in America from precolonial times to the present.

Dustin J Byrd

Average Grade - 3.533
Median Grade - 4.0
30 total students

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REL 220 - Religion in America

History, themes and issues of religions in America from precolonial times to the present.

Joshua Levi Ian Gentzke

Average Grade - 3.802
Median Grade - 4.0
43 total students

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REL 220 - Religion in America

History, themes and issues of religions in America from precolonial times to the present.

Malcolm D Magee

Average Grade - 3.818
Median Grade - 4.0
44 total students

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REL 220 - Religion in America

History, themes and issues of religions in America from precolonial times to the present.

Shreena Gandhi

Average Grade - 3.919
Median Grade - 4.0
522 total students

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REL 230 - Shamanism, Trance and Sacred Journeys

Shamanic practice in different cultural and religious contexts. Ecstatic, cosmological, and performative dimensions. Healing, sacred knowledge, spiritual journeys, sacred space, presence in world religions, patterns of pilgrimage, theoretical debates regarding shamanism.

Robert McKinley

Average Grade - 3.967
Median Grade - 4.0
120 total students

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REL 250 - Religion and the Arts

Exploration of the ancient but ongoing interaction of art and religion across time and religious traditions, with particular attention to artworks that have played a role in social movements for equality and freedom.

David W Stowe

Average Grade - 2.895
Median Grade - 3.5
20 total students

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REL 260 - Philosophy of Religion

Key concepts, themes, and questions in the philosophy of religion.

Benjamin Pollock

Average Grade - 3.129
Median Grade - 3.5
35 total students

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REL 260 - Philosophy of Religion

Key concepts, themes, and questions in the philosophy of religion.

John H McClendon

Average Grade - 3.197
Median Grade - 4.0
34 total students

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REL 275 - Magic and Mysticism: An Introduction to Esoteric Religion

Surveys esoteric traditions in Europe, England and North America including alchemy, magic, Jewish and Christian mysticisms, and secret or semisecret groups like Freemasonry. Transdisciplinary investigation of religion, science, literature, art and history.

Arthur J Versluis

Average Grade - 3.441
Median Grade - 4.0
324 total students

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REL 275 - Magic and Mysticism: An Introduction to Esoteric Religion

Surveys esoteric traditions in Europe, England and North America including alchemy, magic, Jewish and Christian mysticisms, and secret or semisecret groups like Freemasonry. Transdisciplinary investigation of religion, science, literature, art and history.

Joshua Levi Ian Gentzke

Average Grade - 4.000
Median Grade - 4.0
14 total students

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REL 285 - Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship and Religion

Social entrepreneurship, nonprofits and religious organizations in the U.S. Role of religion and religious organizations in social innovation and entrepreneurship. Social change in civil society. Business plan creation.

Arthur J Versluis

Average Grade - 3.930
Median Grade - 4.0
202 total students

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REL 291 - Special Topics in Religious Studies

Special topics supplementing regular course offerings, proposed by faculty on a group basis.

Amy Derogatis

Average Grade - 3.700
Median Grade - 4.0
17 total students

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REL 291 - Special Topics in Religious Studies

Special topics supplementing regular course offerings, proposed by faculty on a group basis.

Bobby L Smiley

Average Grade - 3.529
Median Grade - 4.0
17 total students

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REL 291 - Special Topics in Religious Studies

Special topics supplementing regular course offerings, proposed by faculty on a group basis.

Gerald Robert Lindman

Average Grade - 3.211
Median Grade - 3.5
114 total students

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REL 291 - Special Topics in Religious Studies

Special topics supplementing regular course offerings, proposed by faculty on a group basis.

Morgan R Shipley

Average Grade - 3.726
Median Grade - 4.0
101 total students

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REL 291 - Special Topics in Religious Studies

Special topics supplementing regular course offerings, proposed by faculty on a group basis.

Robert McKinley

Average Grade - 3.962
Median Grade - 4.0
14 total students

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REL 301 - Methods and Theories in the Study of Religion

Introduction to prominent methods and theories through which religions and religious phenomena can be understood.

Arthur J Versluis

Average Grade - 3.016
Median Grade - 3.0
31 total students

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REL 301 - Methods and Theories in the Study of Religion

Introduction to prominent methods and theories through which religions and religious phenomena can be understood.

