Missouri State University

Department of Religious Studies

Course Rotation

Religious studies majors, in addition to 18 hours of required courses, must complete 15 hours from the following four areas, distributed so that there will be at least six hours in one area and three hours in each of the other three areas.  Courses must be chosen to include at least one 500-level course and another course at the 300-level or above:

  1. History of Religions;
  2. Biblical Studies;
  3. History of Judaism and Christianity; and
  4. Religion, Self, and Society.

The tentative course plan notes where 300- and 500-level courses fit into these areas.

The Religious Studies minor does not require taking courses from various areas.

This class schedule is tentative and may change (for example, if an instructor is not available to teach a course that had been planned).

Fall 2013

REL 100 Introduction to Religion
REL 101 Literature and World of the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible
REL 102 Literature and World of the New Testament
REL 131 Religion in America
REL 210 Paths of World Religions
REL 320 Jesus of Nazareth (Baynes) - Biblical Studies
REL 347 Suffering and Meaning (Pulleyking) - Religion, Self, and Society
REL 390 Religion in Society (Schmalzbauer) - Religion, Self, and Society
REL 397 Holocaust (Elkins) - History of Judaism and Christianity
REL 397 Psalms (Moyer) - Biblical Studies
REL 540/645 Caste: Religion and Society in South Asia (Llewellyn) - History of Religions
REL 580/685 Theories of Religion (Berkwitz)
REL 751 Seminar in the History of Judaism and Christianity: Christianity in the Middle East and Asia (Reinis)
REL 771 Seminar in Religion, Self, and Society: Powerful and Powerless: Women, Faith, and Religion (Pulley)

Spring 2014

REL 100 Introduction to Religion
REL 101 Literature and World of the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible
REL 102 Literature and World of the New Testament
REL 131 Religion in America
REL 210 Paths of World Religions
REL 312 Hebrew Prophets (Matthews) - Biblical Studies
REL 332 Modern Religious Thought (Pulley) - Religion, Self, and Society
REL 340 Christianity (Reinis) - History of Judaism and Christianity
REL 346 Sexuality and American Religion (Finch) - Religion, Self, and Society
REL 357 Religions of China and Japan (Berkwitz) - History of Religions
REL 370 Women in Religion (Hobbs) - Religion, Self, and Society
REL 530/635 Religion, Media, and Popular Culture (Schmalzbauer) - Religion, Self, and Society
REL 570/675 Archaeology and the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible (Strong) - Biblical Studies
REL 711 Seminar in South Asian Religions: Religion and Social Dominance: Using Pierre Bourdieu to Interpret South Asian Religions (Llewellyn)
REL 731 Seminar in Biblical Studies: Reading the Signs of the Times: Hermeneutics and Apocalyptic Literature (Baynes)

Fall 2014

REL 100 Introduction to Religion
REL 101 Literature and World of the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible
REL 102 Literature and World of the New Testament
REL 131 Religion in America
REL 210 Paths of World Religions
REL 344 New Religious Movements (Embree) - Religion, Self, and Society
REL 347 Suffering and Meaning (Pulleyking) - Religion, Self, and Society
REL 355 Buddhism (Berkwitz) - History of Religions
REL 362 Jesus and the Parables Tradition (Given) - Biblical Studies
REL 397 Proverbs and Ecclesiastes (Moyer) - Biblical Studies
REL 397 Catholicism (Baynes) - History of Judaism and Christianity
REL 397 The Spiritual Lives of College Students (Schmalzbauer) - Religion, Self, and Society
REL 530/635 God and Politics (Pulley) - Religion, Self, and Society
REL 580/685 Theories of Religion (Llewellyn)
REL 751 Seminar in History of Judaism and Christianity: Women in the History of Christianity (Reinis)
REL 771 Seminar in Religion, Self, and Society: Beyond Belief: Material Culture in American Religion (Finch)

Spring 2015

REL 100 Introduction to Religion
REL 101 Literature and World of the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible
REL 102 Literature and World of the New Testament
REL 131 Religion in America
REL 210 Paths of World Religions
REL 321 Paul (Given) – Biblical Studies
REL 332 Modern Religious Thought (Pulley) - Religion, Self, and Society
REL 340 Christianity (Reinis) - History of Judaism and Christianity
REL 341 C. S. Lewis (Baynes) - History of Judaism and Christianity
REL 360 Hinduism (Llewellyn) - History of Religions
REL 370 Women in Religion (Hobbs) - Religion, Self, and Society
REL 397 Social World of Ancient Israel (Matthews) - Biblical Studies
REL 397 Paul and the Philosophers (Given) - Biblical Studies
REL 510/615 Jeremiah (Moyer) - Biblical Studies
REL 531/636 Ozarks Religion (Schmalzbauer) – Religion, Self, and Society
REL 711 Seminar in South Asian Religions: Tantra: Ritual and Power in South Asia (Berkwitz)
REL 731 Seminar in Biblical Studies: Methods in the Study of Judges (Matthews)

Fall 2015

REL 100 Introduction to Religion
REL 101 Literature and World of the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible
REL 102 Literature and World of the New Testament
REL 131 Religion in America
REL 210 Paths of World Religions
REL 315 Native American Religions (Finch) – Religion, Self, and Society
REL 347 Suffering and Meaning (Pulleyking) - Religion, Self, and Society
REL 350 Islam (Llewellyn) – History of Religions
REL 397 Romans (Given) – Biblical Studies
REL 397 Psalms  (Moyer) – Biblical Studies
REL 397 Death, Dying, and Afterlife (Reinis) – History of Judaism and Christianity
REL 530/635 God and Politics (Pulley) - Religion, Self, and Society
REL 571 Archaeology and the New Testament (Strong) – Biblical Studies
REL 580/685 Theories of Religion (Berkwitz)
REL 751 Seminar in the History of Judaism and Christianity: TBD
REL 771 Seminar in Religion, Self, and Society: North American Religions (Schmalzbauer)

Spring 2016

REL 100 Introduction to Religion
REL 101 Literature and World of the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible
REL 102 Literature and World of the New Testament
REL 131 Religion in America
REL 210 Paths of World Religions
REL 312 Hebrew Prophets (Strong) – Biblical Studies
REL 332 Modern Religious Thought (Pulley) – Religion, Self, and Society
REL 340 Christianity (Reinis) – History of Judaism and Christianity
REL 355 Buddhism (Berkwitz) – History of Religions
REL 370 Women in Religion (Hobbs) - Religion, Self, and Society
REL 510 Jeremiah (Moyer) – Biblical Studies
REL 530/635 Bible Belt Religion (Schmalzbauer) – Religion, Self, and Society
REL 711 Seminar in South Asian Religions: The Rise (and Fall?) of the Hindu Right: Religion and Politics in South Asia (Llewellyn)
REL 731 Seminar in Biblical Studies: The Ends of Paul and His Interpreters (Given)

Updated 10 May 2013