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Beth Shalom Synagogue, Columbia, South Carolina - photographs of Beth Shalome synagogue courtesy of http://www.midnet.sc.edu/beth_shalom/

A number of courses are offered in a regular rotation, by the faculty of the department of Religious Studies. Some are taught every semester, while others are taught once a year, once every other year, or every few years.

Upon request, and subject to adminstrative approval, professors may offer graduate course counterparts to 300- and 400-level courses. 500-level courses may be taken by advanced undergraduate and graduate students for undergraduate or graduate credit, respectively.

COURSES TAUGHT EVERY SEMESTER
RELG 110: Introduction to Religious Studies
several sections are taught every semester by some of the following:
James Cutsinger
Carl Evans
Cliff Hospital
Hal French
Waleed El Ansary

RELG 111: Biblical History and Literature
at least two sections are offered every semester by the following:

Randy Akers
Carl Evans
Don Jones

RELG E311: Message of Jesus
RELG E360: Anthropology of Magic & Religion
RELG 491: Bible in Fiction and Film


COURSES OFFERED EVERY YEAR
RELG 302: New Testament
RELG 312: Life and Letters of Paul
RELG 313: Johannine Literature
RELG 314: Religion and Culture
RELG 330: Faith, Doubt, and God
RELG 332: Christian Theology
RELG 351: Religions of South Asia
RELG 357: Introduction to Islam
RELG 370: Spiritual Autobiography
RELG 371: Visions of the Apocalypse
RELG 372: Religion & Existentialism
RELG 374: Religion in the South
RELG 381: History Of Judaism—Biblical And Rabbinic Periods
RELG 382: History Of Judaism—The Middle Ages And Modern Period RELG 572: Religious Classics


COURSES OFFERED EVERY TWO YEARS
RELG 301: Old Testament
RELG 321: Old Testament Prophets
RELG 340: God and the Gods
RELG 342: African American Religious Experience
RELG 355 Introduction to Hinduism
RELG 356: Introduction to Buddhism
RELG 358 The Qur'an
RELG 359 Islamic Theology
RELG 367 Sufism
RELG 369 Islamic Law
RELG 510: World of the Hebrew Bible
RELG 514: Quest of the Historical Jesus
RELG 532: Dialogue of Reason and Faith
RELG 740: Ancient Israelite Religion
RELG 780: World Spirituality


COURSES OFFERED ON AN IRREGULAR BASIS
RELG 352: Religions of East Asia
RELG 361: Psychology of Religion
RELG 593A: The Oxford Inklings
RELG 792a: The Other in Ancient Israel


COURSES OFFERED FOR HONORS COLLEGE STUDENTS
SCCC 361p: The Spiritual Journey of Herman Hesse
SCCC 361q: Sacred Space
SCCC 362o: Zen and the Art of Anything
SCCC 462i: Gandhi, King & Nonviolence





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