Religions of Africa

• African Religion  (requires PDF)
  Katie G. Cannon  (Temple University)
• History of Christianity in Africa  (requires PDF)
  Joel E. Tishken  (Southwestern University)
• The Religions of Colonized Peoples (Africa)  
  Teresia Hinga  (DePaul University)

Afro-American Religions

• African Art and the Web Museum    
  Benjamin Ray  (University of Virginia)
• African Religions in the Americas    
  Elias Bongmba and Mary Ann Clark  (Rice University)
• African-American Religious History    
  Daniel Sack  (Hope College)
• Slave Narratives as Religious Sources  (requires PDF)
  Katie G. Cannon  (Temple University)

Religions of America

• American Catholicism
  Winnifred Sullivan  (Washington and Lee University)
• American Religion and Culture  (requires PDF)
  Susan (Bales) Ridgely  (University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh)
• Breaking Bread: Religion and American Foodways  (requires PDF)
  Nora L. Rubel  (Connecticut College)
• Contemporary Jewish Life in the United States of America  (requires PDF)  
  Shawn Landres  (University of Judaism)
• Cults and Conversion in Modern America  (requires PDF)    
  Eugene V. Gallagher  (Connecticut College)
• Discover Chicago: Sacred Spaces, Powerful Places in Chicago  (requires PDF)
  Jeffrey Carlson  (DePaul University)
• Introduction to American Religion
  Winnifred Sullivan  (Washington and Lee University)
• Lived Practice of Catholicism in the U.S.  
  Heather Hartel  (University of Iowa)
• Religion and American Culture  
  James Treat  (University of New Mexico)
• Religion in Multicultural America  
  Diana L. Eck  (Harvard University)
• Religion in the American Public Sphere  (requires PDF)
  Courtney Bender  (Columbia University)
• Religion in the South
  Terry Matthews  (Wake Forest University)
• Religious Life in the United States
  Terry Matthews  (Wake Forest University)
• Religious Myths of America  (requires PDF)
  Christopher Buck  (Michigan State University)
• Religious Worlds of New York  
  Courtney Bender and John Hawley  (Columbia University)
• The American Religious Experience  
  Debra Washington  (DePaul University)
• World Religions, War and Politics, in America  (requires PDF)  
  Chris Hamilton  (Washburn University)

Religions of Ancient Egypt

• Ancient Egyptian Religion & Mythology  (requires PDF)
  Kasia Szpakowska  (University of Wales Swansea)
      Pedagogical Reflections
• Ancient Egyptian Religious Beliefs and Practices  (requires PDF)
  Kasia Szpakowska  (Swansea Univerity)
      Pedagogical Reflections

Animals

• Religion and Animals  (requires PDF)  
  Paul Waldau  (Center for Animals and Public Policy, Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine)
• Religion, Science, and Other Animals  (requires PDF)  
  Paul Waldau  (Episcopal Divinity School)

Apocalypticism

• Apocalyptic Texts in Scripture, Culture, & Politics  (requires PDF)  
  J. Michael Clark  (Warren Wilson College)
• Apocalypticism
  Richard Ascough  (Queen's University)
• Early Christian Apocalypses  (requires PDF)
  James A. Kelhoffer  (Saint Louis University)
• The End of the World in America  
  Amy DeRogatis  (Michigan State University)
  (for film references, see the Class Schedule, Viewing, Thinking, and Writing, and Course Activities pages)
• The End of the World: The Millennium and the End Times in American Religious Thought  
  Liza McAlister  (Wesleyan University)

Religion and the Arts

• African Art and the Web Museum    
  Benjamin Ray  (University of Virginia)
• Artists, Shamans and Cosmology    
  Thomas Peterson  (Alfred University)
• Music in the History of Christianity: Johann Sebastian Bach  (requires PDF)  
  E. Ann Matter  (University of Pennsylvania)
• Music, Culture and Ideas  (requires PDF)
  Casey Haskins  (Purchase College)
• Myth, Ritual, and the Creative Process    
  Thomas Peterson  (Alfred University)
• Spirituality and Theories of Acting  (requires PDF)  
  Brendan McGroarty and Sally Montgomery  (Catholic University of America)

Religions of Asia

• Banaras: Life and Death in a Holy City  
  Tim Lubin  (Washington and Lee University)
• East Asian Religions    
  Jeff Richey  (Berea College)
• Exile and Religion in Asian Literatures  (requires PDF)
  Lavanya Vemsani  (McMaster University)
• Gandhi: Non-Violence and the Struggle for Freedom
  K. I. Koppedrayer  (Wilfrid Laurier University)
• God and Goddess in Hinduism    
  Tim Lubin  (Washington and Lee University)
• Introduction to Asian Religions  
  Tim Lubin  (Washington and Lee University)
• Introduction to East Asian Religions  
  Russell Kirkland  (University of Georgia)
• Religion, Community, and Conflict in South Asia  
  Tim Lubin  (Washington and Lee University)
• Religions of China and Japan  (requires PDF)    
  Jeffrey L. Richey  (University of Findlay)
• Religions of India and Tibet      
  Jeffrey L. Richey  (Berea College)
• Religious Traditions of China and Japan  (requires PDF)
  Lavanya Vemsani  (St. Thomas University)
      Pedagogical Reflections
• Ritual and the Arts in Asian Religions  
  K. I. Koppedrayer  (Wilfrid Laurier University)
• The Anthropology of South Asian Religion  
  Michael Moffatt  (Rutgers University)
• The Hindu Temple    
  Tim Lubin  (Washington and Lee University)
• Yogis, Ascetics, and Monks in Indian Religions
  Tim Lubin  (Washington and Lee University)
• Zen Philosophy  
  Eric Sean Nelson  (University of Toledo)

Religions of Australia

• Church : A Communion of Believers
  Gideon Goosen  (Australian Catholic University)

