Division of Religious and Theological Studies

The following list reflects the 2006/2007 faculty.

Director Stephen Prothero

Associate Directors Garth Green, Michael Zank

Faculty

Kecia Ali Assistant Professor of Religion, College of Arts and Sciences. BA with Honors, Stanford University; MA, PhD, Duke University

Nancy Ammerman Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Sociology; Professor of Sociology of Religion, School of Theology. BA, Southwest Baptist University; MA, University of Louisville; MPhil, PhD, Yale University

John H. Berthrong Associate Dean, School of Theology; Associate Professor of Comparative Theology, School of Theology. BA, University of Kansas; MA, Chicago Theological Seminary; PhD, University of Chicago

Carole R. Bohn Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology and Religion, School of Theology; Faculty Advisor, The Danielsen Institute. MTS, Harvard University; MEd, EdD, Boston University

Alisa Bokulvich Assistant Professor of Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences. PhD, University of Notre Dame

Christopher B. Brown Assistant Professor of Church History, School of Theology and College of Arts and Sciences. BA, MA, PhD, Harvard University; MDiv, Concordia Seminary

Chai-sik Chung Walter G. Muelder Professor of Social Ethics, School of Theology. BA, Yonsei University; BD, Harvard University Divinity School; PhD, Boston University

Gina Cogan Assitant Professor of Asian Religions. BA, Georgetown University; MA, New York University; PhD, Columbia University

Alice Cronin-Golomb Associate Professor of Psychology. BA, Wesleyan University; PhD, California Institute of Technology

Katheryn Pfisterer Darr Professor of Hebrew Bible, School of Theology and College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Kentucky Wesleyan College; MA, PhD, Vanderbilt University

M. David Eckel Associate Professor of Religion, College of Arts and Sciences and School of Theology. BA, MA, University of Oxford (England); PhD, Harvard University

Paula Fredriksen William Goodwin Aurelio Professor of the Appreciation of the Bible, College of Arts and Sciences and School of Theology. BA, Wellesley College; Theology Diploma, University of Oxford (England); PhD, Princeton University

Donna Freitas Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion. BA, Georgetown University; PhD, Catholic University of America

Garth W. Green Assistant Professor of Philosophy of Religion, College of Arts and Sciences and School of Theology. BA, University of Arizona; MA, Catholic University of Louvain; MA, PhD, Boston University

John Hart Professor of Christian Ethics, School of Theology and College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Marist College; STM, MPhil, PhD, Union Theological Seminary

Ray L. Hart Dean ad interim, School of Theology; Professor of Theology and Philosophy of Religion, College of Arts and Sciences and School of Theology; Professor of Religion, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, University of Texas; BD, Southern Methodist University; PhD, Yale University

Peter S. Hawkins Director, Luce Program in Scripture and the Literary Arts; Professor of Religion, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, University of Wisconsin; MA, Yale University; MDiv, Union Theological Seminary; PhD, Yale University

Steven T. Katz Director, Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies; Professor of Religion, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Rutgers University; MA, New York University; PhD, University of Cambridge (England)

Jonathan Klawans Associate Professor of Religion, College of Arts and Sciences. MA, New York University; PhD, Columbia University

Deeana Klepper Assistant Professor of Religion, College of Arts and Sciences. MA, PhD, Northwestern University

Jennifer W. Knust Assistant Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins, School of Theology and Department of Religion. BS, University of Illinois; MDiv, Union Theological Seminary; MA, PhD, Columbia University

Frank Korom Associate Professor of Religion and Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, University of Colorado; MA, PhD, University of Pennsylvania

Chris Lehrich Assistant Professor of Religion BA, MA, PhD, University of Chicago

Hillel Levine Professor of Religion, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Queen’s College; MHL, Jewish Theological Seminary of America; MA, New School for Social Research; PhD, Harvard University

Diana Lobel Associate Professor of Religion, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Oberlin College; MTS, Harvard Divinity School; PhD, Harvard University

Michael Lyons Associate Professor of Psychology. BA, C. W. Post University; MA, PhD, University of Louisville

Henry Marcucella Professor of Psychology; Chairman of the Psychology Department. AB, Northeastern University; AM, PhD, Boston University

Herbert Mason University Professor; Professor of Religion and History, College of Arts and Sciences. AB, AM, PhD, Harvard University

Robert C. Neville Director, The Danielsen Institute; Professor of Philosophy, Religion, and Theology, College of Arts and Sciences and School of Theology; Dean Emeritus, School of Theology. BA, MA, PhD, Yale University; DD, Lehigh University

Alan Olson Professor of Religion, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, St. Olaf College; MDiv, Luther Theological Seminary; PhD, Boston University

Kenneth I. Pargament Research Consultant, The Danielsen Institute; Adjunct Professor of Counseling, Religion, and Psychology and Religion, School of Theology; Director of PhD Training in Clinical Psychology, Professor of Psychology, Bowling Green State University. BA, PhD, University of Maryland

Stephen Prothero Chairman, Department of Religion; Director, Division of Religious and Theological Studies; Professor of Religion, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Yale University; MA, PhD, Harvard University

Shelly Rambo Assistant Professor of Theology, School of Theology. BA, Houghton College; MDiv, Princeton Theological Seminary; STM, Yale Divinity School; PhD, Emory University

Dana L. Robert Truman Collins Professor of World Christianity and Mission, School of Theology; Co-Director, Center for Global Christianity and Mission. MA, PhD, Yale University

Chris R. Schlauch Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology and Religion, and Psychology of Religion, School of Theology and College of Arts and Sciences; Coordinator, Counseling Psychology and Religion, Division of Religious and Theological Studies. BA, Rutgers University; MDiv, Yale University; PhD, University of Chicago

Adam Seligman Professor of Religion, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, State University of New York; MA, Center for Contemporary Cultural Studies; PhD, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel)

Andrew D. J. Shenton James R. Houghton Scholar of Sacred Music, Assistant Professor of Sacred Music, School of Theology; Assistant Professor of Music, College of Fine Arts and College of Arts and Sciences. BMus, London University; MM, Yale University; AM, PhD, Havard University

Bryan Stone E. Stanley Jones Professor of Evangelism, School of Theology and College of Arts and Sciences; Co-Director, Center for Practical Theology. BA, Southern Nazarene University; MDiv, Nazarene Theological Seminary; PhD, Southern Methodist University

Merlin Swartz Professor of Religion, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Eastern Mennonite College; BD, Goshen College; PhD, Harvard University

James Christopher Walters Associate Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins, School of Theology and College of Arts and Sciences. BA, MAR, Harding University; MTh, Harding Graduate School of Religion; PhD, Boston University

Kirk Wegter-McNelly Assistant Professor of Theology, School of Theology. BA, Central College; MDiv, Princeton Theological Seminary; PhD, Graduate Theological Union

Elie Wiesel University Professor; Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Humanities; Professor of Religion, College of Arts and Sciences. MA, Université Paris I (France); LitD, LHD, LHebD, PhD, LLd (hon.)

