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CS92PROD
Judaism(s): Religion, Power, and Identity in Jewish History

RELI 204
Fall 2017
Section: 01  
Crosslisting: CJST 241
Certificates: International Relations, Jewish and Israel Studies

This course will offer students an intensive survey of the major currents in Jewish social, political, intellectual, and religious history, while focusing in particular on what it means to be a Jew in the 21st-century. The course explores how Jews are a culture, ethnicity, nation, nationality, race, religion, and more and how Jewishness gets constructed differently across different times and contexts. The course looks both locally and globally at the plurality of Jewish identities. Students will read primary historical texts from prominent Jewish thinkers and writers, as well as texts written about Jews by non-Jews.
Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS RELI
Course Format: Lecture / DiscussionGrading Mode: Graded
Level: UGRD Prerequisites: None
Fulfills a Major Requirement for: (CEAS-Phil/Reli)(CGST-MN)(RELI-MN)(RELI)(STS)
Past Enrollment Probability: 90% or above

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