Bible

• Bible as Story
  Annette Yoshiko Reed  (McMaster University)
• New Testament Introduction  (requires PDF)
  James A. Kelhoffer  (Saint Louis University)
• Paul and the Roman World  (requires PDF)
  James A. Kelhoffer  (Saint Louis University)
• Synoptic Gospels  (requires PDF)
  James A. Kelhoffer  (Saint Louis University)
• The Bible and Feminist Imagination
  Alicia Ostriker  (Rutgers University)
• The Bible and Its Interpreters
  Celia Marshall  (University of North Carolina, Charlotte)
• The Biblical Heritage
  Garth Kemerling  (Newberry College)
• Understanding the Bible  
  Bryan Rennie  (Westminster College)
  (for video references, see the Schedule page)
• Women in the Bible
  Naomi Steinberg  (DePaul University)
• Women in the Biblical Tradition
  Annette Yoshiko Reed  (McMaster University)

Bible - Hebrew Bible/Old Testament

• Five Books of Moses  
  Annette Yoshiko Reed  (McMaster University)
• Hebrew Prophets
  Victor Matthews  (Southwest Missouri State University)
• Introduction to the Literature, History and Religion of Ancient Israel
  Robert W. Allison  (Bates College)
• Introduction to the Old Testament
  Daniel P. Madden  (Barry University)
• Literature and World of the Old Testament  
  Victor Matthews  (Southwest Missouri State University)
• Literature of the Old Testament  
  Alan Altany  (Marshall University)
• The Hebrew Bible and Its Interpretations
  Peter Haas  (Vanderbilt University)
• Torah/Pentateuch
  Jim Watts  (Syracuse University)

Buddhism

• Buddha and Buddhism  (requires PDF)  
  Celeste Rossmiller  (University of Denver)
• Buddhism and the Environment  (requires PDF)
  Sid Brown  (Sewanee: The University of the South)
      Pedagogical Reflections
• Buddhist Traditions  
  Ivan Strenski  (University of California, Riverside)
• Buddhist Traditions  
  Jim Dalton  (Siena College)
• Buddhist Traditions in India, China and Japan  (requires PDF)  
  Russell Kirkland  (University of Georgia)
• Introduction to Buddhism
  Nicholas F. Gier  (University of Idaho)
• The Buddha and Buddhism  (requires PDF)  
  Glenn Yocum  (Whittier College)
• The Buddhist Tradition  (requires PDF)    
  Jeffrey L. Richey  (University of Findlay)
• Women in Buddhism  (requires PDF)    
  Ding-Hwa Hsieh  (Truman State University)
• Zen Mind  (requires PDF)  
  Charles Strain  (DePaul University)
• Zen Philosophy  
  Eric Sean Nelson  (University of Toledo)

Religions of the Caribbean

• Caribbean Religions    
  Darren J. N. Middleton  (Texas Christian University)
• Religions of the Caribbean
  Alan Altany  (Marshall University)

Religions of China

• Chinese Religions  (requires PDF)  
  Ding-Hwa Hsieh  (Truman State University)
• Chinese Religions  
  Joseph Adler  (Kenyon College)
• Confucianism and Chinese Tradition  (requires PDF)  
  Russell Kirkland  (University of Georgia)
• Confucianism and Daoism
  Nicholas F. Gier  (University of Idaho)
• Dimensions of Reality in Chinese Tales  (requires PDF)
  Russell Kirkland  (Macalester College)
• Heaven and Humanity in Confucian Thought and Practice
  Joseph Adler  (Kenyon College)
• Individual and Society: Perspectives from Classical China  (requires PDF)  
  Russell Kirkland  (Macalester College)
• Religion in China    
  Stevan Harrell  (University of Washington)
• Taoism  
  Joseph Adler  (Kenyon College)
• The Quest for Sagehood: An Introduction to Chinese Philosophical and Religious Thought  
  Warren G. Frisina  (Hofstra University)
• The Taoist Religion  (requires PDF)  
  Ding-Hwa Hsieh  (Truman State University)
• The Taoist Tradition  (requires PDF)
  Russell Kirkland  (University of Georgia)
• Women in Chinese Religion  (requires PDF)    
  Ding-Hwa Hsieh  (Truman State University)

Christian Origins

• Cultural Context of Early Christianity
  Michael Fuller  (St. Louis Community College)
• Early Christian Apocalypses  (requires PDF)
  James A. Kelhoffer  (Saint Louis University)
• Early Christian Women  
  Margaret Y. MacDonald  (St. Francis Xavier University)
• Early Christianity
  Alan Altany  (Marshall University)
• Early Christianity: Diversity, Conflict, Self-Definition and Dominance
  Robert W. Allison  (Bates College)
• Early Church Doctoral Seminar: Martyrdom and Persecution in Early Christianity  (requires PDF)
  James A. Kelhoffer  (Saint Louis University)
• Gender and Family in Early Christianity
  J. Albert Harrill  (DePaul University)
• Gnosticism  (requires PDF)
  Michel Desjardins  (Wilfrid Laurier University)
• Gnosticism
  Patricia Miller  (Syracuse University)
• Introduction to the History of Christianity  
  Daniel Sack  (Hope College)
• Introduction to the New Testament
  Donald D. Binder  (Southern Methodist University)
• Introduction to the New Testament  (requires PDF)
  Michel Desjardins  (Wilfrid Laurier University)
• Introduction to the New Testament
  Richard Ascough  (Queen's University)
• Introduction to the Worlds of Ancient Christianity    
  Michael E. Foat  (Reed College)
• Jesus: Real to Reel  
  Peter Gilmour and Richard Ascough  (Loyola University)
• Methods in New Testament Criticism
  Daniel M. Patte  (Vanderbilt University)
• New Testament Introduction  (requires PDF)
  James A. Kelhoffer  (Saint Louis University)
• Paul and the Roman World  (requires PDF)
  James A. Kelhoffer  (Saint Louis University)
• Paul in His Social Context
  Donald D. Binder  (Southern Methodist University)
• Paul of Tarsus    
  Michel Desjardins  (Wilfrid Laurier University)
• Portraits of Jesus in Contemporary and Ancient Debate    
  Nicola Denzey  (Skidmore College)
• Research Problems: Early Christian History  (requires PDF)
  James A. Kelhoffer  (Saint Louis University)
• Synoptic Gospels  (requires PDF)
  James A. Kelhoffer  (Saint Louis University)
• The Acts of the Apostles in Its Greco-Roman Setting  
  Donald D. Binder  (Anglican School of Theology, University of Dallas)
• The Gospel of Mark
  Daniel M. Patte  (Vanderbilt University)
• The Pauline Corpus
  Richard Ascough  (University of the Incarnate Word)
• The Teachings of Jesus
  Alan Altany  (Marshall University)
• The Women of Early Christianity
  Betsy Bauman-Martin  (University of California, Riverside)
• The Writings of Paul
  Richard Ascough  (Loyola University)
• Themes in New Testament
  Daniel M. Patte  (Vanderbilt University)