Wesley J. Wildman Associate Professor of Theology and Ethics, School of Theology. BA, Flinders University (Australia); BD, University of Sydney (Australia); PhD, Graduate Theological Union

Claire Wolfteich Associate Professor of Practical Theology and Spiritual Formation, School of Theology; Co-Director, Center for Practical Theology. BA, Yale University; MDiv, PhD, University of Chicago

Deborah Youngman Assistant Professor of Developmental Studies and Counseling; BA, Pitzer College; MA, Lesley College; EdD, Boston University

Michael Zank Associate Professor of Religion, College of Arts and Sciences. Associate Director, Division of Religious and Theological Studies. MTHS, Evangelical Church of the Palatinate Speyer am Phein (Germany); PhD, Brandeis University

TOP OF PAGE

Affiliated Faculty

Clifford Backman Associate Professor of History, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, MA, University of Minnesota; MA, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles

Thomas J. Barfield Chairman, Department of Anthropology; Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, University of Pennsylvania; MA, PhD, Harvard University

Anthony Barrand Associate University Professor; Associate Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, University of Keele (England); PhD, Cornell University

Laurence Breiner Associate Professor of English, College of Arts and Sciences. AB, Boston College; MPhil, PhD, Yale University

Klaus E. Brinkmann Associate Professor of Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences. PhD, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen (Germany)

Tian Yu Cao Associate Professor of Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Peking University (China); PhD, University of Cambridge (England)

William C. Carroll Professor of English, 
College of Arts and Sciences. AB, Oberlin College; MPhil, PhD, Yale University

Dennis Costa Associate Professor of Italian, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Fordham University; MA, Cornell University; MPhil, PhD, Yale University

Jeffrey P. Coulter Professor of Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Durham University (England); MA, PhD, Victoria University of Manchester (England)

Daniel Dahlstrom Professor of Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Xavier University; MA, PhD, St. Louis University

Emily Dalgarno Professor of English, College of Arts and Sciences; Alice Freeman Palmer Fellow, American Association of University Women. BA, William Smith College; AM, PhD, Brown University

Charles Dellheim Professor and Chairman, Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, State University of New York, Binghamton; MA, PhD, Yale University

Barbara Diefendorf Professor of History, College of Arts and Sciences. AB, MA, PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Leslie Epstein Director, Creative Writing Program, Department of English; Professor of English, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, DFA, Yale University; MA, University of California, Los Angeles

Juliet Floyd Associate Professor of Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Wellesley College; PhD, Harvard University

Aaron Fogel Associate Professor of English, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Columbia College; BA, MA, University of Cambridge (England); PhD, Columbia University

Aaron Garrett Assistant Professor of Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences. PhD, New School for Social Research

Irene Gendzier Professor of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences. AB, Barnard College; MA, PhD, Columbia University

Abigail Gillman Assistant Professor of German and Hebrew, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Yale; PhD, Cornell University

Thomas Glick Professor of History and Geography, College of Arts and Sciences. AB, PhD, Harvard University; MA, Columbia University

Eric Goldstein Chairman and Professor of International Relations, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Tufts University; MA, MALD, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy; PhD, University of Cambridge (England)

Charles Griswold Chairman, Department of Philosophy; Professor of Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Trinity College; MA, PhD, Pennsylvania State University

Wolfgang Haase Professor of Classical 
Studies, College of Arts and Sciences. PhD, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen (Germany)

Shahla Haeri Assistant Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences. PhD, University of California, Los Angeles

Robert Hefner Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, MA, PhD, University of Michigan

Jaakko Hintikka Professor of Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences. Cand Phil, Lic Phil, PhD, Helsingin Yliopisto (Finland)

Nicholas Huckle Preceptor in French, Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Sheffield University (England); MA, Boston University; PhD, Brown University

Victor Kestenbaum Associate Professor of Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences; Associate Professor of Education, School of Education. AB, EdD, Rutgers University; MAT, Trenton State College

Jefferson T. Kline Professor of French, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Oberlin College; MA, PhD, Columbia University

Charles Lindholm University Professor; Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. BA, MA, PhD, Columbia University

John Matthews Professor of English, College of Arts and Sciences. MA, PhD, Johns Hopkins University

Jeffrey Mehlman University Professor of French, College of Arts and Sciences. AB, Harvard University; PhD, Yale University

Krzysztof Michalski Professor of Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences; Director, Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen (Austria). PhD, Uniwersytet Warszawski (Poland)

Susan Mizruchi Professor of English, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Washington University; PhD, Princeton University

Augustus R. Norton Professor of International Relations and Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, MA, University of Miami; PhD, University of Chicago

Elizabeth Prodromou Assistant Professor, Department of International Affairs, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Tufts University; MALD, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy; MA, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Bruce Redford University Professor; Professor of Art History; Professor of English, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Brown University; BA, King’s College, University of Cambridge (England); PhD, Princeton University

Christopher Ricks William and Sara B. Warren Professor of Humanities; Codirector, Editorial Institute, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, BLitt, MA, University of Oxford (England)

Stanley Rosen Borden Parker Bowne Professor of Philosophy. BA, PhD, University of Chicago

Stephen P. Scully Associate Professor of Classical Studies, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, New York University; MA, University of North Carolina; PhD, Brown University

Zrinka Stahuljak Assistant Professor of French, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, University of Zagreb (Croatia); MA, University of Kansas; PhD, Emory University

Alfred I. Tauber Professor of Philosophy; Director, Center for Philosophy and History of Science, College of Arts and Sciences; Professor of Medicine and Pathology, School of Medicine. BS, MD, Tufts University

Karen B. Westerfield Tucker Professor of Worship, School of Theology. BA, Emory and Henry College; MDiv, Duke University; MA, PhD, University of Notre Dame

Rosanna Warren Emma Ann MacLachlan Professor in the Humanities; Associate University Professor; Associate Professor of English; Associate Professor of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures, College of Arts and Sciences and Graduate School. BA, Yale University; MA, Johns Hopkins University

Roye E. Wates Professor of Music, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Birmingham-Southern College; PhD, Yale University

James R. Wiseman Director, Center for Archaeological Studies; Professor of Archaeology, Classical Studies, and Art History, College of Arts and Sciences. AB, University of Missouri; AM, PhD, University of Chicago

