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Religion (REL)
College of Arts and Humanities
In addition to those specified for individual
courses below, 150, 151, or an appropriate 200-level course is generally
a prerequisite to all upper division religion courses.
REL 150 Introduction to the World’s Major
Religions (3) Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Islam, Hinduism,
Judaism, Shinto, Taoism. AH4
REL 151 Religion and the Meaning of Existence (3) Basic
ideas and issues in contemporary religious thought about the meaning of
existence. AH4
REL 200 Understanding the Old Testament (3) Developing
beliefs and practices of Hebrew religion as set forth in the Old
Testament. Meaning of its faith for the modern world. AH4
REL 201 Understanding the New Testament (3) Origin
and development of early Christian message as set forth in the New
Testament; special attention to Jesus and Paul. AH4
REL 202 Understanding Indian Religions (3) Teachings
and practices of major religious traditions of India. AH4
REL 203 Understanding Chinese Religions (3) Taoist,
Confucian, Buddhist, socialist, and folk beliefs and practices in their
social and historical context. AH4
REL 204 Understanding Japanese Religions (3) Broad
survey, with primary
REL 205 Understanding Hawaiian Religion (3) Major
teachings and practices from ancient times to present, their cultural
influence; analysis of religious texts; relation to other traditions of
Oceania and to Christianity. AH4
REL 207 Understanding Buddhism (3) Survey
of major forms and practices. AH4
REL 208 Understanding Judaism (3) Survey from
origin to modern times; emphasis on Jewish thought in Talmudic and
medieval periods.
REL 210 Understanding Christianity (3) History
of ideas concentrating on events, persons, and issues with the greatest
impact on the evolution of Christianity. AH2
REL 300 The Study of Religion (3) Definitions
and functions of religion; methodologies by which it is studied;
relationship to other areas of human endeavor.
REL 302 Soul, Self, and Spirit (3) A
psychological survey of religious conceptions and constructions of self
and personality. Pre: 150, 151, or consent.
REL 303 Creation and Evolution (3) An
exploration of interactions between science and religion with a focus on
cosmogonies. Pre: 150 or consent.
REL 308 Zen (Ch’an) Buddhist Masters (3) Study
of lives, teachings, practices of Zen masters in China, Japan, Korea,
and the West. Pre: one of 150, 203, 207, or consent.
REL 333 Cults and New Religions (3) Study of
cults and new religious movements in America, the Pacific, and East
Asia; examining types, causes, and functions of these movements. Pre:
150 or 151.
REL 348 Religion, Politics, and Society (3) Exploration
of the diverse approaches and perspectives that American religious
groups embrace with respect to some of the more controversial and
diverse elements of contemporary American life. Pre: 150, 151, or
consent.
REL 351 Christian Ethics in Modern Life (3) Ethical
teachings of Jesus and their moralistic distortions today; Christian
principles in practical issues: biomedical ethics, sexual values, law
and morals, ecology, etc. Pre: 150, 151, or consent.
REL 352 Comparative Ethics (3) Ethical thought
and practice in major world religions. Pre: 150 or consent.
REL 353 Witches and Witchcraft (3) Persecution
of witches, witchcraft in Europe, 1300-1700, examined as crisis of
church and theology; origins, effects on church and society. Pre: one of
201, HIST 151, HIST 152, PSY 100, or consent.
REL 356 Women and Religion (3) Examining roles
of, and attitudes toward, women in major religious traditions through
autobiographies, films, and primary texts. Pre: 150, 151, or
consent.
REL 361 Love, Sex, and Religion (3) Love and sex as themes in
religions of Asia and the West. Pre: 150 or consent.
REL 383 Mysticism East and West (3) Mystic
traditions of the West from desert monasticism to Renaissance mystics
compared with those of South and East Asia. Pre: one of 150, 202, 203,
204, or consent.
REL 390 Hawaiian Gods: Pele, Kamapua‘a (3) The
traditions and practices related to two major indigenous gods will be
studied by the interpretation and analysis of primary texts. Pre: 205 or
consent.
REL 394 On Death and Dying (3) Aspects of death
and dying; relation to our culture and society, to understanding of each
other and of ourselves. Pre: 151.
REL 399 Directed Reading (3) Pre: one 200-level
religion course.
