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Eating, Drinking, and Ethics

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Course Level-Format: undergraduate
Instructor: Jacob J. Erickson
Institution: Trinity College Dublin

Course Term: Spring
Course Year: 2019

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A 2019 course by Jacob J. Erickson at Trinity College Dublin explores “contemporary theological and ethical perspectives on eating and drinking: from food systems to vegetarianism to scarcity and more. How might contemporary ethics shape and be shaped by what we eat or drink, how we eat or drink?”

From Jerusalem to Ground Zero: Muslim, Jewish, Christian, Sioux, and Hindu Notions of “Sacredness”

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A 2019 course by Peter Gottschalk at Wesleyan University considers religion “as a phenomenon . . . the meaning of ‘sacredness’ & ‘the sacred’ and question their comparative use” in various religious traditions.

Encountering Religion

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Course Level-Format: undergraduate
Instructor: Tina Pippin
Institution: Agnes Scott College

Course Term: Fall
Course Year: 2018

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A 2018 course by Tina Pippin at Agnes Scott College explores “the concept of religion/s in scholarship and culture, engage[s] theories and methods in religious studies, and use[s] interdisciplinary tools to explore the religious worlds in Atlanta and beyond.”

James and Cross-cultural Wisdoms

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Course Level-Format: graduate
Instructor: Yeo Khiok-Khng
Institution: Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary

Course Term: Fall
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A course by Yeo Khiok-khng at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary explores “various reception and hermeneutical theories of
rhetoric and intertextuality on cross-cultural wisdoms (such as ancient Jewish,
Greco-Roman, Chinese, Islamic, African-American, etc.) of various
communities” through the lens of the Book of James.

Introduction to Global Christianity

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Course Level-Format: graduate
Instructor: Hendrik Pieterse
Institution: Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary

Course Term: Fall
Course Year: 2014

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A 2014 course by Hendrik Pieterse at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary “offers an introduction to Christianity as a truly worldwide movement
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Doing Theology Across Cultures

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Course Level-Format: graduate
Instructor: Hendrik Pieterse
Institution: Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary

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A course by Hendrik Pieterse at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary draws “on scholarship in globalization theory, intercultural communication studies, and more to explore implications for doing theology across cultures today.”

Theology & Popular Culture

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Course Level-Format: undergraduate
Instructor: Michael Andres
Institution: Northwestern College

Course Term: Fall
Course Year: 2006

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A 2006 course by Michael Andres at Northwestern College “is a theological, biblical, and historical study of the relationship between Christian theology and popular culture, from a classical as well as a contemporary perspective.”

Religious Responses to Disaster

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Course Level-Format: undergraduate
Instructor: Catherine Wessinger
Institution: Loyola University New Orleans

Course Term: Spring
Course Year: 2007

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A 2007 course by Catherine Wessinger at Loyola University New Orleans explores “religious responses to disaster in the context of diverse faiths, with special attention paid to the 2005 Katrina and Rita disaster in New Orleans.”

Religion, Love, and Death: East &West

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Course Level-Format: undergraduate
Instructor: Mark Unno
Institution: University of Oregon

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Course Year: 2012

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A 2012 course by Mark Unno at the University of Oregon “examines the interplay of themes of religion, love, and death in selected strands of Asian and Western sources” and “examines the diverse dimensions of love and death: love in relation to family, sexuality, society, nature, and the religious dimensions of the divine, dharma, and dao; social, psychological, physical, and religious significations of death. These are set against the background of a range of themes including class, gender, and sexuality.”

Religion: Analysis and Interpretation

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Instructor: Daniel Alvarez
Institution: Florida International University

Course Term: Spring
Course Year: 2011

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A 2011 course by Daniel Alvarez at Florida International University “is an introduction to the study of religion. It will analyze various elements common to world religions and their expressions. In addition, it will examine the search for the transcendent and its implications at both the personal and the social level.”