Syllabi Archive

A 1999 course by Russell Kirkland at the University of Georgia surveys Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, and Shinto.

A 2013 course by Wakoh Shannon Hickey at Alfred University "provides a brief introduction to the major religions traditions originating in India, China, and Japan."

A 2012 course by Richard Taylor at Marquette University "on the nature of the human intellect" as understood by Thomas Aquinas and his sources.

A 2010 course by Richard Taylor at Marquette University on "the psychology, epistemology and metaphysics of Thomas Aquinas."

A 2013 course by Brad Starr at California State University-Fullerton "explores the development, context, variety, forms, and consequences of religious apocalyptic and millennial expectations."

A 2011 course by Katherine Rousseau at the University of Colorado Denver presents "different ways of understanding apocalyptic imagination: as a literary genre; as a form of group behavior; as a historical and social phenomenon; as political-religious commentary; and as a means of persuasion."

A 2002 course by Patricia Miller at Syracuse University "introduces students to religious texts and traditions" in the Graeco-Roman culture "which flourished in the geographical area of the Mediterranean basin during the first five centuries of the common era."

A 1996 course by Robert Allison and Loring Danforth at Bates College "is a study of ancient Greek religion from both a historical and an anthropological perspective."

A 1997 course by Eugene McAfee at Harvard University examines "the figure of 'El as he is portrayed in the mythological and cultic texts from Ugarit, and as he is found in inscriptions from ancient Syria-Palestine."