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PHIL - Philosophy & Religion
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PHIL 100 Critical Thinking The study of effective thinking, both logical and evaluative. PHIL 101 Introduction to Philosophy PHIL 102 Philosophy of Human Nature PHIL 201 Philosophy of Religion PHIL 210/310 Ethics PHIL 213 Societal and Ethical Implications of Technology What is technology? What is society? What are ethics? What effect does technology have upon a particular society at a particular time in history? These are the questions which will help us formulate, understand, and answer the main question in this course: How does a society, or a group within a society, make rationally sound, moral choices about the best use of existing and new technologies. We will review the history of technology and society, beginning with humans mastering the use of fire, and ending with humans manipulating atoms and molecules at the nanoscale. The major focus of our work will be, however, the social and moral implications of technology from the 16th century to the present time and beyond. PHIL 215 Contemporary Moral Issues PHIL 220 Introduction to Logic PHIL 222 Philosophy and Literature PHIL 230/330 Political Philosophy PHIL 250 Philosophy in Cinema PHIL 283/383 Oriental Philosophy RELS 100 Introduction to Religion Introduction to the ways religious concerns are expressed, to religious values as a basis for human action, and to a spectrum of ethical styles. RELS 101 Intro to Religion (West) A survey of the classical stories, rituals, and symbols of religious culture in Western civilization from ancient times to the present. RELS 102 Intro to Religion (East) A survey of the classical stories, rituals and symbols of religious culture with an emphasis on the traditions of the Orient from ancient times to the present. RELS 116 Women in Religion An examination of the role women have played in religious thought throughout history: as goddesses and mythic figures, as religious leaders, and as spiritual guides. RELS 120 Religion in America A study of religious life in America. Emphasis is placed on the role of religion in the development of American life and character. RELS 203 World Religions An introduction to the origin and major tenets of Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. RELS 220 Old Testament A study of the religious, political, and social history of ancient Israel as reflected in the Hebrew Bible. RELS 228 Early Christian Traditions A survey of Christian traditions, from their origins in Judaism and Greek philosophy; continuing through the growth of Christian doctrine in the 4th to 8th centuries; and concluding with the church in the Middle Ages. RELS 230 New Testament An overview of the developments in the primitive Christian community as reflected in the New Testament. RELS 238 Christianity in the Modern World A survey of Christianity from the Protestant Reformation to Vatican II, with an emphasis on the influence of Protestantism, responses to the Enlightenment in Christian theology, and twentieth-century challenges. RELS 243 Religion & Self Psychological and ethical issues involved in growth to religious maturity. Attention to basic human activities such as love, faith, marriage, sexuality, death, and grief. RELS 247 Introduction to Judaism Comparative Jewish thought in cultural context and as manifest in Jewish literature. Topics to be studied include the sacred, the human community, the role of Israel, ethics, the Holocaust. RELS 250 East & West in Religion A critical and comparative study of people's religious orientation between Eastern and Western traditions. RELS 270 American Religious History Introduction to the basic issues in American history including the study of Puritans, immigration, church and state, revivalism, civil and military religion, apocalypticism, and new age religion. The following individuals are leaders for this discipline. Those marked with an asterisk (*) are chairs.
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