Christianity

• The Da Vinci Code  (requires PDF)
  Cheryl Rhodes  (University of South Carolina)
      Pedagogical Reflections
• Catholic Social Thought  (requires PDF)
  Joe Incandela  (St. Mary's College)
• Christianity
  James B. Wiggins  (Syracuse University)
• Church : A Communion of Believers
  Gideon Goosen  (Australian Catholic University)
• Early and Medieval Christianity
  Bobbi Patterson  (Emory University)
• Early Byzantine Empire
  Timothy E. Gregory  (Ohio State University)
• Early Christian Apocalypses  (requires PDF)
  James A. Kelhoffer  (Saint Louis University)
• Early Christianity: Diversity, Conflict, Self-Definition and Dominance
  Robert W. Allison  (Bates College)
• Early Church Doctoral Seminar: Martyrdom and Persecution in Early Christianity  (requires PDF)
  James A. Kelhoffer  (Saint Louis University)
• Historical Theology I: Patristic Theology  (requires PDF)
  Tarmo Toom  (John Leland Center for Theological Studies)
      Pedagogical Reflections
• Historical Theology II: Medieval Theology  (requires PDF)
  Tarmo Toom  (John Leland Center for Theological Studies)
      Pedagogical Reflections
• History of Christian Doctrine 451-1650
  Marilyn McCord Adams  (Yale Divinity School)
• History of Christian Thought, 200-1000  (requires PDF)
  E. Ann Matter  (University of Pennsylvania)
• History of Christianity  
  Debra Washington and Brett Smith  (Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary)
• Marriage and Sexuality in Medieval Europe
  Paul Hyams  (Cornell University)
• Music in the History of Christianity: Johann Sebastian Bach  (requires PDF)  
  E. Ann Matter  (University of Pennsylvania)
• North African Christian Theology Through Augustine  
  Roger Evans  (Payne Theological Seminary)
• Paul and the Roman World  (requires PDF)
  James A. Kelhoffer  (Saint Louis University)
• Portraits of the Marys  
  Nicola Denzey  (Skidmore College)
• Protestant Faith & Practice  (requires PDF)
  Laura S. Sugg  (Agnes Scott College)
• Roman Catholic Theology Since the French Revolution  (requires PDF)
  Paul Misner  (Marquette University)
• The Catholic World  
  Alan Altany  (Marshall University)
  (for video references, see the Semester Schedule page)
• The History of Christian Thought from 1000 to 1700  (requires PDF)
  E. Ann Matter  (University of Pennsylvania)
• The History of Christianity
  Jeff Robbins  (St. Bonaventure University)
• The Later Byzantine Empire
  Timothy E. Gregory  (Ohio State University)

Comparative Studies of Religion

• Comparative Religion
  Dale Cannon  (Western Oregon University)
• Dialogue Between Jews and Christians  (requires PDF)
  Clark Williamson  (Christian Theological Seminary)
• Experiences of the Sacred  
  Jim Dalton  (Siena College)
• Global Ethics and the World’s Religions  (requires PDF)
  Peter McCourt  (Commonwealth University)
• God in Western Consciousness and Culture
  John Vielkind and Alan Altany  (Marshall University)
• Gods in Transit: How Religions Spread
  Tim Lubin  (Washington and Lee University)
• Marriage, Family, and Religious Values: A Multicultural Approach  (requires PDF)
  Liz Wilson  (Miami University of Ohio)
• Religion, Community, and Conflict in South Asia    
  Timothy Lubin  (Washington and Lee University)
• Religion, Economy and Values
  Ivan Strenski  (University of California, Riverside)
• Religious Myths of America  (requires PDF)
  Christopher Buck  (Michigan State University)
• Sacrifice
  Jim Watts  (Syracuse University)
• Sainthood in Four Traditions  
  Timothy Lubin  (Washington and Lee University)
• The Idea of Scripture
  Jim Watts  (Syracuse University)
• The Religious Quest: Judaism and Christianity
  Ruth Langer  (Boston College)
• Yogis, Ascetics, and Divine Incarnations in Indian Religions  
  Timothy Lubin  (Washington and Lee University)

Contemporary Religious Thought

• Contemporary Catholic Thought  (requires PDF)
  Peter McCourt  (Commonwealth University)
• Contemporary Religious Thought    
  Paula Cooey  (Trinity University)
• The Anguish of the Jews: Issues of Historical and Contemporary Antisemitism  (requires PDF)  
  Brenton Dickieson  (University of Prince Edward Island)

Religion and Culture

• American Religion and Culture  (requires PDF)
  Susan (Bales) Ridgely  (University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh)
• Buddhism and the Environment  (requires PDF)
  Sid Brown  (Sewanee: The University of the South)
      Pedagogical Reflections
• Contemporary Problems in Religion and Culture  
  William C. James and Ellen Goldberg  (Queen's University)
  (for film references, see the page Part I - Feminism and Religion)
• Indian Religions: Self-Discipline And Social Activism  (requires PDF)
  Lavanya Vemsani  (St. Thomas University)
• Religion and American Culture: Seminar in American History  (requires PDF)
  Randall Stephens  (Eastern Nazarene College)
      Pedagogical Reflections
• Religion and Culture  (requires PDF)    
  Kevin Lewis  (University of South Carolina)
• Religion and Popular Culture  
  Gail Hamner  (Syracuse University)

