Courses https://religiousstudies.mcmaster.ca/courses https://religiousstudies.mcmaster.ca/@@site-logo/logo-mac-social-sciences.svg Courses Search Listing Search Options Offered only Language only Term Fall Winter Full Year Spring Summer Course Level I II III IV Graduate Instructor Altenburg, Gerjan Badone, Ellen Benn, James A. Carter, Philippa Clarke, Shayne Elamroussy, Abdelhalim Emms, Christopher Hollander, Dana Jones, Robert Kennel, Maxwell Kroeker, Travis Machiela, Daniel Meyer, Nick Penner, David Planinc, Zdravko Rothenberg, Celia E. Rowe, Mark Samnani, Rahim Schuller, Eileen Smith, Sherry Takim, Liyakat Tervanotko, Hanna Thiessen, Matthew Widdicombe, Peter HEB 2A03 Introduction to Biblical Hebrew I Nick Meyer HEB 2B03 Introduction to Biblical Hebrew II Nick Meyer HEB 3A03 Intermediate Hebrew I Eileen Schuller HEB 3B03 Intermediate Hebrew II Daniel Machiela RELIGST 1AB3 Archaeology of the Bible Daniel Machiela RELIGST 1B03 What on Earth is Religion? Philippa Carter RELIGST 1I03 Religious Themes in Modern Culture Zdravko Planinc RELIGST 1J03 Great Books in Asian Religions Mark Rowe RELIGST 1L03 Abraham in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam Matthew Thiessen RELIGST 2AA3 Introduction to Modern Standard Arabic Abdelhalim Elamroussy RELIGST 2AP3 Apocalypse, Then and Now Matthew Thiessen RELIGST 2AR3 Introduction to Modern Standard Arabic II Abdelhalim Elamroussy RELIGST 2B03 Women in the Biblical Tradition Hanna Tervanotko RELIGST 2BB3 Images of the Divine Feminine Philippa Carter RELIGST 2BF3 Buddhism and Film RELIGST 2BN3 Sex and the City in Buddhism: The Urban Life of Buddhist Nuns in Northern India Shayne Clarke RELIGST 2BT3 The Buddhist Tradition in India Shayne Clarke RELIGST 2CA3 Christianity and Art Peter Widdicombe RELIGST 2CE3 The Sermon on the Mount in Christian Ethics RELIGST 2DD3 The Five Books of Moses RELIGST 2DS3 Divine Shakespeare Zdravko Planinc RELIGST 2EE3 Prophets of the Bible Hanna Tervanotko RELIGST 2ER3 Religion, The Body, and the Machine Travis Kroeker RELIGST 2F03 Storytelling in East Asian Religions Shayne Clarke RELIGST 2GG3 Who was Jesus? Matthew Thiessen RELIGST 2GR3 Evil Zdravko Planinc RELIGST 2H03 Theory and Practice of Non-Violence RELIGST 2HB3 From Creation to Exile Daniel Machiela RELIGST 2HH3 The Birth of Christianity Matthew Thiessen RELIGST 2HR3 Humour and Religion Philippa Carter RELIGST 2I03 Storytelling in Indian Religion Gerjan Altenburg RELIGST 2IR3 Hollywood/Bollywood and Indian Religions RELIGST 2J03 Introduction to Judaism Dana Hollander RELIGST 2JP3 Introduction to Modern Jewish Philosophy Dana Hollander RELIGST 2K03 Introduction to Buddhism Shayne Clarke RELIGST 2KK3 A Church Divided: From the Middle Ages to Modernity RELIGST 2LL3 God and Philosophy Dana Hollander RELIGST 2M03 Death and Dying: Comparative Views (McMaster Campus) Sherry Smith RELIGST 2M03 Death and Dying: Comparative Views (Conestoga) Sherry Smith RELIGST 2MT3 Asian Meditation Traditions James A. Benn RELIGST 2MW3 Religion, Magic and Witchcraft RELIGST 2N03 Death & Dying: The Western Experience Robert Jones RELIGST 2N03 - Conestoga Death and Dying: The Western Experience Sherry Smith RELIGST 2NT3 The New Testament Matthew Thiessen RELIGST 2Q03 Introduction to Islam Liyakat Takim RELIGST 2QQ3 Cults, Conspiracies and Close Encounters Philippa Carter RELIGST 2RB3 Ethnicity, Race, and the Bible Matthew Thiessen RELIGST 2RD3 Religion and Diversity Philippa Carter RELIGST 2RN3 Religion in the News RELIGST 2SP3 Sport and/as Religion Ellen Badone RELIGST 2TA3 Islam in North America Liyakat Takim RELIGST 2TH3 Christianity: The First Thousand Years Peter Widdicombe RELIGST 2TT3 Religion & Pop. Culture in Contemporary Japan Mark Rowe RELIGST 2VR3 Violence and Religion Maxwell Kennel RELIGST 2WW3 Health, Healing and Religion Celia E. Rothenberg RELIGST 2YY3 Bible and Film Philippa Carter RELIGST 3AR3 Culture and Religion Celia E. Rothenberg RELIGST 3AU3 Religious and Spiritual Autobiographies RELIGST 3B03 Christ through the Centuries Peter Widdicombe RELIGST 3C03 Islam in the Modern