Approved Courses: Religious Dimensions

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Patterns and Problems
Catholic Studies
CTH 244	Debates about God
CTH 248	Western Religious Traditions and Contemporary Moral Issues
CTH 265	Literature and the Sacred
CTH 270	Jesus Across Cultures
CTH 291	Women and St. Vincent DePaul
Management
MGT 228	Business, Ethics, and Society
Philosophy
PHL 340	Philosophy of Religion
Religious Studies
REL 103	Religious Worlds in Comparative Perspective (formerly 203)
REL 111	The American Religious Experience (formerly 211)
REL 190	Interpreting Sacred Texts
REL 200	Debates About God
REL 201	Religion and Ethics, I
REL 202	Ethical Worlds: Moral Issues across Cultures
REL 208	Methods and Approaches in the Study of Religion
REL 212	Religion and Popular Culture
REL 220	Psychology and Religion
REL 221	Religion in Society
REL 222	Contemporary Moral Issues
REL 223	Literature and the Sacred
REL 224	Religion and Politics in the United States
REL 225	Religion and the Arts
REL 227	Religious Ethics and Professional Life
REL 228	Business, Ethics and Society
REL 229	Medicine, Ethics and Society
REL 254	The Body and Human Relationships: Divergent Meanings, Conflicting Values
REL 256	Wellness, Disease and AIDS in Cross-cultural Perspective
REL 257	Death and Its Beyond: Experience, Myth and Ritual
REL 260	Religion and Political Conflict
REL 262	Religion and Globalization
REL 263	Religion and Politics in the Middle East
REL 264	Colonization, Religion, and Resistance
REL 265	Reform Movements within Islam
REL 273	Jesus across Cultures
REL 274	Women in African Religion and Culture
REL 278	Women and Religion
Sociology
SOC 343	Social Dimensions of Religion

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Traditions in Context
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Art
ART 340	Buddhist Art
ART 341	Islamic Art
Barat College of DePaul
HUM 211	Engaged Buddhism and the Prophetic Christianity: Thich Nhat Hahn and Thomas Merton
Catholic Studies
CTH 200	Contemporary Catholicism (cross-listed as REL 180)
CTH 205	Catholicism in World History I: Jesus to 1500
CTH 206	Catholicism in World History II: Modern and Post-Modern Times
CTH 209	Theories of the Church: Concepts and Controversies
CTH 212	Ancient Israel: Its History, Literature, and Religion
CTH 213	Introduction to the New Testament
CTH 215	Varieties of Early Christianity
CTH 216	Paul and His Influence in Early Christianity
CTH 226	Experience and Narrative in the Roman Catholic Tradition
CTH 227	The Christian Experience
CTH 231	Community and Ritual in the Roman Catholic Tradition
CTH 243	Roman Catholic Theological Thinking
CTH 247	Catholic Social Thought
CTH 249	Nature, Cosmos, and God: Catholicism and Science
CTH 271	Roman Catholicism's Encounter with Other Religions
CTH 274	Ireland: Religion and the Contemporary "Troubles"
CTH 279	Catholicism and the Family
CTH 283	Ethics and Society in the Roman Catholic Tradition
CTH 290	The Life and Times of Vincent dePaul
CTH 292	Women and St. Vincent dePaul
CTH 293	The Daughters of Charity
CTH 295	The Vincentians in America
Islamic World Studies
IWS 100	Introduction to Islamic World Studies
IWS 101	Introduction to the Texts of Islam
Religious Studies
REL 109	The Jewish Experience (formerly 209)
REL 110	The Christian Experience (formerly 210)
REL 113	The Latino Religious Experience in the United States (formerly 290)
REL 116	The Islamic Experience (formerly 216)
REL 142	The Hindu Experience (formerly 242)
REL 143	The Buddhist Experience
REL 144	The African Religious Experience (formerly 244)
REL 161	Indigenous Religions of North America (formerly 261)
REL 162	Popular and Indigenous Religions of Mexico and Central America
REL 180	Introduction to Catholicism (cross-listed as CTH 200)
REL 183	Themes in Catholic Social Thought
REL 205	Religion and Ethics, II
REL 213	Christian Thought in Classical and Medieval Times
REL 214	Transformation in Christianity: The Reformation to the Present
REL 215	The African American Religious Experience
REL 217	Islam in Global Contexts
REL 232	Ancient Israel: History, Literature and Religion
REL 233	Introduction to the New Testament
REL 234	Varieties of Early Christianity
REL 235	Paul and His Influence in Early Christianity
REL 236	Varieties of Judaism in the Greek and Roman World
REL 237	Gods and Goddesses in the Greek and Roman World
REL 238	The Historical Jesus
REL 239	The Bible Goes to the Movies
REL 241	Religion in Chinese History, Society and Culture
REL 243	Buddhist Thought in Cultural Context
REL 245	Religion in Japanese History, Society and Culture
REL 246	Traditions in Chinese Popular Culture
REL 247	Literature and Religion in Japan
REL 248	Literature and Religion in China
REL 266	Islam in the United States
REL 268	Modern Judaism
REL 269	Classical Texts of Rabbinic Judaism
REL 270	Women in the Bible
REL 271	The Qur'an and Its Interpreters
REL 272	Muslim Women in Texts
REL 275	Community and Authority in Medieval Judaism
REL 280	Roman Catholic Theological Thinking
REL 281	Roman Catholic Liturgy
REL 282	Roman Catholic Spiritual Literature
REL 283	Roman Catholic Social Thought in Context
REL 285	Roman Catholicism's Encounter with Other Religions
REL 291	Looking for God in Latin America
REL 295	Sectarian Movements in Islam
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