Available Faculty and Courses
Below is a listing of Boston College faculty members who currently teach courses associated with the History of Religion. The faculty and courses are listed by department. Please check the Student Services web page to see when the different courses are offered.
History Department
Benjamin Braude: Judaism and Islam
HS-208 Middle East in the 20th Century
HS-666 Travelers and Spices: Lawrence of Arabia
HS-667 Jews Under Islam
Ali Banuazizi
HS-339 Byzantium and Islam
Lynn Lyerly: American History --- American Protestantism, especially First Great Awakening
HS-536 Women and Religion in America
HS-555 Slavery, Race, and Abolition
Rebecca Nedostup: Chinese Religion and Modernity [20th century]/Religion and the State
HS-628 Religion in Chinese Society
HS-805 Nation, Religion, and the Meaning of the Modern
David Northrup: Specializing in Africa, the continent where religious faith has the highest levels of intensity, David Northrup's teaching naturally includes the importance of Christianity, Islam, and traditional beliefs.
HS-353 Africa, Islam, and Europe
James O'Toole: American History --- American Roman Catholicism
HS-531 History of American Religion
HS-532 American Catholic History
Prasannan Parthasarathi: India — Hinduism and India [20th century]; Islam
HS-314 Religion and Politics in Twentieth Century India
HS-315 Islam in South Asia
David Quigley: American History — New England Transcendentalists
HS-513 The Transcendentalists' New England
Virginia Reinburg: Early Modern Europe/The Reformation/France
HS-219 Religion and Sexuality in European History
HS-292 The Witch, The Church, and The Law
HS-401 The Reformation
Dana Sajdi: Islam
HS-207 Islamic Civilization
Stephen Schloesser: France — Late Modern European Roman Catholicism
HS-218 Twentieth-Century Catholic Imagination: Beyond Morality Into Mystery
HS-473 Modernity Confronts Catholicism, 1789-1989
PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT
Vanessa Rumble: Kierkegaard, German Idealism, and Philosophy of Psychoanalysis
PL-762: Søren Kierkegaard
ROMANCE LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT
Dwayne Carpenter: Jewish-Christian-Muslin Relations in Medieval Spain, including the legal status of Jews under Christian rule, iconographic representations of Jews and Muslims, and medieval games and gambling
RL-641 We Were There, Too: Minorities in Medieval and Renaissance Spain
RL-666 The Devil Made Me Do It: Sin, Deviance, and Crime in Spanish Literature and Life
RL-689 Harmony and Dissonance: Christians, Jews, and Muslims in Medieval Spain
Elizabeth Rhodes: History of Christianity; early modern women, and feminist theology
RL-914 Heroic Paradigms of Early Modern Spain
School of Theology and Ministry
http://www.bc.edu/schools/stm/
Catherine Mooney: Medieval and early modern Christianity; Christian spirituality; medieval saints; religious orders; Christian missions
History of Western Christianity: 850-1650
History of Christian Spirituality: 1100 to Present
The Jesuits
Early Franciscans: History, Hagiography, Hermeneutics
Teresa of Avila and Other Carmelites
Sex, Gender, and the Church in Premodern Europe
Spiritual Autobiography: Journeys into the Self and God
Saints and Sanctity
Pathways to God: Classic Texts on Prayer and Christian Mysticism
Missionary Encounters in the Global Church
History of Religious Life
THEOLOGY DEPARTMENT
Boyd Coolman:
TH-226 Images of Jesus Through the Ages
TH-494 The Eucharist in High Medieval Theology
TH-525 Medieval Theology I
TH-622 The Victoire School in the Middle Ages: The Theology of Hugh of St. Victor
TH-624 The Humanity of Jesus in the High Middle Ages
Catherine Cornille: Inculturation, inter-religious dialogue, history and methods in the study of religions, and religious change in the contemporary world
TH-300 Religion and Globalization
TH-432 Women in World Religions
TH-XXX Theory and Methods in the Study of Religion
Donald Dietrich:
TH-482 Hitler, the Churches, and the Holocaust
TH-483 The History of God
TH-495 Hitler, Pius XII, and the Vatican II Church
TH-665 Modernism and the Post-Vatican II Church
TH-884 Vatican II and the Roots of Modern Catholicism
Francis Kilcoyne:
TH-439 Transatlantic Catholicism Since 1750: Responses to Age
TH-473 History of Modern Papacy
TH-541 Understanding Church Through the Ages
TH-665 Modernism and the Post-Vatican II Church
Paul Kolbet:
TH-452 Early Christian Spirituality and Asceticism
TH-485 From Diatribe to Dialogue: Studies in Jewish-Christian Encounter
TH-740 Early Christian Seminar: Christological Controversies
TH-802 Augustine of Hippo: Homilies and Exegesis
Ruth Langer: Jewish Liturgy and Christian Jewish Relations
TH-371 Turning Points in Jewish History
TH-403 Liturgy, Seasons, Festivals: Jewish & Christian
TH-437 Jewish and Christian Interpretations of Bible
TH-449 Jewish Liturgy: Its History and Theology
TH-485 From Diatribe to Dialogue: Studies in Jewish-Christian Encounter
TH-487 Passover in Midrash and Talmud
James Morris: Islamic studies
TH-445 Mystical Poetry in the Islamic Humanities
TH-544 Prophetic Tradition and Inspiration: Exploring the Hadith
TH-554-01 Encountering the Qur'an: Contexts and Approaches
TH-576 Pathways to God: Islamic Theologies in Context
TH-XXX Introduction to Islamic Philosophical Traditions (for Fall 2009)
Additional resources may be found in Boston College's "Islamic Civilizations and Societies" program. Please click here to view the list of courses associated with this program.