Syllabi Archive

A 2003 course by Michael Clark at Warren Wilson College surveys "literary/cultural features and motifs of biblical apocalypse texts . . . Various postbiblical apocalyptic communities and /or events over history . . . [and] how apocalyptic thinking continues to shape 20th and 21st century ways of being in the world."

A 2013 course by Melissa Harris-Perry at Wake Forest University on the "connections between black religious ideas and political activism."

A 2017 course by Merril Smoak at Gateway Seminary covers the "biblical and theological origins of worship" as well as Christian spirituality.

A 2011 course by Wesley Wildman at Boston University about the conversations between science and religion around health and healing.

A course by Lance Laird at Boston University aimed at cultivating "a critical and empathetic understanding of how Muslims practice healing informed by and in conversations" with Islam.

A 2007 course by Diane Winston at the University of Southern California about "how religious beliefs and behaviors are embedded, embodied and emplotted on television drama" with special attention to post 9/11 TV.

A 2013 course by Sarah Morice-Brubaker at Phillips Theological Seminary reflects on "social media and its potential use in ministry."

A course by Andy Rotman at Smith College uses Indian film to explore its topic.

A 2009 course by Emilie Townes at Yale Divinity School is "an examination of the ways in which metaphors function at the intersections of various forms of oppression."

A 2001 course by Darren Middleton at Texas Christian University "examines how the figure of Jesus and the symbol of Christ has been appropriated by recent creative writers and filmmakers."