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INTERRELIGIOUS LEADERSHIP
CERTIFICATE (PRE-APPROVED COURSES)
School
Hebrew College
INT510-2
From Diversity to Pluralism: Religious Leadership in an Interreligious Age (Section 2)
BTI Category
Semester
Interreligious Learning
SP25
We live in one of the most religiously diverse societies in the history of humankind. How can we cultivate an ethos of dignified engagement both within our communities of practice and across religious traditions? What are the ethical underpinnings—values and dispositions—that support such an effort? What theological resources might we draw on for this sacred work? What are some historical and contemporary models of individual and communal engagement that we can learn from as we develop our intra/interreligious leadership capacities?
Professor
Class Day & Time
Rabbi Or Rose
JTERM
JTERM
Grading Option
PF or Audit
Professor
2
Online?
N
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
Y
School
Hebrew College
PHI147
Introduction to Buddhism for Jewish Leaders
BTI Category
Semester
Interreligious Learning
SP25
This course introduces the foundations of Buddhism in India, integrating doctrinal and meditative traditions while tracing their development through the three vehicles (yanas) throughout Asia. Topics include ethics and wisdom, emptiness and compassion, and the inherent wakefulness of all beings. Special attention will be given to Tibetan Buddhism, which has resonated with Judaism on such a fundamental level, including an introduction to the deity traditions of Tibet. The course will include a map of American Buddhist communities and a discussion of Jewish-Buddhist dialogue, double-belonging, and secular mindfulness. The week will close with a visit to a Boston Buddhist meditation center.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Dr. Judith Simmer-Brown and Dr. Amelia Hall
JTERM
JTERM
Grading Option
Audit
Professor
0
Online?
N
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Hartford International
IP-611-1
Peace, Justice, and Violence in Sacred Texts
BTI Category
Semester
Interreligious Learning
SP25
Students in this course will examine sources from the Hebrew Bible, New Testament, and Quran that relate to peace, justice and violence. Students will analyze sacred texts in their original socio-historical contexts, and will explore diverse ways Jewish, Christian and Muslim sources confront and interpret these texts. Students will take a case study approach to investigate how texts from all three Abrahamic traditions can and have been used to legitimate violent conflict and injustice toward others in real-life settings (e.g., empires, religious persecution, colonialism, misogyny, racism, and Anti-Semitism), as well as how they can and have been used to promote peaceful practices and just relations (peace movements, provision of care for the poor and sick by religious orders and communities, peaceable co-existence and cooperation with religious and ethnic others, liberation and justice movements).
Professor
Class Day & Time
Grant, Deena
R
5:00pm-6:50pm
Grading Option
Letter, P/F
Professor
3
Online?
N
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Hartford International
HI-619
Muslim-Christian Conflict or Cooperation: The Politics of Interpreting Our Shared Past
BTI Category
Semester
Interreligious Learning
SP25
The interpretation of Islam and Christian-Muslim encounters has become highly politicized, ideological, and controversial. Islam and Christianity have been described as either sibling children of Abraham sharing much in common or part of a monolithic clash of incompatible civilizations. This course will survey the history of Christian-Muslim relations, giving attention to how contemporary events shape our memories of past events and identities. Students will examine the origins of the encounter, the diversity of historical contexts, and interpretive frameworks to provide tools to develop their own critical perspectives on Christian-Muslim relations for contemporary public engagement.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Grafton, David
ASYNC
ASYNC
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Professor
3
Online?
Y
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Boston College School of Theology & Ministry
TMPS8151
Resisting Anti-Judaism: Practices for the Church
BTI Category
Semester
Practical/Pastoral Theology
SP25
The purpose of this class is to develop practices by which the anti-Judaism endemic to Christian traditions can be recognized, resisted, and replaced. As part of a commitment to anti-oppression work, this course will begin with an examination of the development and workings of Christian anti-Judaism with connections drawn to relationships between racism and antisemitism. Attention will then turn to how church teachings require examining preaching, worship, catechesis, and pastoral ministry for manifestations of anti-Judaism and antisemitism in North American and global contexts. The course will conclude with workshopping approaches to resisting anti-Judaism in Christian contexts and public spaces.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Daniel Joslyn-Siemiatkoski
T
03:30PM-06:20PM
Grading Option
Letter
Professor
3
Online?