Emeriti

Louis Aikman Professor Emeritus of Education. BS, Central Normal College; MS, Indiana State University; EdD, Columbia University

Peter L. Berger University Professor Emeritus; Professor Emeritus of the Sociology of Religion, College of Arts and Sciences and Graduate School, School of Theology; Director, Institute for the Study of Economic Culture. Director, Institute for Religion and World Affairs. BA, Wagner College; MA, PhD, New School for Social Research

Geoffrey Hill University Professor Emeritus; Professor of Literature and Religion, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, MA, DLitt (hon.), Hon. Fellow, Keble College, University of Oxford (England)

Livia Kohn Professor Emerita of Religion, College of Arts and Sciences. Associate Director, Division of Religious and Theological Studies. Dr. habil., Georg-August Universität Göttingen (Germany); PhD, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität Bonn (Germany)

Carter Lindberg Professor of Church History, School of Theology. AB, Augustana College; BD, Lutheran School of Theology; PhD, State University of Iowa

TOP OF PAGE

The Graduate Program

The Division of Religious and Theological Studies offers MA and PhD degrees. Entering graduate students may choose among twelve areas of specialization in three main subject areas, each of which is cross cultural and multi-disciplinary. When it is beneficial to their academic program, students in the Division may take courses in other Schools and departments, including but not limited to the following: Anthropology, Art History, Classics, English, History, Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures, Religion, Sociology, the University Professors Program, and the School of Theology. Core and affiliated faculty may serve as major professors, assisting in the design of programs of study and in the evaluation of qualifying examinations, theses, and dissertations.

Through the Boston Theological Institute, Division students may register for courses in the consortium that includes Andover-Newton Theological School, Boston College, Harvard Divinity School, Gordon-Conwell School of Theology, St. John’s Seminary, and Weston School of Theology. All Division PhD students, regardless of whether they are enrolled in Institute courses, have access to member libraries.

The Division adheres to all Graduate School of Arts and Sciences policies and requirements as outlined in the opening pages of this Bulletin.

Application and Admission January 15 is the application deadline for September admission. Applicants must submit (1) application forms; (2) transcripts of all college or university work; (3) three letters of reference; (4) a statement of purpose; (5) an academic writing sample; (6) GRE scores from a test taken within the last three years. International applicants must also submit TOEFL scores from a test taken within the last three years.

An applicant must indicate the specific area of specialization into which he or she seeks admission. The Division does not offer a general MA or PhD in religious studies. The Division of Religious and Theological Studies does not offer ThD and DMin degrees. These are offered through the School of Theology. There is no spring admission. Please contact the program coordinator to ask questions.

Financial Assistance The Division awards a limited number of tuition scholarships and stipends to entering PhD students based on academic merit. PhD students entering the second and third years of study may apply for research or teaching assistantships for which a stipend, as well as tuition coverage, is paid. Applicants who wish to request financial assistance should (1) mark yes in the space provided on the application form for Divisional financial assistance; (2) contact the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Financial Assistance Office (617-353-2696) for information on other sources of aid; (3) file the FAFSA form with the Graduate School Office of Financial Assistance. Continuing students should file a financial aid request in the Division office (STH 519) by January 30 of the academic year prior to the one for which they are requesting aid.

Prerequisites An applicant to the MA or MA/PhD (post-bachelor’s PhD) program should hold a Bachelor of Arts degree in an area related to the proposed area of specialization. An applicant to the post-master’s PhD program should hold an accredited Master of Arts or Master of Divinity degree in an area related to the area of specialization. The master’s degree program must have included at least four courses in the proposed field.

Entering students should show transcript evidence of having studied at least two religious traditions. If this requirement has not been met before admission, it may be met during the course of study by taking a course approved by the major professor. A course used to satisfy this requirement will not be counted toward the minimum course requirements for the degree.

Time Frame for Completion Masters students have 3 years to complete their degree. Post-master’s doctoral students have 7 years to complete their degree, while post-bachelor’s students have 8.  After this time limit has been reached, students will need to successfully petition the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences for an extension. If the extension is granted, the student will continue in the program, but will be charged the Graduate School rate for continuing student fees.

Coursework may only be counted toward the degree for ten years after the student completes all of their coursework and begins to pay continuing fees. Once this ten-year mark has been reached, the coursework can no longer be applied to the completion of the degree.

TOP OF PAGE

Master of Arts

Master of Arts degrees are offered in all fields of concentration except Counseling Psychology and Religion (CPAR) and Psychology of Religion.

Courses In addition to the prerequisite and requisite courses set forth above, eight 4-hour semester courses (32 semester hours) are required as a minimum for the Master of Arts degree. Additional courses may be required at the discretion of the Specialization Coordinator or the Advisor.

Language French or German is required of all MA candidates. This requirement may be satisfied by transcript evidence of having passed two years of undergraduate study of the language, by Division examination, or by passing GRS LG 621 (German) or GRS LF 621 (French). These are non-credit courses offered by the Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures. Additional languages may be required at the discretion of the Specialization Coordinator or the Advisor.

Comprehensive Examination or Thesis After fulfilling course requirements, an MA candidate must write and defend a thesis or pass a comprehensive examination. For more details, go to Department of Religion Handbook. Choose Handbook.

Doctor of Philosophy

Doctor of Philosophy degrees are offered in all fields of concentration.

Post-bachelor’s PhD (MA/PhD)

Admission is to PhD candidacy, but the MA may be awarded to a candidate upon his or her petition when all MA requirements have been fulfilled.

Course Requirements Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Religion I & II (GRS RN 795/796 or STH TZ 802/803)—all MA and PhD students must pass this two-semester course. This course does not count toward the minimum course requirements for the PhD degree. This course does count toward required credits for the MA degree. Sixteen 4-hour semester courses (64 semester hours) are required as a minimum for the post-bachelor’s PhD degree. Additional courses may be required at the discretion of the Specialization Coordinator or the Advisor. All other requirements are the same as for the post-master’s PhD and are outlined below.

TOP OF PAGE

Post-master’s PhD

Course Requirements In addition to the prerequisite and requisite courses set forth above, eight 4-hour semester courses (32 semester hours) are required as a minimum for the post-master’s PhD degree. Additional courses may be required at the discretion of the Specialization Coordinator or the Advisor. All other requirements are outlined below.

Language and Research Competence Requirements During the first two years of graduate study, PhD candidates are required to demonstrate a reading knowledge of two foreign languages, one of which must be French or German. The second language, if not French or German, should be clearly related to the dissertation research. In some concentrations, such as Counseling Psychology and Religion, and Science, Philosophy, and Religion, research methods are substituted for the second foreign language.