Death and Dying

• Contemporary Religious Thought: Death and Dying  (requires PDF)
  Amir Hussain  (California State University, Northridge)
• Death and Dying  
  Liz Nutting  (Temple University)
• Death and Dying  (requires PDF)
  Lucy Bregman  (Temple University)
• Death and Its Beyond: Experience, Myths and Rituals
  James Halstead  (DePaul University)
• Grief, Death and Dying  
  Christopher Ross  (Wilfrid Laurier University)
• Love and Death  (requires PDF)  
  Paula Cooey  (Macalester College)
• Pastoral Care in Times of Grief and Loss  
  Lee Ramsey  (Memphis Theological Seminary)
• Sociology of Dying, Death, and Bereavement
  Michael R. Leming  (St. Olaf College)

Religion and Disabilities

• Bioethics  (requires PDF)  
  Mary Jo Iozzio  (Barry University)
• Bioethics Today and Yesterday  (requires PDF)  
  Mary Jo Iozzio  (Barry University)
• Disability and Difference: Theological and Ethical Perspectives  (requires PDF)
  Debbie Creamer  (Iliff School of Theology)
• Justice & Peace Struggles: Faith Communities & People with Disabilities  (requires PDF)
  Debbie Creamer  (Iliff School of Theology)

Religion and Ecology

• Buddhism and the Environment  (requires PDF)
  Sid Brown  (Sewanee: The University of the South)
      Pedagogical Reflections
• Foundations for Ecological Ethics  (requires PDF)
  Jame Schaefer  (Marquette University)
• Religion and Ecology  (requires PDF)
  Ahmed Afzaal  (Connecticut College)
• Religion and Ecology  (requires PDF)  
  Laura Hobgood-Oster  (Southwestern University)
• Religion and Ecology  (requires PDF)  
  Paul Waldau  (Tufts University)
• Religion and Ecology in Native North America    
  Ines Talamantez in collaboration with Sean M. Connors  (University of California, Santa Barbara)
• Religion and Nature
  Joseph Adler  (Kenyon College)
• Theocentric Foundations for Environmental Ethics  
  Jame Schaefer  (Marquette University)

Religion and Ethics

• Bioethics  (requires PDF)  
  Mary Jo Iozzio  (Barry University)
• Bioethics Today and Yesterday  (requires PDF)  
  Mary Jo Iozzio  (Barry University)
• Business Ethics and Society
  John Wall  (DePaul University)
• Business, Ethics, and Society  (requires PDF)
  John T. Leahy  (DePaul University)
• Catholic Ethics and Social Justice  (requires PDF)
  Peter McCourt  (Commonwealth University)
• Christian Ethics and Human Sexuality  (requires PDF)    
  Julie J. Kilmer  (Elmhurst College)
• Disability and Difference: Theological and Ethical Perspectives  (requires PDF)
  Debbie Creamer  (Iliff School of Theology)
• Ethics
  Stacy Patty  (Lubbock Christian University)
• Global Ethics and the World’s Religions  (requires PDF)
  Peter McCourt  (Commonwealth University)
• God, Science and Designer Genes  (requires PDF)
  Donna Yarri and Spencer Stober  (Alvernia College)
• Our Soul and Money
  Edward Tomasiewicz  (DePaul University)
• Religion and Contemporary Values
  Michael Horace Barnes  (University of Dayton)

Religion and Evil

• Evil and Its Symbols  (requires PDF)
  Michel Desjardins  (Wilfrid Laurier University)
• The Problem of Evil  
  Jeff Robbins  (Syracuse University)

Religion, Film and Visual Culture

• Faith and Film  (requires PDF)  
  Elizabeth Tillar  (St. Anselm College)
• Jesus in Fiction and Film  (requires PDF)  
  Darren J. N. Middleton  (Texas Christian University)
• Philosophy and Film  (requires PDF)  
  Casey Haskins  (Purchase College)
• Religion and American Film  
  Judith Weisenfeld  (Vassar College)
• Religion and Contemporary Film  
  Tony Michael and Ken Derry  (University of Toronto)
• Religion and Film  
  Amir Hussain  (California State University, Northridge)
• Religion and Film  
  Gail Hamner  (Syracuse University)
• Religion and Film: Viewing Films Religiously  
  Anne Moore and Kathleen O'Grady  (University of Calgary)
• The Bible in Contemporary American Film  
  Nicola Denzey  (Skidmore College)
• The Bible in Contemporary Fiction and Film  (requires PDF)  
  Cheryl B. Rhodes  (University of South Carolina)

Food and Religion

• Breaking Bread: Religion and American Foodways  (requires PDF)
  Nora L. Rubel  (Connecticut College)
• Diets and Deities: Food Themes in World Religions  (requires PDF)    
  Katherine Ulrich  (DePauw University)

Greek Religions in Antiquity

• Ancient Greek Religion
  Patricia Miller  (Syracuse University)
• Gods, Heroes, Magic, and Mysteries: Religion in Ancient Greece
  Robert W. Allison and Loring M. Danforth  (Bates College)
• Graeco-Roman Religions
  Patricia Miller  (Syracuse University)
• Greek Goddesses
  Patricia Miller  (Syracuse University)

Health, Illness and Religion

• Bioethics  (requires PDF)  
  Mary Jo Iozzio  (Barry University)
• Bioethics Today and Yesterday  (requires PDF)  
  Mary Jo Iozzio  (Barry University)
• Wellness, Disease and Aids in Cultural Perspective
  Edward Tomasiewicz  (DePaul University)

Hinduism

• Hindu Myth, Image, and Pilgrimage  
  Diana L. Eck  (Harvard University)
• Introduction to Hinduism  
  Nicholas F. Gier  (University of Idaho)

Holocaust and Genocide Studies

• Theology after the Holocaust  
  Roy S. Furman and Jeffrey Carlson  (DePaul University)

Religions of India

• Exploring India: From Alex to Bill
  Pankaj Jain  (University of Iowa)
• Goddesses of India  (requires PDF)  
  Philip Lutgendorf  (University of Iowa)
• Indian Religions: Self-Discipline And Social Activism  (requires PDF)
  Lavanya Vemsani  (St. Thomas University)
• Mahabharata as Literature, Performance, Ideology
  Philip Lutgendorf  (University of Iowa)
• South Asian Religions  (requires PDF)  
  Jeffrey L. Richey  (Berea College)
• The Ramayana as Literature, Performance, Ideology  (requires PDF)
  Philip Lutgendorf  (University of Iowa)