N
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Prerequisites?
Y
Notes
Fundamental Theology or Theological Foundations in Practical Perspective, or similar course.
School
Boston College School of Theology & Ministry
TMST8555
Latin West and Greek East: From Nicaea to the Fall of Constantinople
BTI Category
Semester
Systematic Theology & Philosophy (Western)
SP25
The course is based upon reading and informed discussion of source texts referring to the main events and topics in theological relations between Latins and Greeks from the fourth to the fifteen century: from the "golden" conciliar age to early debates/schisms, especially on the filioque and azymes; iconoclasm; the so-called "Schism of 1054"; the Gregorian reforms; early scholastic theologians and their attitudes towards Greeks; Pope Innocent III and the establishment of the Latin Empire in Constantinople (1204); scholastic theologians of the "classical era" and their attitudes towards Byzantine theology and culture; Byzantine humanists and latinophrones of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and their appeal for Christian unity; the Council of Florence (1439), its achievements and failures. The course will focus on ecclesial self-understanding of the emerging Churches, and their respective perception of a theological and cultural "other." Special emphasis will be placed upon the developments in attitudes to sacraments, doctrine, and authority. The course will conclude with reflection on the implications for ecumenical dialogue and current ecclesiology.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Brian Dunkle, S.J.
T
12:30PM-03:20PM
Grading Option
Letter
Professor
3
Online?
N
Professor Approval Req'd?
Y
Prerequisites?
Y
Notes
One graduate course in historical theology; DEPT PERMISSION REQ
School
Boston College Department of Theology
THEO5201-01
Christian-Jewish-Muslim Scriptural Reasoning
BTI Category
Semester
Scripture & Biblical Studies
SP25
Abrahamic Scriptural Reasoning (SR) is a practice of fellowship and study among Muslims, Jews, and Christians, practiced by dozens of groups in the Americas, Europe, Middle East, South Asia, and East Asia. While SR began in an academic setting, it expanded into a civic, community practice. In the course, we first address scriptural study and commentary in the individual traditions, with readings about biblical and quranic commentaries in their historical contexts. Then we study the history and methods of Abrahamic SR, readings in the Journal of Scriptural Reasoning and additional writings on the theory of SR. Each class begins with small-group studies in and across the borders of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim interpretive traditions. Toward the end of the semester, we ponder broader issues: What is Scripture? What is commentary? And what of tension and conflict among Abrahamic communities: does scripture play a role in inter-religious conflict? In its repair?
Professor
Class Day & Time
Ochs, Peter
M
2:00 PM - 4:25 PM
Grading Option
Letter/PF/Aud
Professor
3
Online?
N
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
GRAD/UGRAD SPLIT
School
Boston University School of Theology
STHTS 875
Comparative Religious Ethics
BTI Category
Semester
Ethics (all traditions)
SP25
Comparative religious ethics, as a burgeoning academic field, strives to pursue moral wisdom across religious boundaries. In this course, we first juxtapose the ethical teaching of Christianity with another tradition to probe some perennial moral questions: ultimate end, exemplary virtue, social hierarchy, sexuality and marriage, war and peace, as well as political liberation. We then examine some contemporary issues comparatively in feminist, environmental, and postcolonial ethics. Finally, we study the moral significance of religious traditions as "spiritual exercises" (in the senses given by St. Ignatius and Pierre Hadot). There, we explore how bodily practices such as yogic movements, breathing exercises, Benedictine liturgical prayers, meditation of the cosmos, and contemplation of divine love might have far-reaching ethical consequences.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Yin, Peng
W
8:00AM - 10:45AM
Grading Option
Letter
Professor
3
Online?
N
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Boston University School of Theology
STHTS 854
Nonviolent Strategies for Social Change
BTI Category
Semester
Ethics (all traditions)
SP25
TBD
Professor
Class Day & Time
Dickson, Peter and Dickson, Charles
March 22 and 29
9:00AM-4:00PM
Grading Option
Letter
Professor
1
Online?