World Rahim Samnani RELIGST 3CC3 Religion and Politics Dana Hollander RELIGST 3CP3 Continental Philosophy of Religion RELIGST 3DD3 Jews and Jesus Matthew Thiessen RELIGST 3E03 Japanese Film and Religion Mark Rowe RELIGST 3EE3 / ANTHROP 3SS3 Sacred Journeys RELIGST 3F03 Approaches to the Study of Religion Philippa Carter RELIGST 3FA3 Islamic Mysticism RELIGST 3FF3 Gender and Religion David Penner RELIGST 3GH3 Interdisciplinary Global Health Field Course: Maternal and Infant Health in Morocco RELIGST 3JB3 Interpreting the Jewish Bible, 200 BCE - 200 CE Hanna Tervanotko RELIGST 3K03 Interpreting the Christian Bible RELIGST 3KK3 Christianity in the Modern World Peter Widdicombe RELIGST 3L03 The Indian Religious Tradition RELIGST 3M03 Psalms and Wisdom in the Bible RELIGST 3R03 Death and the Afterlife in Early Judaism and Christianity RELIGST 3RH3 Religion in Hamilton and its Environs Philippa Carter RELIGST 3S03 The East Asian Religious Tradition James A. Benn RELIGST 3UU3 Buddhism in East Asia James A. Benn RELIGST 3X03 Christian Mysticism RELIGST 3Y03 Love Zdravko Planinc RELIGST 3ZZ3 Judaism in the Modern World Celia E. Rothenberg RELIGST 4H03 Topics in Asian Religions Mark Rowe RELIGST 4I03 Topics in Biblical Studies Hanna Tervanotko RELIGST 4N03 Topics in Western Religious Traditions Celia E. Rothenberg RELIGST 4P03 Religion and Culture RELIGST 4Q03 Advanced Readings in Religion RELIGST 4R06 Honours Thesis RELIGST 4RP3 Topics in Religion, Philosophy, and Politics Travis Kroeker RELIGST 4SR3 / SOCIOL 4SR3 Topics in the Sociology of Religion RELIGST 600 Studies in Religion RELIGST 6X06 Introductory Sanskrit Christopher Emms RELIGST 6XI6 Intermediate Sanskrit RELIGST 6Y06 Introduction to Literary Chinese James A. Benn RELIGST 700 Topics in Religious Studies RELIGST 701 Issues in the Study of Religion Ellen Badone RELIGST 705 Special Readings in Asian Religions RELIGST 706 Topics in Sanskrit Texts Shayne Clarke RELIGST 707 Tools and Methods for the Study of Asian Religions RELIGST 708 Topics in Asian Religions RELIGST 709 Anthropological Approaches to Asian Religions Mark Rowe RELIGST 711 Topics in Buddhist Thought and History: Indian Monasticism - Nuns Shayne Clarke RELIGST 712 Topics in the Study of Chinese Buddhist Texts I: Translated Texts James A. Benn RELIGST 713 Topics in the Study of Chinese Buddhist Texts II: Indigenous Chinese Writings RELIGST 714 Topics in Indian Buddhist Texts: Manuscript Cultures & Collections Shayne Clarke RELIGST 715 Readings in Indian Buddhist Texts: Sanskrit Manuscript Fragments 1 Shayne Clarke RELIGST 716 Topics in Japanese Buddhism RELIGST 717 Readings in Japanese Buddhist Texts RELIGST 718 Topics in Buddhist Studies: Recent Scholarship Shayne Clarke RELIGST 719 Topics in Modern and Contemporary Buddhism RELIGST 721 Topics in East Asian Religions RELIGST 722 Topics in Japanese Religions RELIGST 723 Readings in Japanese Religions Mark Rowe RELIGST 724 Topics in Taoism James A. Benn RELIGST 725 Readings in Taoist Texts RELIGST 726 Topics in Chinese Religions: Chinese Religions in Literature and Performance RELIGST 727 Readings in Chinese Religions RELIGST 728 Readings in Academic Japanese RELIGST 730 Topics in the Relationship of Judaism and Christianity Matthew Thiessen RELIGST 731 Topics in the Biblical Tradition RELIGST 732 Topics in the Theory of Interpretation RELIGST 733 Topics in Social History and Material Culture RELIGST 734 Special Readings in Biblical Tradition RELIGST 737 Readings in Hebrew I RELIGST 738 Readings in Hebrew II RELIGST 739 Readings in Aramaic Texts: Biblical Aramaic and Dead Sea Scrolls Daniel Machiela RELIGST 740 Readings in Aramaic Texts: Biblical Aramaic and Dead Sea Scrolls RELIGST 741 Readings in Aramaic Texts: Targum and Talmud RELIGST 742 Topics in the Dead Sea Scrolls Daniel Machiela Daniel Machiela RELIGST 743 Topics in Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha RELIGST 744 Topics in Rabbinic Judaism Introduction to Early Rabbinic Hermeneutics Daniel Machiela RELIGST 745 Topics in Philo and Hellenistic Judaism RELIGST 746 