Interfaith Dialogue

• Buddhist-Christian Dialogue  (requires PDF)
  Jeffrey Carlson  (Dominican University)
• Christians and Religious Neighbors  
  Judith Berling and Jeff Richey  (Berea College)
• Dialogue Between Jews and Christians  (requires PDF)
  Dennis Sasso and Dean Clark Williamson  (Christian Theological Seminary)
• From Diatribe to Dialogue: Studies in the Jewish-Christian Encounter
  Robin Jensen and Ruth Langer  (Andover Newton Theological School)
• Jews and Christians: Understanding the Other
  Ruth Langer and Philip Cunningham  (Andover Newton Theological School)
• World Religions: Diversity and Dialogue  
  Diana L. Eck  (Harvard University)

Introductory Courses

• Classics of Religious Literature
  Alan Altany  (Harvard University)
• Classics of Religious Literature (previous edition)
  Alan Altany  (Marshall University)
• Comparative Religious Thought
  Jeffrey Wattles  (Kent State University)
• Debates about God  (requires PDF)
  Jeffrey Carlson  (DePaul University)
• Eastern Religions  
  Dale Cannon  (Western Oregon University)
  (for video references, see the page Eastern Religions Videos)
• Experiences of the Sacred
  Jim Dalton  (Siena College)
• Individual and Society: Perspectives from Classical China  (requires PDF)  
  Russell Kirkland  (Macalester College)
• Introducing Religious Studies  (requires PDF)
  Joe Incandela  (St. Mary's College)
• Introduction to Asian Religions  
  Tim Lubin  (Washington and Lee University)
• Introduction to Religion  
  Herbert Berg  (University of North Carolina, Wilmington)
• Introduction to Religion
  Michael H. Barnes  (University of Dayton)
• Introduction to Religion
  Paul Flesher  (University of Wyoming)
• Introduction to Religion in the Modern World [World Religions]
  Alan Altany  (Marshall University)
• Introduction to Religion in the Modern World [World Religions] (previous edition)
  Alan Altany  (Marshall University)
• Introduction to Religions of the World
  Ehud Ben Zvi and Steven Engler  (University of Alberta)
• Introduction to Religious Studies
  Celia Marshall  (University of North Carolina, Charlotte)
• Introduction to Western Religions  
  Betsy Bauman-Martin  (University of California, Riverside)
• Introduction to World Religions  
  Thomas V. Peterson  (Alfred University)
• Islamic Tradition  (requires PDF)
  Ahmed Afzaal  (Connecticut College)
• Issues in Contemporary Theology: Hybridity, Syncretism and Religious Identity
  Jeffrey Carlson  (DePaul University)
• Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
  Herbert Berg  (University of North Carolina, Wilmington)
• Living Religions of the West    
  S. Daniel Breslauer  (University of Kansas)
• Myths and Rituals  
  Ivan Strenski  (University of California, Riverside)
• Origins of Western Religion  
  James W. Reites  (Santa Clara University)
  (for video references, see the Course Outline page)
• Religion and the Quest for Meaning  
  Omid Safi  (Colgate University)
• Religion in Cross-Cultural Perspective
  Daniel M. Varisco  (Hofstra University)
• Religions of the Americas I  
  Ron Grimes  (Wilfrid Laurier University)
• Religions of the Americas II
  K. I. Koppedrayer  (Wilfrid Laurier University)
• Religions of the Western World    
  Annette Yoshiko Reed  (Rutgers University)
• Religions of the World  (requires PDF)  
  Phil Arnold  (Syracuse University)
• Religions of the World: A Women's Studies Emphasis    
  Martha J. Reineke  (University of Northern Iowa)
• Religious Worlds and Worldviews  
  Jeffrey Carlson  (DePaul University)
• The Sermon on the Mount
  Jeffrey Carlson  (DePaul University)
• Understanding Religion: The World's Religions  (requires PDF)
  Andrew O. Fort  (Texas Christian University)
• Understanding Religious Experience and Expression  
  Bryan Rennie  (Westminster College)
• Western Religions  
  Dale Cannon  (Western Oregon University)
  (for video references, see the page Western Religions Videos)
• World Faiths, World Fictions  (requires PDF)    
  Darren J. N. Middleton  (Texas Christian University)
• World Religions
  Amir Hussain  (California State University, Northridge)
• World Religions
  Jeff Robbins  (Cayuga Community College)
• World Religions -- Western
  Eliezer Segal  (University of Calgary)
• World Religions: Spiritual Experiences of Humankind  
  Daniel P. Madden  (Barry University)

Islam

• Contemporary Religious Thought, Islam in the Modern World  
  Amir Hussain  (California State University, Northridge)
• Introduction to Islam    
  Omid Safi  (Colgate University)
• Introduction to Islamic Religion  
  Barbara R. von Schlegell  (University of Pennsylvania)
• Introduction to Islamic Religion  (requires PDF)  
  James W. Morris  (University of Exeter)
• Islam
  Amir Hussain  (California State University, Northridge)
• Islam
  Daniel M. Varisco  (Hofstra University)
• Islam    
  Glenn Yocum  (Whittier College)
• Islam  
  Herbert Berg  (University of North Carolina, Wilmington)
• Islam and Modernity  (requires PDF)
  Ahmed Afzaal  (Connecticut College)
• Islam and Modernity  (requires PDF)  
  Ahmed Afzaal  (Lawrence University)
• Islam in the Contemporary World  (requires PDF)
  Roxanne Marcotte  (University of Queensland)
      Pedagogical Reflections
• Islamic Literature and Civilization  
  Michael Sells  (Haverford College)
• Islamic Mysticism  
  Barbara R. von Schlegell  (University of Pennsylvania)
• Islamic Mysticism    
  Omid Safi  (Colgate University)
• Islamic Tradition  (requires PDF)
  Ahmed Afzaal  (Connecticut College)
• Non-Western Humanities
  Rudra Vilius Dundzila  (Harry S Truman College (City Colleges of Chicago))
      Pedagogical Reflections
• Non-Western Humanities: The Islamic Humanities
  Rudra Vilius Dundzila  (Harry S Truman College (City Colleges of Chicago))
      Pedagogical Reflections
• Topics in Islamic Religion and Society: Women in Islam  
  Barbara R. von Schlegell  (University of Pennsylvania)

