Religious Studies Major at Hendrix College
A total of ten courses, five of which must be 300-level or above.
Two required courses:
RELI 395 Theories and Research in Religion
RELI 497 Senior Thesis
• Two (2) in World Religions:
RELI 110 The World's Religions: An Introduction
RELI 111 Asian Religions: An Introduction
RELI 210 Native American Religions
RELI 216 Judaism
RELI 222 Chinese Religions
RELI 223 Introduction to Hinduism
RELI 225 Introduction to Buddhism
RELI 251 Varieties of Judaism
RELI 28x Issues in Religion
RELI 334 Buddhist Saints
RELI 335 Shamans, Scholars and Indigenous Religion
RELI 337 Contemporary Buddhist Thought
RELI 338 Tibetan Buddhist Culture
RELI 339 Contemporary Islamic Thought
RELI 410 Topics in Asian Religion
• One (1) in Biblical Studies/Christianity:
RELI 112 Exodus
RELI 114 Christianity: An Introduction
RELI 123 Introduction to the Hebrew Bible
RELI 124 Introduction to the New Testament
RELI 211 African American Religions
RELI 227 Skeptics in Scripture: Ecclesiastes andJob
RELI 228 The Synoptic Gospels
RELI 230 Early and Medieval Christianity
RELI 231 Modern Christianity Since the Reformation
RELI 234 Revelation and Resistance
RELI 280 Issues in Biblical Studies/Christianity
RELI 331 Revelation and Resistance
RELI 322 Introduction to Biblical Hebrew I
RELI 323 Introduction to Biblical Hebrew II
RELI 327 Race, Gender, Empire and the Bible
RELI 328 The Bible and/as History
RELI 261 Images of the Christian Life
RELI 336 John Wesley and Methodism
RELI 450 Topics in Biblical Studies/Christianity
• One (1) in Religion in America/Religion and Culture:
RELI 245 American Religions: An Historical Survey
RELI 243 Contemporary Currents in AmericanReligions
RELI 280 Issues in Religion in America/Religion and Culture
RELI 314 Globalization & Religion
RELI 317 Religion and Politics
RELI 330 Religion, Gender, and Sexuality
RELI 366 Religion and Literature
RELI 396 Religion, Film and Visual Culture
RELI 450 Topics in Religion and Culture
• One (1) in Philosophy of Religion and Theology:
RELI 233 Jesus Through the Centuries
RELI 260 Varieties of Evangelical Theologies
RELI 262 Science and Religion
RELI 270 Ecotheology: Religion, Animals, and Earth
RELI 280 Issues in Philosophy of Religion and Theology
RELI 332 Concepts of God
RELI 346 Contemporary Christian Thought
RELI 392 Process Philosophy/Theology
RELI 393 Inter-Religious Dialogue
RELI 394 Mysticism, Meditation, and Prayer
RELI 370 Philosophy of Religion
RELI 46X Postcolonial and Postmodern Theology
RELI 460 Topics in Philosophy of Religion andTheology
Three elective courses in Religious Studies
Senior Capstone Experience
The Senior Capstone Experience for the religion major centers upon the successful completion of a senior thesis or research project in RELI 497.
PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION MAJOR
10 courses in philosophy and religion distributed as follows:
• No fewer than four courses in philosophy
• Two must be chosen from:
PHIL 285 Plato and Aristotle
PHIL 295 Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Philosophy
PHIL 300 Nineteenth Century Philosophy
• No fewer than four courses in religion
• PHIL 370/RELI 370 Philosophy of Religion
• PHIL 497 Senior Thesis or RELI 497 Senior Thesis*
• Only two of the ten courses may be at the 100- level
Philosophy and Religion majors cannot major or minor in either philosophy or religion.
* Note that RELI 497 Senior Thesis requires RELI 395 Theory and Research in Religion
RELIGION MINOR
The Minor in Religion consists of six (6) religion courses, including two (2) at the 300-400-level.