N
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary-Hamilton
CL/CO637
Leadership Trauma: Healing and Recovery
BTI Category
Semester
Leadership Formation & Ministry Skills
SP25
According to Barna, as of March 2022, the percentage of pastors considering quitting full-time ministry within the past year sits at 42 percent. Stress, isolation & political division factor into pastors' desire to quit. Nearly three in four pastors feel emotionally exhausted sometimes, and over half feel isolated from others sometimes. Leadership within pulpits also reflects a trend in leadership generally, where four out of five young adults (18-35 years old) affirm and nearly half strongly affirm that society is facing a crisis of leadership because there are not enough good leaders right now. Much of these trends are connected to a condition called leadership trauma, where contexts in the past (formation), the present (challenging conditions), and the future (fear of failure) subject leaders to emotional and spiritual pressures that undermine the capacity to lead and relate well to their colleagues. In this course, we will explore this condition, identify its consequences for leadership, and discuss the healing and spirituality processes essential for recovery.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Rowe, Nicholas
M
1:30-4:30pm
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Professor
3
Online?
Y - with live meeting time
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
CHST 7701
Seminar:Orth-Roman Cath. Relations
BTI Category
Semester
Church History/History of Religions
SP25
Following a review of the issues of alienation and schism, the course will examine the documents of the contemporary bilateral dialogues between the Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church. The course fulfills the World Regions/Ecumenism requirement.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Rev. Dr. Philip Joseph Halikias
T
9:40 AM - 12:00 PM
Grading Option
Letter/PF/Aud
Professor
3
Online?
N
Professor Approval Req'd?
Y
Prerequisites?
Y
Notes
N
School
Saint John's Seminary
MT610
Popes as Teachers and Diplomats
BTI Category
Semester
Church History/History of Religions
SP25
The course will examine the relationship between papal teaching and the diplomacy of popes stretch from Pius XII (1939-1958) to Pope Francis (2013- ). It will include John XXIII (1958-1963), Paul IV (1963-1979), John Paul II (1979-2005), and Pope Francis. This course will focus on what popes have said to the Church and the World and how they have acted through papal diplomacy. The content of the course will include theology, social teaching, and socio-political analysis of papal impact on a changing world from WWII to the wars of Ukraine and Palestine as well as papal relationships with the U.S., Russia, and China.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Fr. Hehir
T
2:45-4:45 PM
Grading Option
Letter/PF/Aud
Professor
3
Online?
N
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Harvard Divinity School
HDS 1680
The Jewish Jesus in Modernity
BTI Category
Semester
Interreligious Learning
SP25
One of the more interesting developments in Jewish modernity, especially after the emancipation of the Jews in Europe, was how Jews understood Jesus as a figure in the Jewish imagination. Whereas most medieval Jewish thinkers challenged the theological presumption of the church regarding incarnation and church doctrine, the rise of Protestantism and its ostensible "humanization" of Jesus, enabled modern Jews to reconsider Jesus as a Jew and a figure that can be viewed in a positive light in and for Judaism. We will examine Jewish sermons and studies on Jesus in Europe and especially 19th century America.This course will explore the "Jewish Jesus" in modernity, beginning with Spinoza and Moses Mendelssohn up the present-day movements of "Jews for Jesus" and "Messianic Jews" and contemporary Jewish theological investigations of Jesus' messianic claims. We will examine the role of Jesus in German and American Reform Judaism, Orthodox Judaism, and Zionism.This course will traverse three continents: Europe, America, and Israel. In Europe, how was Jesus a part of Jews' response to emancipation and becoming "European"? In America, how did Jews respond to Jesus as a cultural as well as a religious figure, that is, how did Jews relate to a "secularized" Jewish Jesus? And In Israel, we will examine how Zionists reappropriated Jesus for their national project as a Jew who lived and died in the land of Israel. And finally, in our contemporary world, what role does Jesus have in ecumenicism and emerging movements of religious syncretism.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Shaul Magid
W
1:00pm - 2:59pm
Grading Option
Letter
Professor
4
Online?
