Monthly Archives: January 2015

Professor Alan Brill to Deliver a Lecture at the University of Pennsylvania

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Rabbi Alan Brill, who teaches in the Religion Department’s Jewish-Christian Studies Graduate Program, will be giving a talk at the Collegium Institute (their mission is to foster the Catholic Intellectual Tradition within the University of Pennsylvania community).  The event is scheduled for Feb. 5.  For more information, go to http://collegiuminstitute.org/2015/01/varieties-of-modern-orthodoxy/

Check out the Religion and Jewish-Christian Studies course offerings for Spring 2015

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Welcome back to Campus–Welcome to the Spring 2015 semester!

Here is a reminder of the Religion Department course offerings for this semester:

-Spring 2015-

For Undergraduates:
RELS 3598/CORE 3: Science and Theology
MW, 12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
KC Choi, Ph.D.

RELS 3592/POLS 2690: Religion, Politics, and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Tuesday/Thursday, 3:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Issam Aburaya, Ph.D.

RELS 3102/CORE 3: Bible, Film, and Popular Culture
Monday, 5 – 7:30 p.m.
Colleen Conway, Ph.D.

JCST 7047/RELS 3402/CORE 3: Philosophic Perspectives on the Holocaust
Tuesday, 5 – 7:10 p.m.
Rabbi Alan Brill, Ph.D.

RELS 2416: Islamic Spirituality and Mysticism
Wednesday, 5 – 7:30 p.m.
Gisela Webb, Ph.D.

RELS 2121/ARCH 1114: Archaeology and the Bible
Monday/Wednesday, 2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Charles Carter, Ph.D.

RELS 2520/CAST 2520/CORE 3: Catholic Social Teaching
Tuesday/Thursday, 12:30 – 1:45 p.m.
Michael Maloney, Ph.D.

RELS 3598/CAST 4391/CORE 3: Faith and Fashion
Wednesday, 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Nancy Harding

RELS 1302/CAST 1302: Introduction to Catholic Theology
Tuesday/Thursday, 9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Monsignor James Cafone

For Graduate Students in Jewish-Christian Studies:

JCST 6014: Lessons from the Holocaust: Trauma and Resilience
Wednesday, 5 – 7:10 p.m.
David Bossman, Ph.D.

JCST 6020: Jewish History I: Bible to Talmud
Tuesday, 5 – 7:10 p.m.
David Bossman, Ph.D.

JCST 7585: Comparative Study of Judaism and Christianity
Monday, 4:00 – 6:10 p.m.
Rabbi Alan Brill, Ph.D.

JCST 7047/RELS 3402/CORE 3: Philosophic Perspectives on the Holocaust
Tuesday, 5 – 7:10 p.m.
Rabbi Alan Brill, Ph.D.

JCST 6006: Hebrew Bible Readings II
TBA
Rev. Lawrence Frizzell, D.Phil

JCST 6011: Biblical Thought II: Paul and John
Monday, 6:15 – 8:25 p.m.
Rev. Lawrence Frizzell, D. Phil.

JCST 6022: Judaism of the Second Temple Period
Thursday, 6:15 – 8:25 p.m.
Rev. Lawrence Frizzell, D.Phil