May be repeated for credit as topics vary. Topic for Fall 2021: Religion, Health, and the Body. This seminar offers a comparative introduction to studies of religion, health, and the body--paying attention to how notions of embodiment and health surface in debates over gender, sexual, and racial difference in various traditions including Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam. Effective Fall 2021, this course carries a single unit in the following BU Hub areas: Historical Consciousness, Oral and/or Signed Communication, Critical Thinking.