Religions of Japan

• Japanese Religion  (requires PDF)  
  Russell Kirkland  (University of Georgia)
• Religion in Japanese Culture  
  Joseph Adler  (Kenyon College)
• Religion in Japanese History, Society & Culture
  Michael Bathgate  (DePaul University)

Judaism

• Contemporary Jewish Life in the United States of America  (requires PDF)  
  Shawn Landres  (University of Judaism)
• Dialogue Between Jews and Christians  (requires PDF)
  Dennis Sasso and Dean Clark Williamson  (Christian Theological Seminary)
• History and Literature of Rabbinic Judaism
  Annette Yoshiko Reed  (McMaster University)
• Introduction to Judaism
  Bruce Rosenstock  (University of California, Davis)
• Introduction to Judaism
  Peter Haas  (Vanderbilt University)
• Jewish Mysticism and Kabbalah
  Eliezer Segal  (University of Calgary)
• Judaism in the Modern Era
  Eliezer Segal  (University of Calgary)
• Judaism of the Talmud and Midrash
  Eliezer Segal  (University of Calgary)
• Medieval Judaism
  Eliezer Segal  (University of Calgary)
• Midrash
  Annette Yoshiko Reed  (McMaster University)
• Second Temple Judaism
  Eliezer Segal  (University of Calgary)
• Studies in Religion: Judaism    
  Martha J. Reineke  (University of Northern Iowa)
• The Anguish of the Jews: Issues of Historical and Contemporary Antisemitism  (requires PDF)  
  Brenton Dickieson  (University of Prince Edward Island)
• The Jewish Experience  (requires PDF)
  Jonathan Schofer  (DePaul University)
• The Temple and the Dead Sea Scrolls
  Jim Watts  (Syracuse University)
• Theology after the Holocaust  
  Roy S. Furman and Jeffrey Carlson  (DePaul University)
• Women in Judaism  
  Ellen M. Umansky  (Fairfield University)

Religions of Latin America

• Border Issues/Temas y problematica fronteriza  (requires PDF)
  Lois Ann Lorentzen and Michael Stanfield  (Universidad Iberoamericana)
• Women and Religion in Latin America  (requires PDF)
  Lois Ann Lorentzen and Michael Stanfield  (University of San Francisco)

Religion and Law

• Law and Religion in America
  Francis J. Beckwith  (Baylor University)
• Religion and Law  (requires PDF)
  Winnifred Sullivan  (University of Chicago)

Religion and Literature

• The Da Vinci Code  (requires PDF)
  Cheryl Rhodes  (University of South Carolina)
      Pedagogical Reflections
• Islam and Modernity  (requires PDF)
  Ahmed Afzaal  (Connecticut College)
• Literary Images of God  
  Darren J. N. Middleton  (Texas Christian University)
• Religion and Literature
  E. Ann Matter  (University of Pennsylvania)
• Religion and Literature
  Ken Derry  (University of Toronto)
• Religion and Literature  
  Lissa McCullough  (New York University)
• Religion and Literature: William Blake and the Visionary Recital
  Crerar Douglas and Amir Hussain  (California State University, Northridge)

Media and Religion

• Islam and Modernity  (requires PDF)
  Ahmed Afzaal  (Connecticut College)
• Religion News Media and American Culture  
  Warren G. Frisina  (Hofstra University)

Men's Studies in Religion

• Women, Masculinities and Religion  (requires PDF)
  J. Michael Clark  (Warren Wilson College)

Method and Theory

• Critical Themes and Issues: What is Religion?
  Gail Hamner  (Syracuse University)
• Critical Themes in Religious Thought
  Gail Hamner  (Syracuse University)
• Integrating Seminar
  Jeffrey Carlson  (DePaul University)
• Method and Theory in the Study of Religion    
  Michel Desjardins  (Wilfrid Laurier University)
• Research Problems: Early Christian History  (requires PDF)
  James A. Kelhoffer  (Saint Louis University)
• The Problem of Religion  (requires PDF)  
  Ivan Strenski  (University of California, Riverside)
• Theories of Religion
  David Hall  (Centre College)

Religion and Music

• Music in the History of Christianity: Johann Sebastian Bach  (requires PDF)  
  E. Ann Matter  (University of Pennsylvania)
• Music, Culture and Ideas  (requires PDF)
  Casey Haskins  (Purchase College)
• Worship Arts in the 21st Century  (requires PDF)
  Shawn Young  (Greenville College)
      Pedagogical Reflections

Mysticism

• Comparative Mystical Literature
  Michael Sells  (Haverford College)
• Mysticism  (requires PDF)
  Andrew O. Fort  (Texas Christian University)
• Mysticism  
  Jordan Paper  (York University)
• Mysticism and the Spiritual Quest  (requires PDF)
  Phyllis Zagano  (Hofstra University)
      Pedagogical Reflections
• Philosophy of Western Mysticism
  Bruce Janz  (Augustana University College)
• Western Mysticism and the Modern Mind
  Alan Altany  (Marshall University)

Native Traditions in the Americas

• Critical Issues in the Study of Native American Religions
  Raymond Bucko  (Creighton University)
• Ethonohistorical Approaches to Native Cultures
  Raymond Bucko  (Creighton University)
• Introduction to American Religions  
  John Grim  (Bucknell University)
• Introduction to Religion in Native American Cultures  (requires PDF)  
  Russell Kirkland  (University of Georgia)
• Native American Worldviews
  James Treat  (University of New Mexico)
• Native Americans and Christianity
  James Treat  (University of New Mexico)
• Religions of Native American Peoples  
  Jordan Paper  (York University)
• Religions of Native Peoples
  John Dalton  (Siena College)

Near Eastern Religions in Antiquity

• Ancient Egyptian Religion & Mythology  (requires PDF)
  Kasia Szpakowska  (University of Wales Swansea)
      Pedagogical Reflections
• Ancient Egyptian Religious Beliefs and Practices  (requires PDF)
  Kasia Szpakowska  (Swansea Univerity)
      Pedagogical Reflections
• Ancient Near Eastern Religions and Cultures
  Jim Watts  (Syracuse University)
• God: The Beginnings  
  Eugene McAfee  (Harvard College)
• Sacrifice
  Jim Watts  (Syracuse University)

