Summer 2008

L23 1150 Re St Intro to the World's Religion
A basic guide to the world's religious traditions, including readings from the sacred scriptures. Topics include primal religion; ancient Mesopotamia, India, and China; Maya and Aztec religion; Judaism; Buddhism; Christianity; and Islam. Places of worship in the St. Louis area are visited. 3 units. Tuition: $2,295.00.

AS:> TH
SB:> ETH
FA:> SSP
21 MTuWThF 11:00a-12:45p
6/9/08 - 7/11/08 Flinn

L23 365F Re St The Bible as Literature
This course comprises lectures and occasional smaller discussions to read the various Bibles of Western tradition (Jewish and Christian, in a variety of translations) as a cultural document. First, we attempt to read biblical texts closely and to understand how others have read them at different points in history. How did the Bible come to be constituted as an authoritative book, and how was its authority understood to work through language? Second, we place our reading in wider contexts of the history of interpretation, of political and ethnic conflict, of intellectual and social change. We explore historical multiplicity, and do not engage with timeless truth, as we examine the power of biblical myth. 3 units. Tuition: $2,295.00. Same as home course L14 E Lit 365F.

AS:> TH
SB:> ETH
FA:> Lit
11 MTuWThF 1:00p-4:00p XXXIV
5/19/08 - 6/6/08 David Lawton

L23 3751 Re St Topics in Religious Studies: Greek and Roman Religion
CANCELED

L23 394 Re St Just War, Holy War: Bin Laden and the Roots of Islamic Radicalism
This course seeks to answer a simple question: Why is the membership of the world's most notorious terrorist organization entirely Muslim and largely Arab? To answer this question we will explore the development of this organization within historical, philosophical, and political contexts, paying particular attention to the interaction between Muslim and non-Muslim populations and examining the crucial differences between Muslim countries such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Afghanistan. 3 units. Tuition: $2,295.00. Same as L22 History 394, U85 IA 594, L97 IAS 3940, L75 JNE 394.

AS:> CD, TH
11 MTuWThF 1:00p-4:00p
5/19/08 - 6/6/08 Asad Ahmed