N
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Harvard Divinity School
HDS 3185
Mind, Spirituality, and Mental Health in Hinduism II
BTI Category
Semester
Hinduism Studies
SP25
This two semester course will interrogate the various ways in which discussions on Hinduism have been included or have illuminated issues in the contemporary psychological sciences. We will read how different intellectual approaches ranging from psychoanalysis, folk psychology, cognitive anthropology, global mental health, and psychedelic sciences engage the archives of Hinduism as well as how ideas and practices from Hinduism are employed to provide an alternative to the therapeutic and treatment registers found in these approaches. The second part of the course in the Spring semester will be more empirically oriented and will look at contemporary work in global mental health, medical anthropology, and public health to understand the assessment, design, and implementation issues related to the coverage and scaling of mental health services in India. Taking HDS 3184 Mind, Spiritual, and Mental Health in Hinduism I in the Fall semester is recommended though not required.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Swayam Bagaria
T
12:00pm - 1:59pm
Grading Option
Letter, P/F
Professor
4
Online?
N
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Harvard Divinity School
HDS 3760
Hindu Goddesses and the Virgin Mary
BTI Category
Semester
Interreligious Learning
SP25
This course explores the female divine - and supreme female beings - along with issues of gender and divinity. We read hymns praising Hindu goddesses Sri Laksmi, the great Goddess (Maha Devi), the Tamil goddess Apirami, and Bengal's Kali, while noting too how feminine divinity is constructed in environments where gods and goddesses both flourish. The course is also comparative, exploring the piety and cult of the Virgin Mary, also through famous hymns such as the Greek Akathistos, the Latin Stabat Mater, and a Tamil hymn praising Mary as mother of Tamil Catholics. This approach is sharpened by some attention to performative, social, visual dimensions, and by attention to contemporary feminist and theological insights, and thinking a bit about the fluidity of gender identities today. Not a survey, but an in-depth introduction. Jointly offered in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as Religion 1060.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Francis Clooney
MW
10:30am - 11:45am
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Professor
4
Online?
N
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Hebrew College
INT600
Introduction to Islam for Jewish Leaders
BTI Category
Semester
Interreligious Learning
SP25
In this intensive course students will explore key concepts, practices, and historical events from the Islamic tradition. Special attention will be given to the interaction of Jews and Muslims, past and present. We will also explore specific challenges and opportunities facing contemporary Muslims in the United States. The course will be taught by Imam Taymullah Abdur Rahman, who has served as imam for Harvard University, the Massachusetts Department of Correction, and Northeastern University. The course will include presentations by religious and cultural figures and a morning at a local mosque. At the end of this intensive course students will:
· Gain a broad-based understanding of the traditional beliefs and practices of Islam
· Understand the differences in the many iterations and offshoots of Islam around the globe
· Learn about the role that Jews play both in the Quran as well as in the historical narra-tive(s) of Islam
· Explore the experiences, priorities, and challenges of contemporary Muslims in the United States
Professor
Class Day & Time
Omer Bajwa
JTERM
JTERM
Grading Option
Audit
Professor
0
Online?
N
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Hebrew College
INT510-1
From Diversity to Pluralism: Religious Leadership in an Interreligious Age (Section 1)
BTI Category
Semester
Interreligious Learning
SP25
We live in one of the most religiously diverse societies in the history of humankind. How can we cultivate an ethos of dignified engagement both within our communities of practice and across religious traditions? What are the ethical underpinnings—values and dispositions—that support such an effort? What theological resources might we draw on for this sacred work? What are some historical and contemporary models of individual and communal engagement that we can learn from as we develop our intra/interreligious leadership capacities?
Professor
Class Day & Time
Rabbi Or Rose
JTERM
JTERM
Grading Option
Audit
Professor
0
Online?
N
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
Y
School
Hartford International
IP-611-2
Peace, Justice, and Violence in Sacred Texts
BTI Category
Semester
Interreligious Learning
SP25
Students in this course will examine sources from the Hebrew Bible, New Testament, and Quran that relate to peace, justice and violence. Students will analyze sacred texts in their original socio-historical contexts, and will explore diverse ways Jewish, Christian and Muslim sources confront and interpret these texts. Students will take a case study approach to investigate how texts from all three Abrahamic traditions can and have been used to legitimate violent conflict and injustice toward others in real-life settings (e.g., empires, religious persecution, colonialism, misogyny, racism, and Anti-Semitism), as well as how they can and have been used to promote peaceful practices and just relations (peace movements, provision of care for the poor and sick by religious orders and communities, peaceable co-existence and cooperation with religious and ethnic others, liberation and justice movements).