New Religious Movements

• Cults and Conversion in Modern America  (requires PDF)    
  Eugene V. Gallagher  (Connecticut College)
• Cults and Covens: Theory and Practice of New Religious Movements  (requires PDF)  
  Shawn Krause-Loner  (Syracuse University)
• Cults and New Religious Movements  (requires PDF)
  Lorne Dawson  (University of Waterloo)
• New Religious Movements  
  Jeffrey K. Hadden  (University of Virginia)
• New Religious Movements  (requires PDF)    
  Jeffrey L. Richey  (University of Findlay)
• New Religious Movements (Nonwestern)  (requires PDF)
  Timothy Miller  (University of Kansas)
• New Religious Movements (Western)  (requires PDF)
  Timothy Miller  (University of Kansas)

Peace and Violence

• Biblical and Ethical Perspectives on Christian Peacemaking  
  Glen Stassen  (Fuller Theological Seminary)
• Liberating Nonviolence: The Spirituality and Practice of Christian Nonviolence
  Ken Butigan and Lois Vitale  (Franciscan School of Theology and Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley)
• Nonviolence in the Modern World
  John Cort  (Denison University)
• Non-Violence: Theory and Practice
  Joe Groves  (Guilford College)
• Topics in Political Theory: Political Theories of Nonviolence
  Manfred B. Steger  (Illinois State University)

Phenomenology

• Interpreting Religious Phenomena
  Dale Cannon  (Western Oregon University)

Philosophy of Religion

• Advanced Topic in Philosophy of Religion  (requires PDF)
  Jim Kanaris  (McGill University)
• Existentialism & Religion
  Jeff Robbins  (Syracuse University)
• Freedom and Determinism
  Michael Horace Barnes  (University of Dayton)
• History of Ancient Philosophy
  Marc Cohen  (University of Washington)
• Philosophers Look at Religion
  Edith Wyschogrod  (Rice University)
• Philosophy of Religion  (requires PDF)
  Casey Haskins  (Purchase College)
• Philosophy of Religion
  Eric Sean Nelson  (University of Toledo)
• The Problem of Evil  
  Jeff Robbins  (Syracuse University)

Religion and Politics

• World Religions, War and Politics, in America  (requires PDF)  
  Chris Hamilton  (Washburn University)

Religion and Power

• Sources and Symbols of Power and Authority
  Victor Matthews  (Southwest Missouri State University)

Psychology and Religion

• (Cognitive) Psychology of Religion  (requires PDF)  
  Jason Sloan  (University of Findlay)
• Psychology of Religion  (requires PDF)
  Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi  (University of Haifa)
• The Body in Human Relationships: Divergent Meanings, Conflicting Values
  Edward Tomasiewicz  (DePaul University)

Reformation

• Reformation Europe: 1450-1650
  Carlos M. N. Eire  (Yale University)
• Thought of the Reformation  (requires PDF)
  Paula Cooey  (Macalester College)

Ritual Studies

• Artists, Shamans and Cosmology    
  Thomas Peterson  (Alfred University)
• Introduction to Ritual Studies I  (requires PDF)
  Lavanya Vemsani  (St. Thomas University)
      Pedagogical Reflections
• Myth, Ritual, and the Creative Process    
  Thomas Peterson  (Alfred University)
• Myths and Rituals  
  Ivan Strenski  (University of California, Riverside)
• Religion, Ritual and Magic
  Ron Grimes  (Wilfrid Laurier University)
• Rites of Passage  (requires PDF)
  Ron Grimes  (Wilfrid Laurier University)
• Ritual Studies  
  Kathleen O'Grady  (University of Calgary)

Science and Religion

• God, Science and Designer Genes  (requires PDF)
  Donna Yarri and Spencer Stober  (Alvernia College)
• Origins and Nature of the Universe  (requires PDF)
  Jame Schaefer and John Karkheck  (Marquette University)
• Relating Theology and the Natural Sciences on Contemporary Issues
  Jame Schaefer  (Marquette University)
• Religion and Science  (requires PDF)
  Ivan Strenski  (University of California, Riverside)
• Religion and Science  (requires PDF)
  Jim Kanaris  (McGill University)
• Religion and Science  
  Michael H. Barnes  (University of Dayton)
• Religion, Science, and Other Animals  (requires PDF)  
  Paul Waldau  (Episcopal Divinity School)
• Science and Religion  (requires PDF)
  Ian A. McFarland  (University of Aberdeen)
• Science and the Sacred
  William Grassie  (University of Pennsylvania)
• Seminar in Biology and Religion/Questions at the Interface    
  Nicola Hoggard Creegan  (North Carolina Wesleyan College)
  (for video references, see the Readings page)
• Theological Perspectives on the Science of Economics  (requires PDF)
  Paul Oslington  (University of New South Wales/Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, Australia)
• Theology and the Natural Sciences  
  Jame Schaefer  (Marquette University)

Service Learning and Religion

• Being A Servant; Strengthening Birthright Integrity; Internal Reflection Leading to Actions of Community and Peace  (requires PDF)
  Thomas Neuville  (Millersville University)

Religion and Sexuality

• Que(e)rying Religious Studies  (requires PDF)  
  Susan Henking  (Hobart and William Smith Colleges)

Religion and the Social Sciences

• Anthropology of Religion
  Raymond A. Bucko  (Creighton University)
• Religion in Cross-Cultural Perspective
  Daniel M. Varisco  (Hofstra University)
• Religion, Culture and Society
  Michael R. Leming  (St. Olaf College)
• Sociology of Religion  (requires PDF)
  Courtney Bender  (Columbia University)
• Sociology of Religion
  Dallas Blanchard  (University of West Florida)
• Sociology of Religion
  Jeffrey K. Hadden  (University of Virginia)
• Sociology of Religion  
  Jim Spickard  (University of Redlands)
  (for film references, see the Course Calendar and Fall 1996 Film Festival pages)
• Sociology of Religion
  Lutz Kaelber  (Lyndon State College of Vermont)
• Sociology of Religion  (requires PDF)
  Stephen D. Glazier  (University of Nebraska)
• Tabu and Sacred in Time and Space  (requires PDF)
  Ivan Strenski  (University of California, Riverside)

