Religion
Judith Ellen Brunton
Instructor listed on Rice's public Course Schedule.
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3.7
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Difficulty
2.5
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Courses
2
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Courses taught
RELI 150
Sacred Birth
In the hospital or in the home, child-birth is “everywhere socially marked and shaped” (Jordan 1993). This course is a survey of diverse ways birth is sacred for different religious and spiritual traditions and an exploration of how these religions are lived by birthing people in the contemporary context.
RELI 250
Religion And Science
In this course we will undertake a collective exploration of the categories of religion and science as they are constructed in relation to each other, then explore how these categories are applied in and shape the world they work to describe. We will study the social phenomenon of the debate between religion and science as a cultural event in the western intellectual tradition that can illuminate how we understand these terms in contemporary popular culture. Our intention will be to understand how knowledge creation itself is structured by cultural forces. This course is designed to be a self-contained intellectual investigation accessible to interested students in any discipline.