Topics in Early Jewish History: Prophecy and Divination in Early Jewish and Christian Texts Hanna Tervanotko Hanna Tervanotko RELIGST 747 Topics in Early Jewish Literature: The Book of Isaiah in Early Jewish and and Christian Interpretation - Translating and Interpreting Isaiah in the Second Temple Period Daniel Machiela RELIGST 748 The Qur’an in a Global Context Liyakat Takim RELIGST 751 Readings in Gospel Literature I RELIGST 752 Readings in Gospel Literature II RELIGST 753 Readings in Early Christian Epistolography I Matthew Thiessen RELIGST 754 Readings in Early Christian Epistolography II RELIGST 755 Readings in Early Christian Historiography I RELIGST 756 Readings in Early Christian Historiography II RELIGST 757 Topics in Gospel Literature: The Gospel of Mark RELIGST 758 Topics in Early Christian Epistolography RELIGST 759 Topics in Christian Origins RELIGST 760 Topics in Early Christian History: Prophecy and Divination in Early Jewish and Christian Texts Hanna Tervanotko RELIGST 761 Topics in Early Christian Literature: The Book of Isaiah in Early Jewish and Christian Interpretation - Translating and interpreting Isaiah in the Second Temple Period Daniel Machiela RELIGST 762 Topics in the Christian Literature and Thought of Late Antiquity: The Trinity Peter Widdicombe RELIGST 763 Topics in the Christian Literature and Thought of Late Antiquity Peter Widdicombe RELIGST 764 Topics in the Christian Literature and Thought of Late Antiquity: Themes - The Psalms in Patristic Interpretation Peter Widdicombe RELIGST 765 Topics in the Christian Literature and Thought of Late Antiquity: Major Figures RELIGST 766 Islamic Fundamentalism Liyakat Takim RELIGST 767 / GLOBALST 767 Islam in a Global World RELIGST 768 / GLOBALST 707 Religion and Globalization RELIGST 769 Special Readings in Western Religious Traditions RELIGST 770 Topics in Ancient Political Philosophy Zdravko Planinc RELIGST 771 Topics in Medieval Political Philosophy RELIGST 772 Topics in Modern Political Philosophy RELIGST 773 / POL SCI 754 Critics of Modernity Zdravko Planinc RELIGST 774 Topics in Religion and Literature - Apocalyptic Confession and the (North) American Novel Travis Kroeker RELIGST 775 Topics in Political Theology and Ethics - “The End of All Flesh”: Embodiment, Economy, Ethics Travis Kroeker RELIGST 776 Topics in Technology and Ethics RELIGST 777 / CSCT 777 Topics in Philosophy and Jewish Thought - Theories of Judaism and Jewishness Dana Hollander RELIGST 778 / CULTR ST 778 Topics in Modern Jewish Thought RELIGST 779 Phenomenology and Religious Experience II RELIGST 781 / ANTHROP 704 Introduction to the Anthropology of Religion Celia E. Rothenberg RELIGST 782 / ANTHROP 782 / GLOBALST 782 Diasporas, Transnationalism and Religious Identities RELIGST 783 / ANTHROP 784 Anthropological Approaches to Catholicism RELIGST 784 / ANTHROP 785 Myth and the Interpretation of Oral Tradition RELIGST 785 / ANTHROP 799 Death: Rituals and Meanings in Cross-Cultural Context RELIGST 786 / ANTHROP 796 Religion, Illness and Healing Ellen Badone RELIGST 786 / ANTHROP 796 Religion, Illness and Healing RELIGST 787 Topics in Belief and the Body RELIGST 788 Topics in the Anthropological Approaches to Islam Celia E. Rothenberg RELIGST 789 Topics in Gender and Feminist Theory and Religious Studies RELIGST 790 Topics in Western Religious Thought RELIGST 791 Topics in Philosophical Theology RELIGST 792 Topics in Continental Philosophy and Religious Thought RELIGST 793 Topics in Religious Ethics RELIGST 794 Topics in Augustine and Augustinians - Augustine's De Trinitate Peter Widdicombe RELIGST 795 Topics in Modern Christian Thought: Themes - The Psalms in Patristic Interpretation Peter Widdicombe RELIGST 796 Topics in Modern Christian Thought: Theologians Peter Widdicombe RELIGST 797 Topics in German Judaism RELIGST 798 Phenomenology and Religious Experience I: Introduction to Phenomenology SANSKRIT 3A06 Introduction to Sanskrit Grammar Christopher Emms SANSKRIT 4B06 Readings in Sanskrit Texts Christopher Emms SOC SCI 1SS3 Inquiry in the Social Sciences