REL 409 Life and Teachings of Jesus (3) Critical
study of synoptic gospels and of extra-Biblical sources. Pre: 201 and
upper division standing, or consent.
REL 422 Anthropology of Religion (3) Myth,
witchcraft, symbolism, values, ritual, spirit possession, shamanism,
religious healing, and millennial cults in primitive, folk, and urban
societies. Pre: ANTH 200 or consent. (Cross-listed as ANTH 422)
REL 431 Health/Medicine in Religion (3) Issues
of health and disease in the light of religious beliefs and practices.
Pre: 150 or consent.
REL 452 Sociology of Religion (3) Seminar on
research in sociological aspects of religious sectarianism, historical
and current; special reference to Hawai‘i. Pre: SOC 300 or consent.
(Cross-listed as SOC 455)
REL 475 Seminar on Buddhism (3) Selected
historical, thematic, and textual research topics in Buddhism; topics
and geographical focus to be announced each semester. Pre: 207 or
consent.
REL 476 Taoism in China (3) Seminar on early
Chinese religion, formative years (Han-Sui), developing years (T’ang-Sung),
and modern period. Emphasis on religious Taoism. Pre: 203 or consent.
REL 480 Field Methods in Religion (3) Introduction
to theoretical and methodological approaches to doing fieldwork in the
study of religion. Application of these in studying Hawai‘i’s
diverse religious environment. Pre: 300 or consent.
REL 490 Buddhism in Japan (3) Major features
and trends in thought, institutions, and practices in the context of
Japanese history and culture, 6th-20th century. Pre: 204, 207, or
consent.
REL 492 Polynesian Religions (3) Introduction
to field, comparison of several traditions; beliefs and practices from
analysis of texts. Historical interactions with Christianity. Pre: 150,
205, courses in Pacific Islands, or consent.
REL 495 Seminar in Religion (3) Topics
preannounced each semester. Pre: upper division standing or
consent.
REL 499 Directed Reading or Research (V) Repeatable. Pre: consent of
instructor and department chair.
In addition to those specified for individual
courses, prerequisites for all courses 500 and above are graduate
standing and consent.
REL 500 Master’s Plan B/C Studies (1) Enrollment
for degree completion. Pre: master’s Plan B candidate with consent.
REL 600 History and Theory of the Study of Religion
(3) Survey of development of history of religions; application of
methodologies from anthropology, history, philosophy, political science,
psychology, and sociology.
REL 625 Applied Methods in the Study of Religion
(3) Practicum in methods of research, argument, and discourse in
scholarly writing about selected topics in religious studies. Pre: 600
and consent.
REL 630 Field Research in Religion (3) Independent
field study of an Asian or Polynesian religion at an appropriate
academic or religious institution abroad or in Hawai‘i. Repeatable up
to 6 credit hours. Pre: 600, 6 credits of area studies, and consent of
graduate chair and instructor.
REL 650 Seminar on World Religions (3) Theoretical
and methodological issues in the study of world religions. Not
repeatable. Pre: 600 or consent.
REL 661 (Alpha) Seminar on East Asian Religions (3)
Selected historical, thematic, and textual research topics in East
Asian Buddhist schools and traditions: (B) Chinese religions (repeatable
up to 9 credit hours); (C) Japanese religions (repeatable up to 9 credit
hours); (D) East Asian Buddhism (repeatable up to 6 credit hours; pre:
661B or 661C).
REL 662 (Alpha) Seminar on South Asian Religions
(3) Selected historical, thematic, and textual research topics in
Indian religious traditions: (B) Indian religions (repeatable up to 9
credit hours); (D) Indian Buddhism (not repeatable).
REL 663 (Alpha) Seminar in Polynesian Religions (3)
Selected historical, thematic, and textual research topics in
Polynesian and Hawaiian religious traditions: (B) Polynesian religions
(repeatable up to 9 credit hours); (C) Hawaiian religion (repeatable up
to 9 credit hours).
REL 680 (Alpha) Pedagogy in Religion (3) Theory,
preparation, and practice in the teaching of religious studies at the
community college level: (B) teaching religion (not repeatable; pre: 600
and 650); (C) teaching religion practicum (not repeatable; pre: 600,
650, and 680B).
REL 699 Directed Reading and Research (V)
REL 700 Thesis Research (V) Pre: graduate
standing and consent of thesis chair.
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