Syllabi

FALL 2023

RELI 1030: Introduction to Religion

In this class, we think about and discuss how religion informs our everyday experiences, the world around us, and the lives people live.

SPRING 2023

RELI 240: Religion, Literature, and the Arts in America 2.0

How have writers, artists, and poets grappled with what America is and what it means to be American?

FALL 2022

RELI 438: Religion, Nature, and the Envr.

In this class, we will reflect on how religious traditions continue to shape our relationship to nature and the environment in a variety of ways, both positive and negative.

SPRING 2022

RELI 424: Gender Theory and Religion

Together, we will interrogate the categorical and lived entanglements of religion, race, sexuality, and gender.

FALL 2021

RELI 240: Religion, Literature and the Arts in America

As the US, both past and present, has grappled with its legacy and identity as a “Christian nation” (citing GWB) that believes in the separation of church and state, many things we will read and discuss will focus on how this identity has been contested and challenged, as well as who is included or excluded from it.