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Dying to be a Martyr
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Abstract: The Middle East conflict and terrorism are issues we hear about almost daily in the news. This lesson will use video clips from WIDE ANGLE's 'Suicide Bombers' (2004), Internet sites, and primary sources to examine the roots of the Middle East conflict. The video contains interviews with young Palestinians ... More »
Faith and the African American Experience
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Abstract: This course will introduce students to the African American faith experience, with particular attention being given to the historical development of spiritualities of liberation in the American Diaspora. Brief lectures and seminar discussions will offer "perspectives" on this rich and heterogeneous tradition ... More »
From the Silk Road to the Great Game: China, Russia, and Central Eurasia, Fall 2003
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Abstract: Examines interactions across the Eurasian continent between Russians, Chinese, Mongolian nomads, and Turkic oasis dwellers during the last millennium and a half. As empires rose and fell, religions, trade, and war flowed back and forth continuously across this vast space. Britain and Russia competed ... More »
Giordano Bruno (1548-1600)
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Abstract: A brief biography of Giordano Bruno (1548-1600).
Islam, the Middle East, and the West, Fall 2006
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Abstract: Surveys the major political, socio-economic, and cultural changes in the Middle East from the rise of Islam to present times (A.D. 600-2002), with special emphasis on Islam's encounter with the West. Examines the rise and fall of Islamic empires; the place of Arabs, Persian and Turkic peoples, as well ... More »
Native American Assimilation
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Abstract: Beginning in the 1700s, the Spaniards built the California Missions to make contact with Native Americans in the hope of converting them to Christianity. One painting by a Russian artist depicts a group of Native Americans dancing in front of Mission Dolores in San Francisco; a later photograph shows ... More »
Religious studies: Letter to the Corinthians
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Abstract: This is a short quiz based on the first chapter of St. Paul's first letter to the Corinthians. It consists of multiple choice questions. There is one level in the module.
Robert Cardinal Bellarmine
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Abstract: A brief history of Robert Cardinal Bellarmine (1542-1621).
The Inquisition
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Abstract: A brief history of the Inquisition.