PhD language requirements must be satisfied by examination. The Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures offers free non-credit courses in French and German reading for graduate students.

The first language examination must be passed by the end of the first year of study. The second language requirement must be met by the end of the second year.

Passed language exams must be reported to the Division office at 145 Bay State Road, Room 102.

Fulfillment of each language requirement is noted on the transcript.

Qualifying Examinations Before proceeding to the dissertation, students are required to pass three or four separate qualifying examinations. PhD candidates may schedule qualifying examinations after successful completion of all coursework and language requirements. One retake is allowed for each examination. Qualifying examinations may not be extended longer than two semesters. Passage of each qualifying exam must be reported to the Division office located at 145 Bay State Road, room 102. Completion of all qualifying examinations is noted on the transcript.

Prospectus (Dissertation Outline) After passing qualifying examinations, the student must present a formal proposal for the dissertation, which, after approval by the Committee on Academic Programs, is filed in the Graduate School Records Office.

Dissertation and Final Oral Examination See General Requirements for the PhD of this website.

Academic Affiliations

Under descriptions of each specialization is listed a representative sampling of appropriate courses offered at Boston University. Course descriptions are listed for CAS/GRS RN courses only; for descriptions of other courses, please see individual department listings in this Bulletin and in Bulletins for the School of Theology (STH), the School of Education (SED), and the College of Fine Arts (CFA). Please note that students also have access to courses taught through the Boston Theological Institute.

In addition, Boston University Graduate School students may cross-register for graduate courses at Boston College, Brandeis University, and Tufts University.

TOP OF PAGE

Fields of Concentration

There are 12 fields of concentration in three subject areas as follows:

I. Religious Texts and Traditions

1. Judaic Studies
2. New Testament and Christian Origins
3.  History of Christianity
4. Islamic Studies

II. Religion, Philosophy, and Ethics

5. Philosophy of Religion
6. Science, Philosophy, and Religion
7. Theology
8. Social Ethics

III. Religion, Culture, and Society

9.  Religion and Society
10. Religion and Literature
11. Psychology of Religion
12. Counseling Psychology and Religion

Below are brief descriptions of the specializations. For further information, contact the Division of Religious and Theological Studies, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215. Phone: 617-353-2636.

Judaic Studies

MA, PhD

Coordinator: Katz

Darr, Dellheim, Fredriksen, Gillman, Glick, Hecht, Katz, Klawans, Klepper, Levine, Lobel, Mehlman, Parker, Wiesel, Zank

This program is flexible and has several tracks. Students can concentrate on biblical studies, on the Bible and the history of biblical interpretation up to the late Middle Ages, on Classical Jewish history and literature, Medieval Studies, Modern Jewish history and thought, or Holocaust studies. In each instance, students will be expected to master the necessary languages and other skills required for scholarly expertise in their chosen field of study. In every case, the course of study will be configured according to the student’s special academic interests and professional goals.

New Testament and Christian Origins

MA, PhD

Coordinator: Fredriksen

Darr, Haase, Hefner, Klawans, Knust, Parker, Salzman, Sampley, Scully, Smith, Wallers, Wiseman

Students entering this field should have completed a range of courses in biblical introduction, history of the Ancient Near East, Hellenistic and Roman history and literature, and basic studies in the New Testament. In addition to modern French and German, requisite for research in secondary sources, students must be able to read the New Testament in Greek. Students lacking knowledge of Hebrew will be required to study that language during their graduate program.

History of Christianity

MA, PhD

Coordinator: Hempton

Backman, Brown, Dellheim, Diefendorf, Fredriksen, Klepper, Landes, Mason, Prothero, Robert

The program is designed to provide a broad overview of the history and thought of World Christianity as well as to train specialists for careers in a clearly defined area. A hallmark of the program is faculty commitment to the complementarity of intellectual, social, and cultural history.

The program intends to train students to read historical literature critically, and to write history according to rigorous standards of method and style. To initiate this purpose the program offers all entering students a proseminar on historiography that examines a range of the most influential methods, approaches, and frameworks employed by historians of Christianity.

Program strengths include early Modern and Modern European Christianity with particular concentrations on Germany and the British Isles, Christianity in America, and the history of Christianity in modern missions and non-Western Christianity. Faculty in other departments in the University and in the Boston Theological Institute also work in the History of Christianity, and students are urged to become familiar with their offerings and to pursue interdisciplinary work.

Islamic Studies

MA, PhD

Coordinator: Ali

Barfield, Gendzier, Glick, Haeri, Hefner, Korom, Lindholm, Lobel, Mason, Norton

The concentration in Islamic Studies is flexible and may be configured according to the student’s interests and professional goals. The focus is on the religious, literary, and intellectual history of Islam, with emphasis on both the medieval and the modern periods. Students entering the program should have a broad range of courses in one or more of these fields: history of religion, Islamic history, late antique background of Islam, medieval studies, and an Islamic language (Arabic, Persian, or Turkish) and its literature.

TOP OF PAGE

Philosophy of Religion

MA, PhD

Coordinator: Zank

Berthrong, Brinkmann, Cao, Cohen, Dahlstrom, Eckel, Ferrarin, Floyd, Garrett, Griswold, Haakonssen, Hart, Hintikka, Katz, Kestenbaum, Kohn, Lobel, Michalski, Neville, Rosen, Swartz, Tauber, Wildman

The philosophical study of religion in this specialization is cross-disciplinary, cross-cultural,and cross-traditional. Degree candidates are expected to deal critically and substantively with comparative issues in the history and philosophy of religion. They must demonstrate mastery of the field in the traditional areas of philosophical study (metaphysics, ontology, epistemology, ethics and the history of ideas), the comparative study of religion (history and phenomenology of religions), and the languages appropriate to their specialization. PhD degree candidates take three qualifying examinations: one in the philosophy of religion, one in the history of philosophy, and a specialized examination leading to the production of a dissertation prospectus.

Science, Philosophy, and Religion

MA, PhD

Coordinator: Wildman

Bokulich, Cohen, Neville, Roberts, Tauber

This program provides an academic setting for advanced studies in the philosophy of religion and philosophy of science, as well as in mathematics and one or more of the natural sciences, with a view to developing professional competency in the interdisciplinary area defined by the relationship of philosophy, religion, and the sciences. Graduate students in this specialization have access to courses offered by the School of Theology, the Department of Philosophy, the Department of Mathematics, and relevant departments in the sciences. In addition, there are unique opportunities offered by the Boston University Institute for Philosophy and Religion, the Boston Center for the Philosophy and History of Science, and surrounding Boston schools.

