Comparative
Religion
Courses
[Unofficial
Ad Hoc Website, Posted on My Own Initiative,
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Jerome
Bauer's Comparative Religion Courses
(Note
to Religious Studies Majors and Minors: Please
check with your Religious Stuides Advisor to make
sure these courses will fulfill your comparative
requirement before taking them, to avoid any
misunderstanding).
For
official information about the Religious Studies
Program, please contact Professor
Ahmet
Karamustafa,
akaramus@artsci.wustl.edu.
Evaluating
the Comparative Use of a Term
(Philological / Deconstruction
Approach)
"miracles"
ReSt
3393 "Miracles,
Marvels, and Magic"
"fundamentalism"
ReSt
470 [UC] "Topics in Religious Studies:
Fundamentalisms
East and West"
"karma"
ReSt
3391 "Karma
and Rebirth"
Comparing:
Hindu
/ Jaina
and Christian
/ Pagan
Traditions
("Apples and Oranges" or "Creative Juxtaposition"
Approach)
ReSt
3393 "Miracles,
Marvels, and Magic"
ReSt
470 [UC] "Topics in Religious Studies:
Middle-Earth
and Bharata-Varsha"
=CompLit
4705
Ethnohistorical
/ Dialogical Approach
(Note:
This course is 200-level, and so will not fulfill
the Religious Studiescomparative religion
requirement)
ReSt
251F "Religious
Minorities of South
Asia"
=Anthro
251F, =Hist 251F
Washington
University Comparative
Religion Courses
(Non-Exhaustive List)
(Note
to Religious Studies Majors and Minors: Please
check with your Religious Stuides Advisor
to make sure these courses will fulfill your
comparative requirement before taking them, to
avoid
any misunderstanding).
This
page is under construction, and will be updated to
include all officially recognized
comparative courses. The following are listed on
the Religious Studies Undergraduate
Degree Program flier as fulfilling the
cross-cultural, comparative requirement:
ReSt
3302 Science and Religious Worldviews
(not to be confused with Prof.
Frank Flinn's
ReSt 3301, Religion
and Science)
ReSt
3381 Pilgrims and Pilgrimages
ReSt
375 How the World Began: Creation Myths of the
Ancient World (Prof. Pamela Barmash)
ReSt
3802 Sacred Shrines and Holy Places
(Prof.
Frank Flinn)
ReSt
390 Lyrics
of Mystical Love, East and
West
(Prof. Fatemeh Keshavarz)
The
following courses have significant comparataive
content. Please consult your Religious Studies
advisor before taking them, if you wish to count
them towards the requirement.
U66
RelSt 381 Major Figures in Christian Thought: Women
Theologists [Professor Frank
Flinn]
[Last taught Autumn
2002,
University
College]
U66
RelSt 478 Religion and Violence [Professor
Frank
Flinn]
[Last taught Spring
2002,
University
College;
Next taught Autumn
2003,
University
College ]
Comparative
Religion Courses at Local Universities
(Note
to Religious Studies Majors and Minors: Please
check with your Religious Stuides Advisor
to make sure these courses may be transferred
before taking them, to avoid any
misunderstanding).
(This
page is under construction)
Comparative
Religion Bibliography and Links
Selected
Bibliography
A
Magic Still Dwells: Comparative Religion in the
Postmodern Age
Patton, Kimberley, Ray, Benjamin, ed. 2000.
Berkeley: University of California Press
BL80.2
.M24 2000 Olin Level B Stacks
Comparative
Religion: A
History
Sharpe, Eric J. 1986 (2nd ed.) LaSalle, Illinois:
Open Court
BL41
S52 1986 Olin Level B Stacks
Patterns
in Comparative
Religion
Eliade, Mircea. 1958. New York: Sheed and
Ward
BL80
E513 Olin Level B Stacks
The
Implied Spider: Politics and Theology in
Myth
Doniger, Wendy. 1998. New York: Columbia
University Press
BL304
D54 1998 Olin Level B
Stacks
[An introduction to comparative
mythology]
History
of Religion
[Journal}
BL1
H65 Olin Level B
Stacks
History
of Religion Online
Links
(Neither
I nor anyone else at Washington University
necessarily endorse these websites)'
Comparative
Religion Links, University of Washington
Library
Comparative
Religion: A Directory of Internet Resources for the
Academic Study of Religion
Method
and Theory in the Study of Religion: A Specialized
Bibliography
UCSB
Religion Journals Links
Reed
College Religion Links
Comparative
Religion Resources at Questia: The Online Library
for Books and Journals
Religious
Studies Review Index
Esalen
Center for Theory and Research
Theta
Alpha Kappa: National Honor Society for Religious
Studies / Theology
International
Association for the History of Religions
(IAHR)
American
Academy of Religion (AAR)
AAR
Program Unit on Comparative Studies in
Religion
AAR
Midwest Regional Section
AAR
Project: "Contesting Religion and Religions
Contested: The Study of Religion in a Global
Context"
Beliefnet.com
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