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• RELG 343: Religions of African Diaspora

  3.00 Credits

  University of South Carolina-Columbia

  
  Explore development/theologies of African/African Diaspora religions; examine misunderstandings; arrive at a more sophisticated and nuanced vision of these religions and the people who hold them. CL: 2020.
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• RELG 344: Hindu Devotional Traditions

  3.00 Credits

  University of South Carolina-Columbia

  
  One of the main paths to the divine in the Hindu tradition; deep devotion to a god or goddess, or bhakti, with expressions in art, poetry, mythology, theology, and ascetic fervor. Prerequisite: At least one 100- or 200-level Religious Studies course. FS: 12/04/2013. CL: 2020.
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• RELG 349: Tantra:Sex,Power &Bliss

  3.00 Credits

  University of South Carolina-Columbia

  
  Investigation of the Buddhist and Hindu religious ideas and practices know as tantra. Topics include tantric views of the human body, freedom, and consciousnes; tantric use of sec, imagination, visualization, and manipulation of bodily energy; role of tantric traditions in south Asian religions and cultures. FS: 06/12/2013. CL: 2020.
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• RELG 350: Buddhist Stories,Poetry&Films

  3.00 Credits

  University of South Carolina-Columbia

  
  Buddhist stories, poetry, novels, and films from various cultures and times examined for how they creatively convey their religious ideals. Study of great works of Buddhist writing, in English translation, analyzing their techniques and examining how Buddhists use film today for similar aims.
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• RELG 351: Yoga: Art of Spiritual Transf

  3.00 Credits

  University of South Carolina-Columbia

  
  Examination of major South Asian religions--Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, and Islam, emphasizing the historical context for changing religious ideals, and the commingling of traditions.
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• RELG 352: Religions of East Asia

  3.00 Credits

  University of South Carolina-Columbia

  
  Expansion of Buddhism beyond India, development of Confucianism, Taoism, Shinto, and other national religious expressions in China and Japan.
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• RELG 354: Islamic Institutions&Tradition

  3.00 Credits

  University of South Carolina-Columbia

  
  The religious, political, social and economic institutions and intellectual and scholarly traditions developed by Muslim societies throughout Afro-Eurasia from late antiquity to the present. FS: 12/03/2014.
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• RELG 358: The Qur'an and Hadith

  3.00 Credits

  University of South Carolina-Columbia

  
  Intensive study of the Qur'an and Hadith: its major themes and literary quality, with attention to a range of classical and contemporary discourses about the Qur'an, both Islamic and Western.
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• RELG 359: Islamic Theology &Phil Thought

  3.00 Credits

  University of South Carolina-Columbia

  
  Close reading and discussion of primary texts (the Qur'an, Hadith, creeds, classical theological arguments, and modern writings) on major theological problems such as salvation, God, revelation, and religious pluralism.
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• RELG 361: Psychology of Religion

  3.00 Credits

  University of South Carolina-Columbia

  
  The development of the religious consciousness and its various expressions, the psychological dynamics of growth and conversion, response to crisis, and the relation of spiritual practice to health and wholeness. CL: 2020.
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