STS 350 - Comparative Studies in ReligionSemester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
(Same as RELI 350 ) An examination of selected themes, issues, or approaches used in illuminating the religious dimensions and dynamics within particular cultures and societies, with attention to the benefits and limits of the comparative method. Past seminars have focused on such topics as myth, ritual, mysticism, and iconography.
May be taken more than once for credit when content changes.
Topic for 2014/15b: Higher Dimensions and Alternate Universes in History and Pop CultureThis course examines the cultural history of American and British speculations about infinity, other dimensions and the physical and metaphysical energies that undergird the universe. We examine the history of math and physics, how American and British religious thinkers appropriate this scientific literature, and how ideas about infinite spacial dimensions are taken up in popular novels, science fiction and fantasy. Mr. White.
Prerequisites: one course in Religion, one in Modern American History or one in American Studies.
One 2-hour period.
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