Detailed information is available at PhD and MA in Science, Philosophy, and Religion.

Theology

MA, PhD

Coordinator: Wildman

Berthrong, Eckel, Fredriksen, Hart, Kohn, Lobel, Neville, Olson, Stone, Swartz, Tauber

The specialization in theology brings students into the public discussion of theology in a worldwide context. Degree programs take account of motifs from the intellectual reflection of religions and religious philosophies from all over the world. Programs emphasize understanding these motifs and learning how to use them in constructive theological work. The program has two tracks. The single-tradition track emphasizes in-depth knowledge of and constructive skills in relation to theological reflection in the tradition of study, which is usually Christianity (other traditions may be employed as resources permit). The comparative track develops linguistic and theological competence in two traditions and maintains a focus on comparative questions. In both tracks, the training provided is designed for those whose theological interests are strongly academic, whether or not they are deeply involved with the life of a religious community.

Social Ethics

MA, PhD

Coordinator: John Hart

This specialization is designed for those who wish to integrate philosophy, the social teachings of religion, and the social sciences into the study of values and morality in society. Applicants should be well grounded in religious and theological studies, philosophy, and the social sciences. The program prepares graduates for careers within academia and outside of it. Graduates teach in seminaries, colleges, and universities, and hold administrative and policymaking positions in higher education, religious denominations, and human services agencies throughout the world.

Religion and Society

MA, PhD

Coordinator: Seligman

Ammerman, Barfield, Barrand, Berger, Chung, Coulter, Hefner, Korom, Levine, Prothero, Seligman, Wolfteich

This is an interdisciplinary program on the relation of religion and culture in modern or traditional societies. Applicants to this specialization should have a solid background in religious or theological disciplines or in one of the humanities or social sciences. It is assumed that the graduate student will take approximately one-third of the coursework in religious and theological studies and two-thirds in a relevant cognate discipline or one-third in a relevant cognate discipline and two-thirds in religious and theological studies.

TOP OF PAGE

Religion and Literature

MA, PhD

Coordinator: Hawkins

Bellow, Costa, Eckel, Epstein, Gillman, Hart, Hill, Kline, Mason, Mehlman, Mizruchi, Olson, Redford, Ricks, Vance, Warren, Wiesel

This concentration allows students to explore the interplay between religious traditions and literary studies. Students in this area have done research in the literary afterlife of biblical texts, in the literature of both Islam and Buddhism, and on such topics as the demonic, the sentimental, and the ineffable.

The program is highly flexible and intended to allow a student to pursue a course of study devised with the help of an advisor. A strong sense of self-direction is essential, given the range of specialized 
concentrations in this area. Students are encouraged to make contact and to work with faculty members throughout the University as well as in the Boston Theological Institute.

Students may choose courses and mentors from a wide range of departments (e.g., Classics, English, Judaic Studies, Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures, Philosophy, Religion and Theology, as well as the University Professors). They are strongly encouraged to attend and to participate in the numerous special lectures, seminars, and symposia offered monthly on topics encompassed by Religion and Literature. Many such opportunities are offered by the Luce Program in Scripture and the Literary Arts, an interdisciplinary religion and literature program sponsored by the Luce Foundation and now in operation at Boston University.

Psychology of Religion

PhD only

Coordinator: Schlauch

Bohn, Schlauch

This post-masters academic, non-clinical program is designed to address some of the central substantive and methodological research issues and problems in the field. It reflects the particular expertise and competencies of the faculty in the Psychology and Religion area, as well as of the faculty in the Division of Religious and Theological Studies and the Psychology Department in the College of Arts and Sciences. In addition, it draws upon the faculty resources in local universities and seminaries.

The concentration requires and promotes conversation with cognate areas of inquiry, in four related directions: (a) with psychology (psychological studies), and its forerunners, philosophy and theology; (b) with other fields in the study of religion/religious studies, such as philosophy and theology of religions, sociology of religion, history of religions; (c) with other fields lying at the interface of psychology and religion—pastoral psychology and theology, pastoral counseling and psychotherapy, faith development, spiritual direction, spiritual formation, clinical pastoral education (CPE); (d) with other psychologists of religion whose research may differ depending on perspective, research approach, or subject matter.

Counseling Psychology and Religion

PhD only

Coordinator: Schlauch

Barlow, Bohn, Brown, Bufka, Cronin-Golumb, Devor, Harrison, Lyons, Marcucella, Pargament, Sargent, Youngman

Counseling Psychology and Religion (CPAR) is a multidisciplinary post-masters program committed to training professional psychologists. What makes CPAR a unique psychology training program is our requirement that students complete prior graduate study in religious and/or theological studies. Because of their multidisciplinary preparation, our students learn to coordinate psychological and religious or theological studies in ways that qualify them as university professors as well as clinicians. We teach core competencies in psychological research and practice as well as theological analysis. In addition to training in the science of psychology, our students take advanced courses in religious diversity and in religious and theological studies. These additional requirements better equip our students to practice professional psychology with sensitivity to systems of meaning, value, and belief.

Applicants must hold an MA in religious studies or psychology, MDiv, or MTS. Undergraduate background is required in general psychology, personality theory, social psychology, abnormal psychology, experimental psychology, statistics, and preparation in one foreign language. For those with an MA in psychology, academic prerequisites include biblical studies, church history, philosophy, theology, ethics, and world religions.

This program is accredited by the Association of State and Provincial Psychiatry Boards.

TOP OF PAGE

Courses in Religion

Other appropriate courses are listed in the bulletins of the School of Theology and School of Education, and in the bulletin of the Boston Theological Institute. Consult these bulletins under the relevant disciplinary listings. The following courses are offered through the Department of Religion, College of Arts and Sciences.

CAS RN 543/UNI HU 543/STH TC 815 Spiritual Affinities in Practice

Not offered 2007/2008

CAS RN 577/UNI HU 577/STH TS 847 Literature of Memory III: Literary Responses to Oppression

Under circumstances of tyranny or persecution, often the only possible gesture of defiance is the creative act. This class explores the theme of writing as an act of witness, as resistance, and as an attempt to awaken conscience. We carefully read examples of works produced from within situations of oppression in order to find the secrets of courage and hope. Preference given to seniors/graduate students. Discussion section required. No TelReg or WebReg. Stamped approval only. Wiesel. 4 cr, 1st sem.