Benjamin Pollock

Average Grade - 3.290
Median Grade - 3.5
62 total students

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REL 301 - Methods and Theories in the Study of Religion

Introduction to prominent methods and theories through which religions and religious phenomena can be understood.

Jon Keune

Average Grade - 3.303
Median Grade - 4.0
66 total students

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REL 301 - Methods and Theories in the Study of Religion

Introduction to prominent methods and theories through which religions and religious phenomena can be understood.

Joshua Levi Ian Gentzke

Average Grade - 3.531
Median Grade - 4.0
32 total students

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REL 301 - Methods and Theories in the Study of Religion

Introduction to prominent methods and theories through which religions and religious phenomena can be understood.

Morgan R Shipley

Average Grade - 3.609
Median Grade - 4.0
149 total students

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REL 301 - Methods and Theories in the Study of Religion

Introduction to prominent methods and theories through which religions and religious phenomena can be understood.

Shreena Gandhi

Average Grade - 3.896
Median Grade - 4.0
24 total students

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REL 305 - Spirituality, Peacebuilding, and Social Change

Exploration of the complex connection between religion, violence, and conflict resolution with a particular focus on global examples of spiritually inspired social movements, nonprofits, charities, philanthropies, and NGOs engaged in peacebuilding and social change connected to diversity, equity, and inclusivity.

Morgan R Shipley

Average Grade - 3.847
Median Grade - 4.0
50 total students

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REL 306 - Native American Religions

Indigenous forms of spirituality among the Native American peoples. Materials from myth, ritual, ceremonial life, and art as ways of obtaining and sharing religious knowledge. Pervasive spiritual and cosmological themes.

Blaire Kristine Morseau

Average Grade - 3.913
Median Grade - 4.0
23 total students

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REL 306 - Native American Religions

Indigenous forms of spirituality among the Native American peoples. Materials from myth, ritual, ceremonial life, and art as ways of obtaining and sharing religious knowledge. Pervasive spiritual and cosmological themes.

Madeline Margaret Nash

Average Grade - 3.367
Median Grade - 4.0
30 total students

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REL 306 - Native American Religions

Indigenous forms of spirituality among the Native American peoples. Materials from myth, ritual, ceremonial life, and art as ways of obtaining and sharing religious knowledge. Pervasive spiritual and cosmological themes.

Robert McKinley

Average Grade - 3.971
Median Grade - 4.0
205 total students

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REL 306 - Native American Religions

Indigenous forms of spirituality among the Native American peoples. Materials from myth, ritual, ceremonial life, and art as ways of obtaining and sharing religious knowledge. Pervasive spiritual and cosmological themes.

Shreena Gandhi

Average Grade - 3.940
Median Grade - 4.0
172 total students

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REL 307 - Shamanism

Shamanic practice in different cultural and religious contexts. Entheogens. Peyote, psilocybin. Healing, sacred knowledge, spiritual journeys, sacred space, presence in world religions, patterns of pilgrimage, theoretical debates regarding shamanism and entheogens.

Arthur J Versluis

Average Grade - 3.273
Median Grade - 4.0
11 total students

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REL 307 - Shamanism

Shamanic practice in different cultural and religious contexts. Entheogens. Peyote, psilocybin. Healing, sacred knowledge, spiritual journeys, sacred space, presence in world religions, patterns of pilgrimage, theoretical debates regarding shamanism and entheogens.

Joshua Levi Ian Gentzke

Average Grade - 3.942
Median Grade - 4.0
43 total students

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REL 308 - Black Spirituality and Religion

Genealogical survey of Black religious experiences, expressions, motivations, and sources. Study of Black religion and questions of meaning.

Tamura Asziac Lomax

Average Grade - 3.234
Median Grade - 3.5
54 total students

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REL 310 - Judaism

Jewish life, thought, and institutions. Jewish calendar. Second Temple and Rabbinic periods. Talmud and Midrash. Jewish life in Europe and America. Hasidic, Reform, Orthodox, and Conservative movements. Anti-Semitism, Zionism, and the Holocaust. Current issues.

Benjamin H Pollak

Average Grade - 3.463
Median Grade - 4.0
28 total students

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REL 310 - Judaism

Jewish life, thought, and institutions. Jewish calendar. Second Temple and Rabbinic periods. Talmud and Midrash. Jewish life in Europe and America. Hasidic, Reform, Orthodox, and Conservative movements. Anti-Semitism, Zionism, and the Holocaust. Current issues.