Theology (Christian)

• Christian Belief: Its Critics and Defenders  (requires PDF)
  Ian A. McFarland  (University of Aberdeen)
• Christian Soteriology  (requires PDF)  
  Tarmo Toom  (John Leland Center for Theological Studies)
• Contemporary Catholic Thought  (requires PDF)
  Peter McCourt  (Commonwealth University)
• Debates about God
  Jeffrey Carlson  (DePaul University)
• Dispensationalism and Covenant Theology  
  Jeffrey Khoo  (Far Eastern Bible College of Singapore)
• Evil and Religion  
  Jeffrey Carlson  (DePaul University)
• Historical Theology I: Patristic Theology  (requires PDF)
  Tarmo Toom  (John Leland Center for Theological Studies)
      Pedagogical Reflections
• Historical Theology II: Medieval Theology  (requires PDF)
  Tarmo Toom  (John Leland Center for Theological Studies)
      Pedagogical Reflections
• Introduction to Homiletics  (requires PDF)
  Linda Clader  (Church Divinity School of the Pacific)
• Jesus Across Cultures  
  Jeffrey Carlson  (DePaul University)
• Life and Thought of John Wesley  (requires PDF)
  Pamela Couture  (Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School)
• Sex, Sin & Salvation: The Christian Doctrine of the Human Person  (requires PDF)
  Ian A. McFarland  (University of Aberdeen)
• Systematic Theology  (requires PDF)
  Clark M. Williamson  (Christian Theological Seminary)
• Systematic Theology  (requires PDF)
  David S. Cunningham  (Seabury-Western Theological Seminary)
• The Church and the Modern World  (requires PDF)
  Paul Misner  (Marquette University)
• The Practices of Teaching
  Mary C. Boys and Kathleen Talvacchia  (Union Theological Seminary)
• Theological Perspectives on the Science of Economics  (requires PDF)
  Paul Oslington  (University of New South Wales/Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, Australia)
• Trinitarian Thought  (requires PDF)
  David S. Cunningham  (Seabury-Western Theological Seminary)

Religions of Tibet and the Himalayas

• Religions of India and Tibet      
  Jeffrey L. Richey  (Berea College)

Violence and Religion

• Religion and Violence
  Michael Sells  (Haverford College)

Women and Religion

• Contemporary Issues for Women and Religion  
  Kathleen O'Grady  (University of Calgary)
• Feminist Theology
  Gail Hamner  (Syracuse University)
• Feminist Theology  (requires PDF)
  Julia Winden Fey  (University of Central Arkansas)
      Pedagogical Reflections
• Feminist Theology in Third World Perspective  
  Kwok Pui-lan and Letty M. Russell  (Episcopal Divinity School/Yale Divinity School)
• Goddess Religions  
  Kathleen O'Grady  (University of Calgary)
• Goddess Traditions
  Beverly Moon  (Fordham University)
• Honors Seminar: Women and Religion
  Barbara R. von Schlegell  (University of Pennsylvania)
• Portraits of the Marys  
  Nicola Denzey  (Skidmore College)
• Powerful and Powerless: Women and Religion  
  Ann K. Wetherilt  (Emmanuel College, Boston)
• Resources for a Constructive Ethic: The Black Women's Literary Tradition
  Katie G. Cannon  (Temple University)
• Slave Narratives as Religious Sources  (requires PDF)
  Katie G. Cannon  (Temple University)
• Women and Religion
  Alan Altany  (Marshall University)
• Women and Religion  (requires PDF)  
  Angelyn Dries  (Cardinal Stritch University)
• Women and Religion in Latin America  (requires PDF)
  Lois Ann Lorentzen and Michael Stanfield  (University of San Francisco)
• Women and Religion; Web Resources  
  Kathleen O'Grady  (University of Calgary)
• Women in Buddhism  (requires PDF)    
  Ding-Hwa Hsieh  (Truman State University)
• Women in Chinese Religion  (requires PDF)    
  Ding-Hwa Hsieh  (Truman State University)
• Women in Judaism  
  Ellen M. Umansky  (Fairfield University)
• Women in the Bible
  Naomi Steinberg  (DePaul University)
• Women in the Biblical Tradition
  Annette Yoshiko Reed  (McMaster University)

World Religions

• Adult Life in the World's Religions  (requires PDF)
  Franz Metcalf  (California State University, Los Angeles)
• Eastern Religions  
  Dale Cannon  (Western Oregon University)
  (for video references, see the page Eastern Religions Videos)
• Introduction to the Religions of India, China, and Japan  (requires PDF)  
  Russell Kirkland  (University of Georgia)
• Introduction to Western Religious Thought
  Celia Marshall  (University of North Carolina, Charlotte)
• Introduction to World Religions  (requires PDF)    
  Jeffrey L. Richey  (Berea College)
• Introduction to World Religions    
  Thomas Peterson and William Cassidy  (Alfred University)
• Origins of Western Religion  
  James W. Reites  (Santa Clara University)
  (for video references, see the Course Outline page)
• Religion and the Quest for Meaning    
  Omid Safi  (Colgate University)
• Religions of the Western World    
  Annette Yoshiko Reed  (Rutgers University)
• Religions of the World
  Ann Gold and Richard B. Pilgrim  (Syracuse University)
• Religions of the World  (requires PDF)  
  Phil Arnold  (Syracuse University)
• Religions of the World: East
  Charles Ess  (Drury University)
• Understanding Religion: The World's Religions  
  Andrew O. Fort  (Texas Christian University)
• Western Religions  
  Dale Cannon  (Western Oregon University)
  (for video references, see the page Western Religions Videos)
• World Religions
  Amir Hussain  (California State University, Northridge)
• World Religions  
  Michael Fuller  (St. Louis Community College)
• World Religions -- Western
  Eliezer Segal  (University of Calgary)
• World Religions: Spiritual Experiences of Humankind  
  Daniel P. Madden  (Barry University)