CAS RN 578/UNI HU 572/STH TS 849 Literature of Memory IV

A source of faith and disquiet for generations, the Book of Genesis has inspired philosophers, theologians, poets, and students to grapple with seminal life questions. This class explores themes and characters from Genesis through careful reading of the text itself as well as secondary literature from diverse traditions and genres. Preference given to seniors/graduate students. Discussion section required. No TelReg or WebReg. Stamped approval only. Wiesel. 4 cr, either sem.

GRS RN 601 Varieties of Early Christianity

Surveys the many different and often competing forms of Christianity that arose and flourished in the second to the seventh century, from the “apostolic period” to the Arab conquest in the Middle East. Winkler. 4 cr, either sem.

GRS RN 602 Women and Christianity in the Middle Ages

Not offered 2007/2008

GRS RN 603 Topics in Christian Thought

GRS RN 604 Christian Thought II

Prereq: graduate standing. Second course in two-semester sequence on major developments in Christian intellectual history. Source readings in RN 604 are from Descartes, Pascal, Leibniz, Kant, Lessing, Schleiermacher, Hegel, Kierkegaard, Feuerbach, Barth, Bultmann, Tillich, Bonhoeffer, Maritain, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Bernard Lonergan. Students may enroll for either semester or both. Green. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

GRS RN 605 Bible in the Medieval World

Not offered 2007/2008

GRS RN 607 Medieval Christian Spirituality

Explores Christian beliefs and practices in medieval Europe within and outside formal church structures. Topics include accommodation of pagan culture, constructing identity, clerical and lay piety, heterodox practice and institutional response, and encounter with non-Christian traditions. Klepper. 4 cr, 1st sem.

GRS RN 610 Asian Religions in America

Not offered 2007/2008

GRS RN 612 Buddhism in America

Not offered 2007/2008

GRS RN 613 Hinduism in America

The transplantation and transformation of the ideas, institutions, and practices of Hinduism and Sikhism in America. Consideration of gurus and students, Indian-American immigrants, and European-American converts. Emphasis on primary texts, including autobiographies, novels, catechisms, sermons, and anti-cult polemics. Prothero. 4 cr, either sem.

GRS RN 620 Varieties of Early Judaism

Not offered 2007/2008

GRS RN 621 Seminar: Wisdom and Tradition in Ancient Israel and Judaism

Not offered 2007/2008

GRS RN 622 History of Judaism

Major trends in post-biblical Judaism; academy and synagogue; Mishna and Talmud; Babylonian diaspora; medieval poetry, philosophy, and mysticism; codes of law; organization of the Jewish community “in exile”; land of Israel; Judaism and Islamic and Christian civilization. Levine. 4 cr, 1st sem.

GRS RN 623 Classical Jewish Thought

Basic human and religious issues as they have been understood in the classical Jewish tradition: good and evil, creation, the relationship between God and human beings, and the relationship of human beings to one another. Issues are discussed within the classical Jewish philosophical framework of God, the people of Israel, and Torah. Sources include the Bible, Midrashic literature and Talmud, Philo, and the medieval Jewish philosophers Maimonides and Judah-ha Levi, as well as selected modern thinkers. Lobel. 4 cr, 2nd sem.

GRS RN 624 Introduction to Rabbinic Literature

Not offered 2007/2008

GRS RN 625 Seminar: Early Jewish Mysticism

Not offered 2007/2008

TOP OF PAGE

GRS RN 626 Judaic Studies

Not offered 2007/2008

GRS RN 628 Judaism in the Modern Period

Exploration of complex encounters between Judaism and modernity from the Renaissance and Reformation to expulsion from Spain and creation of Jewish centers in the New World; emancipation and its consequences; assimilation, conversion, Reform Judaism, Zionism, the American Jewish community, modern anti-Semitism. Katz. 4 cr, either sem.

GRS RN 629 Modern Jewish Thought

Not offered 2007/2008

GRS RN 631 Zionism and the State of Israel

Not offered 2007/2008

GRS RN 633 Anti-Semitism

Grad prereq: consent of instructor. Theological and social sources of anti-Semitism in the ancient, medieval and modern worlds. Comparisons with other modes of persecution such as slavery and witchcraft. Jewish responses to otherness. Intellectual and social anti-Semitism in contemporary America. Levine. 4 cr, 1st sem.

GRS RN 634 Dead Sea Scrolls

GRS RN 635 Judaism in the First Century

GRS RN 636 Medieval Jewish Philosophy

GRS RN 637 Gender and Judaism

GRS RN 640 The Qur’an

GRS RN 641 Islamic Mysticism: Sufism

GRS RN 642 Aspects of Islamic Culture

GRS RN 643 Global Islam

GRS RN 644 Islam and the West

GRS RN 645 Islamic Law

GRS RN 647 Islamic Theology and Philosophy

GRS RN 648 Persian Poetry

GRS RN 660 Taoism

GRS RN 661 Chinese Philosophy

GRS RN 662 Chinese Medicine

GRS RN 663 Zen Buddhism

GRS RN 670 Classical Indian Religion

GRS RN 672 Indian Philosophies of Religion

GRS RN 675 Culture and Religion of South Asia

GRS RN 680 Paths of Life

GRS RN 682 Hellenistic Religions

GRS RN 684 The Holocaust

GRS RN 685 The Life and Thought of Martin Luther King Jr.

GRS RN 686 The Life and Thought of Howard Thurman

TOP OF PAGE

GRS RN 687 Anthropology of Religion

GRS RN 688 Oral Tradition as Verbal Art

GRS RN 689 Moses and Monotheism

GRS RN 690 New Testament Literature

GRS RN 694 Topics in Philosophy and Religion

GRS RN 695 Topics in Philosophy and Religion

GRS RN 696 Topics in Philosophy and Religion

GRS RN 697 Topics in Philosophy and Religion: Institute Philosophy and Religion

GRS RN 698 Topics in Philosophy and Religion

GRS RN 699 Teaching College Religion

GRS RN 700 Proseminar: Medieval Studies

GRS RN 708 Medieval Religious Philosophy

GRS RN 712 Theology of Christian Mysticism

GRS RN 713 Gender in Medieval Christian Mysticism

GRS RN 720 Maimonides

GRS RN 721 Exodus Through the Eyes of the Rabbis: A Study of Selected Midrash Texts