Benjamin Pollock

Average Grade - 3.107
Median Grade - 3.5
103 total students

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REL 310 - Judaism

Jewish life, thought, and institutions. Jewish calendar. Second Temple and Rabbinic periods. Talmud and Midrash. Jewish life in Europe and America. Hasidic, Reform, Orthodox, and Conservative movements. Anti-Semitism, Zionism, and the Holocaust. Current issues.

Laura Yares

Average Grade - 3.687
Median Grade - 4.0
141 total students

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REL 310 - Judaism

Jewish life, thought, and institutions. Jewish calendar. Second Temple and Rabbinic periods. Talmud and Midrash. Jewish life in Europe and America. Hasidic, Reform, Orthodox, and Conservative movements. Anti-Semitism, Zionism, and the Holocaust. Current issues.

Matthew Joseph Kaufman

Average Grade - 2.700
Median Grade - 3.0
30 total students

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REL 310 - Judaism

Jewish life, thought, and institutions. Jewish calendar. Second Temple and Rabbinic periods. Talmud and Midrash. Jewish life in Europe and America. Hasidic, Reform, Orthodox, and Conservative movements. Anti-Semitism, Zionism, and the Holocaust. Current issues.

Morgan R Shipley

Average Grade - 3.712
Median Grade - 4.0
75 total students

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REL 320 - Christianity

Origins and historical development of Christianity. Rituals, institutional forms (Eastern Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant). Monastic and mendicant movements. Major doctrines and their development. Contemporary status and role.

Christopher A Frilingos

Average Grade - 3.409
Median Grade - 3.5
411 total students

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REL 320 - Christianity

Origins and historical development of Christianity. Rituals, institutional forms (Eastern Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant). Monastic and mendicant movements. Major doctrines and their development. Contemporary status and role.

Malcolm D Magee

Average Grade - 3.933
Median Grade - 4.0
31 total students

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REL 325 - East Asian Buddhism

Buddhist traditions of East Asia, including China, Tibet, Korea, and Japan, as well as Mahayana and Vajrayana.

Douglas P Sjoquist

Average Grade - 2.699
Median Grade - 3.0
68 total students

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REL 325 - East Asian Buddhism

Buddhist traditions of East Asia, including China, Tibet, Korea, and Japan, as well as Mahayana and Vajrayana.

William F Londo

Average Grade - 2.912
Median Grade - 3.0
97 total students

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REL 330 - Islam

Islam from the time of Muhammad to the present. Pre-modern developments. Life of Muhammad. Qur'an, Hadith, and Islamic law. Sunnis, Shiites, sects, and their rituals. Unity and diversity. Modern movements and trends.

Mohammad Hassan Khalil

Average Grade - 3.585
Median Grade - 4.0
726 total students

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REL 330 - Islam

Islam from the time of Muhammad to the present. Pre-modern developments. Life of Muhammad. Qur'an, Hadith, and Islamic law. Sunnis, Shiites, sects, and their rituals. Unity and diversity. Modern movements and trends.

Nareman Amin

Average Grade - 3.526
Median Grade - 4.0
19 total students

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REL 335 - East Asian Religions

Religious traditions of East Asia, including China, Korea, and Japan.

Douglas P Sjoquist

Average Grade - 2.916
Median Grade - 3.0
100 total students

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REL 335 - East Asian Religions

Religious traditions of East Asia, including China, Korea, and Japan.

William F Londo

Average Grade - 2.892
Median Grade - 3.0
74 total students

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REL 340 - Hinduism

Historical, philosophical and doctrinal development. Vedic Sacrifice, Upanishads, Samkhya-Yoga and Vedanta, Vaishnavism, Shaivism, Shaktism, and modern Hinduism.

Diana G Dimitrova

Average Grade - 3.578
Median Grade - 3.5
32 total students

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REL 340 - Hinduism

Historical, philosophical and doctrinal development. Vedic Sacrifice, Upanishads, Samkhya-Yoga and Vedanta, Vaishnavism, Shaivism, Shaktism, and modern Hinduism.

Douglas P Sjoquist

Average Grade - 2.978
Median Grade - 3.5
114 total students

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REL 340 - Hinduism

Historical, philosophical and doctrinal development. Vedic Sacrifice, Upanishads, Samkhya-Yoga and Vedanta, Vaishnavism, Shaivism, Shaktism, and modern Hinduism.

