Spring 2020 Religious Studies

and Interfaith Leadership Studies courses:

REL 103 HUM	Religion & Nonviolence	TH 9:30am-10:45am	M. Long
REL 170	Why Work? Finding Meaning in Work	MW 1:00pm-1:50pm	Kraenbring
REL 171	Religion and Climate Change	T 2:00pm-3:20pm	Bucher
REL 172	Religion and Guns in the USA	H 2:00pm-3:20pm	Bucher
REL 217 PLO	PLO Sanskrit I	MW 9:30am-10:45am	J.Long
REL 225 NCH	NCH The Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East	MW 2:00pm-3:15pm	Bucher
REL 226 WCH	WCH The New Testament	TH 9:30am-10:45am	Bucher
REL 290 NCH	Dharma Traditions: Hindu, Buddhist, Jain, & Sikh	MWF 2:00pm-3:15pm	J. Long
REL 495	Captsone in Religious Studies	M 6:30pm-9:15pm	J. Long
ILS 105 HUM	HUM Exploring Interfaith Leadership and Service	MW 2:00pm-3:15pm	Kraenbring

Note: Internships in Religious Studies and Interfaith Leadership Studies are available every semester.

Experiential Learning Opportunities in Religious Studies Courses

Students in several classes engage through video conferencing to discuss the latest research with religious studies scholars who are affiliated with other institutions.

In Amish and Anabaptist Groups in Context (REL 170), students visit the Amish settlement in the Belleville, Pennsylvania area, with three different Amish groups. One day is spent visiting Mennonites of various ethnic backgrounds in Lancaster County, such as Hispanic, Ethiopian and Karen congregations. Students also spend a day in service learning at Mennonite Central Committee to do service and learn about the service activity of several Anabaptist groups.

The Dharma Traditions course (REL 290) offers field trips to the Hindu American Religious Institute in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania; the Blue Mountain Lotus Society in Harrisburg; and the Mindfulness and Meditation Group at the Unitarian-Universalist Church of Harrisburg.

Students in the New Testament class (REL 226) examine and reconstruct artifact reproductions from the ancient world.

Students in Anabaptist & Pietist Movements (REL 284) take a field trip to the Germantown neighborhood in Philadelphia to visit the historic Mennonite and Brethren meetinghouses, a historic home and historic school. They also visit the Ephrata Cloister in Ephrata, PA.

In Communal and Utopian Societies students visit the Ephrata Cloister for an in-depth tour to parts of the historic buildings that are not generally open to the public. Students also visit the Moravian Church in Lititz and some of the adjacent historic buildings.

Students studying Islam (REL 293) create an introductory website.

Students in various classes get their work published in online blogs and other outlets.

Students in “Bible through Culture” (REL 370) visit the Philadelphia Art Museum and the National Gallery in Washington, DC.

Modern Hinduism (REL 391) offers field trips to the Washington Kali Temple and the Vedanta Society of Greater DC.

Current Students in Religious Studies

Looking for resources for a project or paper? Check out the Religious Studies Resource Guides through the High Library as a starting point.