GRS RN 725 Topics in South Asian Religion

GRS RN 727 Topics in American Religion

GRS RN 728 Theology Proseminar

GRS RN 730 Topics in East Asian Religion: Meditation

GRS RN 741 Hermeneutics

GRS RN 742 Approaches to the Study of Myth

GRS RN 743 Problem of Evil

GRS RN 744 Literature and Religion in England, 1500 – 1800

GRS RN 746 Speculative Mysticism

GRS RN 747 Discourse and Otherness: The Ethics of Language and Voicelessness

TOP OF PAGE

GRS RN 749 Dante’s Journey to God

GRS RN 750 Philosophy of Religion

GRS RN 751 Topics in Continental Philosophy of Religion

GRS RN 752 Topics in Religious Thought

GRS RN 759 Topics of International Relations and Religion

GRS RN 760 Sociology of Religion

GRS RN 761 Sociology of Religion and Sociology of Knowledge

GRS RN 765 Religion and Society

GRS RN 768 Symbol, Myth, and Ritual

GRS RN 770 Topics in Medieval Christianity

GRS RN 772 Topics in Religious Thought: Mysticism and Philosophy: East and West

GRS RN 795 Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Religion I

GRS RN 796 Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Religion II

GRS RN 797 Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Religion and Politics

GRS RN 798 Topics in Early Christianity

GRS RN 799 Topics in Judaica

GRS RN 814/STH TT 946 Advanced Systematic Theology I: God and Creation

GRS RN 815/STH TT 947 Advanced Systematic Theology II: The Human Condition

GRS RN 816/STH TT 948 Advanced Systematic Theology III: Sanctification and Religious Life

TOP OF PAGE

GRS RN 820 Early Christianity

GRS RN 830 Gerard Manley Hopkins

GRS RN 840/STH TS 839 Roots of Modernism

GRS RN 845 Music and the Sacred

GRS RN 855 The Confucian Way

Selected Interdisciplinary Courses

CAS BI 504 Evolution

CAS EN 515 History of the English Language

CAS EN 521, 522 Literature of the Middle Ages

CAS EN 529, 530 The Romantic Age

CAS EN 533 American Literature: Beginnings to 1855

CAS EN 546 The Modern American Novel

CAS EN 547 Contemporary American Fiction

CAS EN 551 English Drama to 1590

CAS EN 565 Spenser

CAS EN 566 Milton

CAS ID 539 Science, Technology, and Society: Creation, Diffusion, and Utilization of Knowledge

CAS LF 504 History of the French Language

CAS LF 556 French Cinema and Literature

CAS LF 564 Medieval Lyric and Courtly Romance (French)

CAS LF 565 Medieval Epic, Theatre, and Non-Courtly Narrative (French)

CAS LG 500 History of the German Language

CAS LI 555, 556 Dante: Divine Comedy I, II

CAS LL 552 Deconstruction

CAS LP 500 History of the Portuguese Language

CAS MA 505 History of Mathematics

CAS MA 532 Foundations of Mathematics

CAS PH 513 Aristotle

CAS PH 516 Continental Rationalism: Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz

CAS PH 517 British Empiricism: Locke, Berkeley, Hume

CAS PH 519 Kant: The Critique of Pure Reason

CAS PH 520 Hegel

CAS PH 521 Nineteenth-Century Philosophy

CAS PH 522 American Philosophy

CAS PH 523 Meinong, Moore, Russell

CAS PH 526 Wittgenstein

CAS PH 528 Studies in the History of Philosophy I: Late Classical

CAS PH 529 Studies in the History of Philosophy II: Medieval

CAS PH 531 Minds and Machines

CAS PH 533 Mathematical Logic

CAS PH 534 Inductive Logic and Scientific Methodology

CAS PH 535 Philosophical Problems of Logic and Mathematics

CAS PH 536 Philosophy of Language

CAS PH 541 Types of Ethical Theory: Great Moralists

CAS PH 566 Philosophy of Religion

CAS PH 583 Philosophy of Biology

CAS PH 585 Philosophy of Mind

CAS PH 587 Epistemology

CAS PH 597 Senior Seminar: Kant and Hegel on God

CAS PH 598 Seminar: Action, Interpretations and Narrative

CAS PH 819 Ethics

CAS PH 835 Seminar: Philosophy of Social Science

CAS PS 506 Themes in the Near-History of Psychology

GRS AH 745 Colloquium in Early Medieval and Romanesque Art

GRS AH 747 Colloquium in Gothic Art

GRS AH 748 Colloquium in the Medieval Book

GRS AH 846 Seminar in Romanesque and Gothic Art

GRS AN 703, 704 Proseminar: Anthropology

GRS AN 715 Being an Indian in Latin America

GRS AN 751 Graduate Study in Language, Culture, and Society

GRS AN 761 Graduate Study in Social Anthropology

GRS AN 784 Anthropological Study of Religion

GRS AN 931, 932 Social and Cultural Anthropology

GRS AR 804 Archaeological Study of Symbolic Systems

GRS CL 705 A1 Studies in Myth: Archetypal Themes in Literature

GRS CL 717 Greek and Roman Religion

TOP OF PAGE

GRS CL 733 Ovid and His Influence

GRS EC 701 Microeconomic Theory

GRS EC 702 Macroeconomic Theory

GRS HI 745 Seminar: Readings in Early American History and Culture

GRS HI 809 Europe from the Fourth to the Fourteenth Century

GRS HI 811 Renaissance Europe

GRS HI 812 The Reformation Era: Sixteenth-Century Europe

GRS HI 815 Intellectual History of Europe in the Nineteenth Century

GRS HI 816 Intellectual History of Europe in the Twentieth Century

GRS HI 831 French Feudal Society: 496–1339

GRS HI 873 History of American Thought, 1820–1890

GRS HI 874 History of American Thought, 1890–1970

GRS HI 959 American History

GRS LS 850 Seminar: Topics in Hispanic Literature

GRS MA 735, 736 Survey of Mathematical Logic

GRS PH 540 The Ethics of Health Care

GRS PH 541 Types of Ethical Theory: Great Moralists

GRS PH 542 Studies in Ethical Theory

GRS PH 571 Philosophy of Marxism

GRS PH 589 Legal Rights, Freedom, and Power

GRS PH 592 Senior Seminar: Social and Political Philosophy

GRS PH 597 Senior Seminar: Kant and Hegel on God

GRS PH 801 Ancient Philosophy

GRS PH 805 Topics in Modern Philosophy

GRS PH 806 Topics in the Philosophy of Kant

GRS PH 809 Topics in the Philosophy of Hegel

GRS PH 810 Problems of Refutationism

GRS PH 819 Ethics

GRS PH 825 Seminar: Metaphysics

GRS PH 828 Seminar: Philosophy of Religion

GRS PH 830 Seminar: Epistemology

GRS PH 831 Seminar: Philosophy of Science

GRS PH 832 Contemporary Issues in Philosophy of Science

GRS PH 838 Epistemological Crises

GRS PH 841 Phenomenology I

GRS PS 761 Major Issues in Social Psychology

GRS PS 772 Clinical Psychological Assessment of Adults

GRS PS 774 Clinical Psychological Assessment of Adults Practicum

GRS PS 821 Learning

GRS PS 829 Clinical Neuropsychology

GRS PS 875 Advanced Psychopathology

GRS PY 891, 892 Seminar: Philosophical Foundations of Physics

GRS SO 701 Advanced Sociological Theory (Classical)

