Interreligious Studies Minor
The Interreligious Studies minor is a multi-disciplinary minor located within the Religious Studies department that focuses on historical and contemporary encounters between and interactions among distinct religious communities and/or traditions. It provides students the background to analyze the character of interreligious encounter, to think critically about interfaith dialogue, and to function effectively in multi-religious and multi-cultural contexts. Students majoring or minoring in Religious Studies are not eligible to this minor.
A minor in Interreligious Studies requires the following courses:
| REL 110 | RELIGION IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT | 4 sh |
| REL 311 | INTERRELIGIOUS ENCOUNTERS | 4 sh |
Choose two courses from the following:
Eight semester hours selected from the following courses or other approved courses:
| ARH 210 | ART HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD | 4 sh |
| ARH 211 | ART HISTORY OF THE MEDIEVAL AND PREMODERN WORLD | 4 sh |
| ARH 333 | JEWISH, CHRISTIAN, & ISLAMIC CULTURES: CONTACT & CONFLICT | 4 sh |
| ENG 385 | MIDDLE EASTERN LITERATURE | 4 sh |
| GER 324 | GERMANY IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM | 4 sh |
| GBL 263 | ETHIOPIA AND TANZANIA: AN EXPLORATION OF HISTORY, CULTURE, & THE NATURAL WORLD IN EAST AFRICA | 4 sh |
| GBL 286 | INDIA'S IDENTITIES: RELIGION, CASTE AND GENDER IN CONTEMPORARY SOUTH INDIA | 4 sh |
| REL 211 | THE HEBREW BIBLE (OLD TESTAMENT) | 4 sh |
| REL 212 | INTRODUCTION TO THE NEW TESTAMENT AND EARLY CHRISTIAN LITERATURE | 4 sh |
| REL 312 | RELIGION GOES GLOBAL: FANATICS, FRAUDS, AND PEACEMAKERS | 4 sh |
| REL 325 | THE APOCALYPTIC IMAGINATION, ANCIENT AND MODERN | 4 sh |
| REL 327 | MESSIAHS, MARTYRS AND MEMORY | 4 sh |
| REL 338 | JEWISH-CHRISTIAN ENCOUNTERS | 4 sh |
| REL 339 | GOD AND POLITICS | 4 sh |
| REL 350 | SILK ROAD: THEN AND NOW | 4 sh |
| REL 358 | SITES AND RITES: SACRED SPACE AND RITUAL IN WORLD RELIGIONS | 4 sh |
| REL 384 | MODERN JEWISH THOUGHT | 4 sh |
| SPN 359 | COLONIAL ENCOUNTERS | 4 sh |
| SPN 455 | RELIGION, IDOLATRY AND CONQUEST: FROM MEDIEVAL SPAIN TO THE NEW WORLD | 4 sh |
| IRS 481 | INTERNSHIP IN INTERRELIGIOUS STUDIES | 1-4 sh |
| IRS 499 | RESEARCH IN INTERRELIGIOUS STUDIES | 1-4 sh |
At least one course recommended at the 300-400-level
Total Credit Hours: 24