The request to establish RELS 2109, 3213 and 3244

Date: January 11, 2012
To: College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
From: Clarence Greene, Faculty Governance Assistant
Approved On: January 11, 2012
Implementation Date: 2012

Note: Deletions are strikethroughs. Insertions are underlined.

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RELS 2109. Death and the Afterlife. (3) A survey of beliefs and rituals relating to dying, death, and the afterlife as found in religious, philosophical, and literary texts and in art and architecture. (On demand)

RELS 3213. Jesus on the Silver Screen. (3) An examination of cinematic representations of Jesus with attention to their relation to the historical, social and political circumstances of their production and to on-going conversation about the character, meaning and significance of the Jesus story. (On demand)

RELS 3244. Natural, Unnatural, Supernatural. (3) Does God exist? What are God’s attributes? Do miracles happen? Is there life after death? Where does evil come from in a world created “good”? What is “the human condition”? This course will set these questions in historical perspective in the West but will focus primarily on answers proposed by modern thinkers.