Department of Religious Studies

Fall 2026

Introductory:

RELS 0012 Religious Lives of Everyday People
K. Street, T/Th 1-2:20

RELS 0021 Inequality in the Ancient World
S. Olyan, W 3-5:30

RELS 0038 Tomb, Tome, and Throne: Islam in South Asia
S. Ali, TBD

RELS 0060C The Bible and Moral Debate 
S. Olyan, T/Th 2:30-3:50
*Students should register for JUDS 0060

RELS0063 Antisemitism: A History
M. Satlow, T/Th 10:30-11:50

RELS 0080/EAST 0401 Japanese Aesthetics
J. Sawada, T/Th 1-2:20

RELS 0090B Earth, Story, and Belonging: Indigenous Ecological Traditions
M. Cladis, W 3-5:30

RELS 0090P: Religion and Comedy
C. Stern, T 4-6:30

Intermediate:

RELS 0120 The Classical Chinese Philosophy of Life
L. DiFiori, T/Th 9-10:20

RELS 0535 Self-Transformation and Transcendence in Later Daoist Contemplative Traditions
L. DiFiori, M 3-5:30

RELS 0602  Sanctifying the Everyday: Halakha, Kabbalah, and the Making of Haredi Judaism
P. Nahme, T/Th 1-2:20

RELS 0711 Being Zen: Zen Practice and its Asian Roots
H. Roth, Th 4-6:30

RELS 0821 Black Religion and Media
K. Street, Th 4-6:30

Advanced:

RELS 1000 Methods in Religious Studies
C. Stern, W 3-5:30

RELS 1050I  The Talmud 
M. Satlow, W 12-2:30
*Students should register for 1630

RELS 1195 Colors in Chinese Religion
Y. Luo, T 4-6:30

RELS 1530H Problems in Islamic Studies: Methods and Theories in the Study of Islam
N. Khalek, T/Th 2:30-3:50

RELS 1604 Psychoanalysis, Deconstruction and Other Open Secrets
P. Nahme, W 3-5:30

RELS 1705B The Contemplative Science of Compassion
N. Canby, T/Th 10:30-11:50

RELS 1977E  The Common Good: Past, Present and Future
D. Vaca, W 3-5:30
*Students should register for HMAN 1977E

RELS 1995 Senior Capstone Seminar
D. Vaca, M 3-5:30

Graduate:

RELS 2000B Method and Theory in the Study of Religion: Interpreting Religion
J. Han, F 3-5:30

University  Course:

UNIV 1111 Systemic Racism and Modes of Resilience
A. Willis, M/W/F 1-1:50

*Courses subject to change before the start of the Fall semester.