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RELS 3071 is also offered in Fall 2022
RELS 3071 is also offered in Spring 2022
Fall 2020 | RELS 3071 Section 001: Greek and Hellenistic Religions (34353)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Online Course
- Meets With:
CNES 3071 Section 001
CNES 5071 Section 001
RELS 5071 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
Off Campus
Virtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
Open (9 of 10 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Greek religion from the Bronze Age to Hellenistic times. Literature, art, archaeology. Homer/Olympian deities. Ritual performance, prayer, sacrifice. Temple architecture. Death/afterlife. Mystery cults. Philosophical religion. Near Eastern salvation religions. Meets with 3171.
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online. On Wednesdays, the class meets in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled time. The remainder of class is online in an asynchronous format. Students will not meet during a scheduled time.
- Class Description:
- FULFILLS HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES LE "Greek and Hellenistic Religions" offers a wide-ranging look at the variety of religious practice and thought during the Classical and Hellenistic periods of Greece. We will discuss ritual practices, domestic religion, state religion, temples, incubation, ritual offerings, myth, divination, oracles, gods, and heroes all in an attempt to understand the religious sensibilities of ancient Greeks. Along the way we will see the strangeness of their religious practices while at the same time noticing the strange familiarity of this ancient activity.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Anyone with an interest in religion, ancient culture, Greece, Rome, early Christianity or ancient Judaism. First year students without a background in Classics, religious studies, or ancient studies might have difficulty with this course, but there are not prerequisites for the course.
- Grading:
- Two five-page papers and two exams along with weekly reading and in-class discussions. (Two ten-page papers or one longer paper for 5071.)
- Exam Format:
- Essay exams.
- Class Format:
- Interactive lectures with lots of images of the art, archaeology, and evidence for ancient Greek religion.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34353/1209
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/sahearne_CNES3071_Fall2017.pdf (Fall 2017)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 13 May 2020
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