Professor
Class Day & Time
Grant, Deena
R
5:00pm-6:50pm
Grading Option
Letter, P/F
Professor
3
Online?
Y
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Boston College School of Theology & Ministry
TMPS7090
Ministry in a Diverse Church
BTI Category
Semester
Practical/Pastoral Theology
SP25
Catholicism in the United States is presently shaped by rich cultural traditions that demand creative approaches to ministry in the midst of diversity. Nearly 45% of all Catholics in the country are Hispanic, 40% Euro-American, 4% Asian-American, 3.7% African-American, among others. Students in this course explore key questions and discuss ministerial strategies that will help them develop cultural competencies for effective ministry today. The course builds on the U.S. Latino/a Catholic experience as a case study while addressing core issues in ministry that affect everyone in the Church. Ecumenical and international perspectives are welcomed into this conversation.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Hosffman Ospino
W
06:30PM-09:00PM
Grading Option
Letter
Professor
3
Online?
N
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Boston College School of Theology & Ministry
TMPT7315
Mitigating Trauma
BTI Category
Semester
Practical/Pastoral Theology
SP25
Traumatization occurs at the interrelated social, psychic, and physiological boundaries of life and death. This course offers an introduction to trauma healing and prevention for contexts of pastoral and spiritual care. It surveys approaches to trauma developed in peacebuilding, public health, and psychology, as well as the emerging subfield of trauma theology. Assignments include a book review, a presentation, and a research paper. This is a discussion-based (not lecture-based) class. Close reading is required.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Heather M. DuBois
R
03:30PM-05:30PM
Grading Option
Letter
Professor
3
Online?
N
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Boston College Department of Theology
THEO5016-01
Christians Reading the Quran
BTI Category
Semester
Scripture & Biblical Studies
SP25
This course examines various trends and methodological approaches by which Christians have interpreted the Qurn. The semester begins by surveying premodern trends, including Qurn translations, privileging primary sources when possible. Most of the course concentrates on 20th and 21st century engagement with Islams sacred text, including debates about orientalism and postcolonial theory. Theological questions include general discussions of whether and how Christians may consider the Qurn revealed and/or inspired along with focused discussions of particular passages of pertinence to Christian comparative theology. Knowledge of Arabic beneficial but not necessary; all required readings exist in English translation. Cross-listed in ICSP.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Welle, Jason
TR
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Grading Option
Letter/PF/Aud
Professor
3
Online?
N
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
GRAD/UGRAD SPLIT
School
Boston College Department of Theology
THEO5258-01
How Israel Matters
BTI Category
Semester
Ethics (all traditions)
SP25
Israel, both the people and the land, are central to Jewish theology as concrete manifestations of Gods covenants. This course will explore the evolving meanings of these concepts from the Bible to today, looking at themes like peoplehood, life in the land, exile from it, and (messianic) return. The second part of the course will focus specifically on the theologies of a range of modern Jewish thinkers, with the goal of helping students to understand aspects of contemporary Israel and its meaning to world Jewry.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Langer, Ruth
W
12:00 PM - 2:25 PM
Grading Option
Letter/PF/Aud
Professor
3
Online?
N
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
GRAD/UGRAD SPLIT
School
Boston University School of Theology
STHTY 860
Introduction to Chaplaincy
BTI Category
Semester
Practical/Pastoral Theology
SP25
Organized around three competencies (interpersonal, organizational, and meaning- making), this focuses on the unique dimensions of what it means to provide spiritual care in public settings. The course provides opportunities for students: 1) to identify strengths they bring to the work; 2) explore various sectors of chaplaincy; 3) interact with working chaplains; and 4) engage historical, contemporary, and future-forecasting research on spiritual care in North America. The course is highly recommended for students pursuing chaplaincy, those discerning vocation in this area, and working chaplains eager for further study. The course also welcomes those who are not pursuing chaplaincy as a vocation and interested in the practice of spiritual care in public spaces.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Rambo, Shelly
R
12:30PM - 3:15PM
Grading Option
Letter
Professor
3
Online?
N
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Boston University School of Theology
STHTY 878
Trauma and Spirituality
BTI Category
Semester
Ethics (all traditions)
SP25
TBD
Professor
Class Day & Time
Captari, Laura and Choe, Elise
See notes
See notes
Grading Option
Letter
Professor
1
Online?
