UNL Department of Classics and Religious Studies (religious_studies)

The Minor in Religious Studies
The aim of the religious studies minor is to give the student a knowledge of religion as a phenomenon of human life. The student chooses courses in three distinct areas from a variety of disciplines in the humanities and the social sciences. The minor in religious studies is particularly suited to students whose academic objective is a firm grounding in the liberal arts. It is also effective preparation for students who plan to attend seminary or pursue graduate work in the humanities, social sciences, or theology/religious studies.

Professor Turner is also available for consultation with students planning to attend a seminary or theological school and those who are interested in an Integrated Studies program in religious studies. Professor Turner is the Cotner College Professor of Religion.

Requirements for the Minor in Religious Studies

• A minimum of 18 hours in the courses listed; at least 9 of those hours must be religion courses. A minimum of 6 hours in each area (A, B, and C) must be selected.

Other courses not listed below, particularly special topics courses, may be applied with permission of the chief adviser.

Students also have the opportunity, through a cooperative agreement, to take selected courses at Nebraska Wesleyan university in ethics, theology and world religions. Please see the chief adviser for arrangement

Group A. The Nature of Religion

• ANTH 472. Belief Systems in Anthropological Perspective (3 cr)
  
• PHIL 116. Philosophy & Religious Belief (3 cr)
  
• PHIL 265. Philosophy of Religion (3 cr)
  
• RELG 150. Explaining Religion (3 cr)
  
• RELG 182. Alpha Learning Community Freshman Seminar (3 cr)
  
• RELG 183. Alpha Learning Community Freshman Seminar (3 cr)
  
• RELG 206. Ways of Western Religion (CLAS 206G) (3 cr)
  
• RELG 310. Great Ideas in Religious Thought: From God to Nothingness (3 cr)
  
• SOCI 452. Sociology of Religion (3 cr)
  

Group B. Biblical Studies

• CLAS 311. Ancient Israel (HIST/JUDS 331) (3 cr)
  
• ENGL 341. Judaeo-Christian Literature (3 cr)
  
• RELG 205. Intro to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament (CLAS/JUDS 205) (3 cr)
  
• RELG 217. Israel: The Holy Land (HIST/JUDS 217) (3 cr)
  
• RELG 306. Second Temple Judaism (CLAS/JUDS 306) (3 cr)
  
• RELG 307. Early Christianity (CLAS/JUDS 307) (3 cr)
  
• RELG 340. Women in the Biblical World (CLAS/ JUDS 340) (3 cr)
  
• RELG 408. Dead Sea Scrolls (CLAS/JUDS 408) (3 cr)
  
• RELG 410. Gnosticism (CLAS 410) (3 cr)
  

Group C. The Study of Religious Traditions

• CLAS 286. Literature of the Ancient Near East (3 cr)
  
• HIST 218. History of Islam (3 cr)
  
• HIST 219. Intro to Jewish History (3 cr)
  
• HIST 220. History of Christianity (3 cr)
  
• HIST 421. The Age of Religious Reform, 1300-1650 (3 cr)
  
• MUSC 451. Music and the Church (3 cr)
  
• MUSC 452. Hymnology (3 cr)
  
• RELG 308. History of Comparative Religion (CLAS/HIST 308) (3 cr)
  
• RELG 332. Jews in the Middle Ages (HIST/JUDS 332) (3 cr)
  
• RELG 350. Literature of Judaism (CLAS/JUDS 350) (3 cr)
  
• RELG 409. The Religion of Late Western Antiquity (CLAS/HIST 409) (3 cr)

Religious Studies Course Offerings and Descriptions