Jon Keune

Average Grade - 3.425
Median Grade - 4.0
121 total students

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REL 340 - Hinduism

Historical, philosophical and doctrinal development. Vedic Sacrifice, Upanishads, Samkhya-Yoga and Vedanta, Vaishnavism, Shaivism, Shaktism, and modern Hinduism.

Shreena Gandhi

Average Grade - 4.000
Median Grade - 4.0
41 total students

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REL 345 - Religions of South Asia

Historical, philosophical, and doctrinal development of Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, North Indian Islam, and Sikhism.

Diana G Dimitrova

Average Grade - 3.428
Median Grade - 3.5
90 total students

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REL 350 - Buddhism in South Asia

Early origins of Buddhism. Life of the Buddha. Formulation of the Samgha. Pali canon. Three turnings of the Wheel of the Law. Monastic developments vs. lay Buddhism. Buddhist meditation practices.

Diana G Dimitrova

Average Grade - 3.653
Median Grade - 4.0
122 total students

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REL 350 - Buddhism in South Asia

Early origins of Buddhism. Life of the Buddha. Formulation of the Samgha. Pali canon. Three turnings of the Wheel of the Law. Monastic developments vs. lay Buddhism. Buddhist meditation practices.

Douglas P Sjoquist

Average Grade - 3.093
Median Grade - 3.0
54 total students

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REL 350 - Buddhism in South Asia

Early origins of Buddhism. Life of the Buddha. Formulation of the Samgha. Pali canon. Three turnings of the Wheel of the Law. Monastic developments vs. lay Buddhism. Buddhist meditation practices.

Jon Keune

Average Grade - 3.599
Median Grade - 4.0
134 total students

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REL 355 - Southeast Asian Religions

Southeast Asia as a religious and cultural crossroads. The historic mix of Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, and Chinese religions. Diversity of indigenous animistic religions. Past and present relations between religions and the state.

Robert McKinley

Average Grade - 3.904
Median Grade - 4.0
141 total students

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REL 360 - African Religion

Variant forms of the religions of Africa. Indigenous African religions examined through their mythology, rituals, symbols, and social consequences. Islam and Christianity. Interaction between religion and politics.

Tibebe Eshete

Average Grade - 3.181
Median Grade - 3.5
83 total students

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REL 365 - Evangelicalism in the U.S.

History, culture, beliefs, and practices of American evangelicalism.

Amy Derogatis

Average Grade - 3.189
Median Grade - 3.5
123 total students

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REL 365 - Evangelicalism in the U.S.

History, culture, beliefs, and practices of American evangelicalism.

Arthur J Versluis

Average Grade - 3.942
Median Grade - 4.0
26 total students

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REL 375 - Religion and U.S. Literature

Religion in works of American literature seen in historical context.

Morgan R Shipley

Average Grade - 3.652
Median Grade - 4.0
33 total students

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REL 380 - New Religions

New religious movements, groups and individuals seen historically. Major controversies.

Arthur J Versluis

Average Grade - 3.375
Median Grade - 3.5
32 total students

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REL 380 - New Religions

New religious movements, groups and individuals seen historically. Major controversies.

Morgan R Shipley

Average Grade - 3.659
Median Grade - 4.0
178 total students

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REL 380 - New Religions

New religious movements, groups and individuals seen historically. Major controversies.

Scott J Michaelsen

Average Grade - 3.846
Median Grade - 4.0
13 total students

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REL 385 - Religion, Health, and Healthcare

Religion, health, and illness, and responses to them in health care professions, faith communities, and the broader society. Topics may include religion and interpretations of embodiment or suffering; challenges of religious diversity to health care professionals; and the "religiosity" of secular science, medicine, and public health, which are partially shaped by their own myths, rituals, and symbols.

Ann M Mongoven

Average Grade - 3.669
Median Grade - 4.0
65 total students

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REL 385 - Religion, Health, and Healthcare

Religion, health, and illness, and responses to them in health care professions, faith communities, and the broader society. Topics may include religion and interpretations of embodiment or suffering; challenges of religious diversity to health care professionals; and the "religiosity" of secular science, medicine, and public health, which are partially shaped by their own myths, rituals, and symbols.

