Mar 28, 2024  
2020-21 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
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REL 310 - Powers, Politics, and Pluralism in Biblical Interpretation


4 Hour(s)
General Education P2 and CCD

This class examines how the Bible has been interpreted to support certain positions regarding politics, class, race, gender, and sexual orientation. The class will explore how the Bible has been interpreted in global contexts and will focus in particular on how those in the United States have read and lived out the Bible through history. Topics may include slavery, roles of women, politics, same-sex relations, class relations, postcolonialism, anti-Semitism, end-time beliefs, and religious cults.



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