GRS SO 702 Proseminar: Sociological Methods

GRS SO 704 Seminar: Theory Construction

GRS SO 708 Contemporary Sociological Theory

GRS SO 712 Qualitative Methodology

GRS SO 807 Phenomenology and Sociology

GRS SO 814 The Sociology of Knowledge

SED CE 739 Psychology of Vocational Development

SED CE 842 Theories of Human Development

SED RS 653 Quantitative Research Methods

SED RS 853 Research Design

SFA MU 721 Music in the Middle Ages

SFA MU 747, 748 Collegium Musicum in Early Music

SFA MU 821 Seminar: Music of the Middle Ages

SFA MU 831, 832 Medieval and Renaissance Notation I, II

STH TE 806 Life Span

STH TH 825 The Medieval Church

STH TH 826 The Reformations: Protestant and Catholic

STH TH 827 American Church History

STH TH 828 Theology and Ministry of Selected Theologians in Church History

TOP OF PAGE

STH TH 829 History of Christian Doctrine

STH TH 830 Ancient Church History

STH TH 831 History of Black Methodism

STH TH 832 The Modern Church

STH TH 834 Seminar: History of the Christian Concept of Love

STH TH 868 History of Western Christian Mysticism

STH TH 871 Luther and the Radical Reformers

STH TH 872 Schleiermacher, Ritschl, and Harnack

STH TH 873 Readings in Modern Protestant Thought

STH TH 935 Church Care of the Poor, 100–1550

STH TH 940 Renewal Movements from Reformation to Present

STH TM 815 Debate over Modern Mission

STH TM 820 Christianity Under Modern Totalitarianism

STH TN 803 Jesus in the Gospels

STH TN 805 Pauline Studies

STH TN 806 The Johannine Literature

STH TN 813 Letter to the Romans

STH TN 815 The Parables

STH TN 816 The World of the New Testament

STH TN 818 New Testament Theology

STH TN 820 The Gospel of Mark

STH TN 826 The Corinthian Correspondence

STH TN 830 Biblical Interpretation: History, Principles, and Application

STH TN 831 Seminar: History of New Testament Research

STH TN 839 From Kerygma to Creed

STH TN 841 Seminar: Luke-Acts

STH TN 842 Seminar: Christology

STH TN 850 Rival Worldviews in Hellenistic Times

STH TN 901 Seminar: Formation of the Gospel Tradition

STH TN 905 Seminar: Gospel of John

STH TN 909 Seminar: Gnosticism and the New Testament

STH TN 914 Seminar: Miracle Tradition in the Gospels

STH TO 802 Prophetic Tradition

STH TO 805 Life and Thought of Post-Exilic Israel

STH TO 806 Goddesses and Women in the World of Ancient Israel

STH TO 807 History of Israelite Religion

STH TO 814 Cultural Background of Old Testament

STH TO 815 Hebrew Reading and Exegesis

STH TO 816 Hebrew Wisdom

STH TO 817 The Pentateuch

STH TO 818 Old Testament Theology

STH TO 821 Book of Psalms

STH TO 823 Book of Jeremiah

STH TO 835 Current Issues in Old Testament Interpretation

STH TO 850 Book of Isaiah

STH TO 901 Biblical Aramaic

STH TO 902 Aramaic Texts

STH TO 903, 904 Ugaritic Language and Literature

STH TO 905 Seminar: Hebrew

STH TO 991, 992 Directed Study in Old Testament

STH TO 995, 996 Research in Old Testament

STH TS 701 Sociology, Religion, and Ethics

STH TS 718 Ethics and Theology in Personalism

STH TS 803 Christianity and the State

STH TS 820 Development of Social Christianity in America

STH TS 822 Life and Thought of Martin Luther King Jr.

STH TS 824 Christian Theological Ethics

STH TS 827 Christian Ethics and Social Reconstruction

STH TS 829 Power and Powerlessness in Ethical Perspective

STH TS 830 Ethical Issues in Economic Theory and Practice

STH TS 838 Religion and the American Dream

STH TS 848 Ethics, Science, and Medicine

STH TS 850 History of the Social Teachings of the Church

STH TS 852 Seminar: Theology and Social Ethics — Reinhold and H. Richard Niebuhr

STH TS 854 Seminar: Churches and Peace with Justice

STH TS 857 Seminar: Churches and Human Rights

STH TS 858 Theory and Practice of Social Ethics

STH TS 861 History of Western Ethics and Social Philosophy

STH TS 869 Ethical Aspects of Black Theology

STH TS 904 Seminar: Feminist Ethics

STH TS 907 Seminar: Christian Social Ethics

STH TS 991, 992 Directed Study in Social Ethics

TOP OF PAGE

STH TS 995, 996 Research in Social Ethics

STH TT 829 Philosophical Theology

STH TT 830 Philosophical Options in Contemporary Theology

STH TT 834 Theology and Metaphysics

STH TT 835 Relational Theology

STH TT 845 Religious Faith and Scientific Understanding

STH TT 865 Religious Dimensions of Whitehead’s Philosophy

STH TT 926 Seminar: American Philosophies of Religion

STH TY 854 Pastoral Theology and Psychology

STH TY 903 Psychology of Religion

STH TY 907 Social Identity and Oppression

STH TY 911 The Self/Object Relations Theory

STH TY 946 Ethics and Professional Development

STH TY 948 Psychotherapy, Counseling Psychology and Religion

STH TY 956 Near History of Psychology and Counseling Psychology

STH TY 964 Personality Theory, Counseling Psychology, and Religion

STH TY 991, 992 Directed Study in Pastoral Care

STH TY 995, 996 Directed Study in Pastoral Care

STH TY 997, 998 Counseling Psychology and Religion Research Seminar I and II

UNI HU 507 Poetics of the Twentieth Century

UNI HU 540 Literary Translation: Practice and Theory

UNI HU 550 Paths of Life

UNI SS 534 Modernity and Social Change

TOP OF PAGE

Published by Trustees of Boston University
One Sherborn Street
Boston, MA 02215

31 October 2007
Boston University
Questions
Credits