Shreena Gandhi

Average Grade - 3.742
Median Grade - 4.0
34 total students

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REL 411 - Modern Jewish Thought (W)

Representative Jewish thought from the Enlightenment to the present.

Benjamin Pollock

Average Grade - 3.533
Median Grade - 3.5
15 total students

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REL 411 - Modern Jewish Thought (W)

Representative Jewish thought from the Enlightenment to the present.

Laura Yares

Average Grade - 3.045
Median Grade - 3.5
11 total students

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REL 412 - Jewish Mysticism (W)

Introduction to the doctrines, ritual practices, and history of Jewish mysticism.

Morgan R Shipley

Average Grade - 3.733
Median Grade - 4.0
76 total students

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REL 413 - Jewish Philosophy (W)

Introduction to the history of Jewish philosophy.

Benjamin Pollock

Average Grade - 3.206
Median Grade - 3.5
17 total students

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REL 413 - Jewish Philosophy (W)

Introduction to the history of Jewish philosophy.

Timothy A Delay

Average Grade - 3.182
Median Grade - 3.5
22 total students

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REL 414 - Jewish Identity (W)

Major themes and aspects of Jewish identity in modernity. Topics including philosophy, food, education, material culture.

Laura Yares

Average Grade - 3.224
Median Grade - 4.0
42 total students

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REL 420 - Birth of Christianity (W)

The settings of the New Testament and other early Christian literature explored through various techniques of historical and literary analysis.

Christopher A Frilingos

Average Grade - 3.598
Median Grade - 4.0
190 total students

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REL 425 - Apocalypse Then and Now (W)

Apocalyptic thought and writings in ancient Christianity and the persistence of apocalyptic ideas in modern fiction and film.

Christopher A Frilingos

Average Grade - 3.797
Median Grade - 4.0
92 total students

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REL 430 - The Qur'an and Its Interpreters (W)

The historical setting, types and topics of the Quranic text, and an overview of the history of its interpretation.

Leila Tarakji

Average Grade - 3.423
Median Grade - 4.0
13 total students

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REL 430 - The Qur'an and Its Interpreters (W)

The historical setting, types and topics of the Quranic text, and an overview of the history of its interpretation.

Mohammad Hassan Khalil

Average Grade - 3.304
Median Grade - 3.5
104 total students

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REL 432 - Modern Muslim Thought (W)

Representative Muslim thinkers and intellectual trends from the 19th century to the present. Focus on issues such as social order, the role of Islamic law, pluralism and gender.

Dustin J Byrd

Average Grade - 3.265
Median Grade - 4.0
39 total students

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REL 432 - Modern Muslim Thought (W)

Representative Muslim thinkers and intellectual trends from the 19th century to the present. Focus on issues such as social order, the role of Islamic law, pluralism and gender.

Leila Tarakji

Average Grade - 3.810
Median Grade - 4.0
43 total students

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REL 432 - Modern Muslim Thought (W)

Representative Muslim thinkers and intellectual trends from the 19th century to the present. Focus on issues such as social order, the role of Islamic law, pluralism and gender.

Mohammad Hassan Khalil

Average Grade - 3.436
Median Grade - 3.5
128 total students

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REL 471 - The Ritual Process (W)

Definitions of ritual. Aspects of ritual, such as repetitiveness and drama. Generic forms of ritual including passage rites, renewal rites, liminality, sacrifice, taboo, and divination. Experience of ritual and its power to inform and transform the participant.

Robert McKinley

Average Grade - 3.934
Median Grade - 4.0
40 total students

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REL 480 - Comparative Studies in Religion (W)

Multidisciplinary approaches to topics such as patterns in comparative religion, comparative mysticism, or comparative mythology.

Morgan R Shipley

Average Grade - 3.542
Median Grade - 4.0
12 total students

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REL 485 - Religion and Nonprofit Leadership (W)

Religion, ethical leadership practices, and nonprofit organizations in both religious and secular contexts.

Gretel A Vanwieren

Average Grade - 3.945
Median Grade - 4.0
257 total students

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REL 817 - Religion, Cultural Knowledge, and Nonprofits

Religious and cultural dimensions of the philanthropic sector in the U.S. and internationally. Development and continuity of nonprofits in global civil society. Charitable organizations in theory and practice with case studies.

Morgan R Shipley

Average Grade - 4.000
Median Grade - 4.0
11 total students

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