N
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
February 21 from 3:00PM-8:30PM, February 22 from 9:00AM-5:30PM
School
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary-Hamilton
CL503
Foundations for Leadership
BTI Category
Semester
Leadership Formation & Ministry Skills
SP25
This course is designed to equip individuals to serve effectively as leaders, as agents of change, as facilitators of mission, as administrators in the parish or in other related vocational settings. Systems theory is utilized as the major theoretical/theological approach to the foundation of leadership.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Barnes, Ken
M
6-9pm
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Professor
3
Online?
Y - with live meeting time
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
INDS 7115 Z1
The Ecum. Mvmt: The Visionaries
BTI Category
Semester
Ethics (all traditions)
SP25
Who are the influential personalities and visionaries behind the ecumenical movement? In this new course offered by the Huffington Ecumenical Institute at Hellenic College Holy Cross, we will explore the lives and contributions of key figures who have shaped and advanced the cause of Christian unity across denominational boundaries. From early pioneers to modern-day leaders like Pope Paul VI, Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu among many others, this course will examine the diverse array of individuals, clergy and laity alike, who have played pivotal roles in fostering dialogue, reconciliation, and cooperation among different Christian traditions. Through in-depth study and analysis of their writings, speeches, and actions, we will gain a deeper understanding of the complexities and dynamics of the ecumenical movement, and how these personalities have left an indelible mark on its history and trajectory.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Rev. Dr. Nicholas Kazarian
M
6:30 PM - 8:50 PM
Grading Option
Letter/PF/Aud
Professor
3
Online?
Y
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Harvard Divinity School
HDS 1508
Jewish-Christianity
BTI Category
Semester
Interreligious Learning
SP25
This advanced seminar will explore those ancient sources traditionally studied under the rubric "Jewish Christianity," as well as the historiography of this rubric and debates about its utility. Primary sources to be discussed include Matthew, Acts, the Didascalia Apostolorum, and the Pseudo-Clementine literature, and secondary sources will include writings from Augustus Neander, F. C. Baur, and Henrich Graetz. We will also consider its heurism for the study of other texts and groups, ranging from Revelation to the Elchasites. Students should have taken at least three semesters of ancient Greek; exceptions may be made for students with substantial knowledge of Hebrew and Rabbinic literature. Limited enrollment.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Annette Reed
T
12:00pm - 2:59pm
Grading Option
Letter, P/F
Professor
4
Online?
N
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Harvard Divinity School
HDS 2507
Fallen Angels
BTI Category
Semester
Interreligious Learning
SP25
This course surveys Jewish and Christian traditions about fallen angels beginning with the oldest attested articulations in relation to the Flood, especially in Enochic and related traditions, and tracing late antique and medieval reinterpretations within and between Judaism and Christianity, from the Epistle of Jude to Sefer Hekhalot. Readings will include selections from apocryphal, biblical, magical, mystical, Patristic, and Rabbinic corpora, and key themes will include the origins of sin, aetiology of magic and civilization, the enduring impact of non-canonical writings, and the shared ideas of an antediluvian past among different religious groups in Late Antiquity. Although the class will focus on premodern Judaism and Christianity, students will have opportunities to explore later trajectories and transformations, from Islamic angelology to Japanese anime.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Annette Reed
M
3:00pm - 5:59pm
Grading Option
Letter, P/F
Professor
4
Online?
N
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Harvard Divinity School
HDS 3694
Religion, Culture, and Society in Africa
BTI Category
Semester
Sociology/Ethnography/Research Methods
SP25
Exploring the meaning of religion and its impact of on African culture and society broadly, this course will highlight both religious traditions and innovations. Instead of treating each of the religions of Africa, the triple heritage in the words of Ali Mazrui of indigenous African religions, Islam, and Christianity, as distinct and bounded entities, we will explore the hybridity, interaction, and integration between categories throughout Africa. Using case studies, a unique perspective on religious diversity on the African continent and diaspora will emerge. Jointly offered in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as AFRAMER 186.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Jacob Olupona
R
3:00pm - 5:45pm
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Professor
4
Online?
N
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
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