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2009 Summer Session Course Listings
Note: Northwestern day school students need permission from the dean of their school to enroll in School of Continuing Studies courses. SCS courses are indicated by a -CN after the course number (example: ACCOUNT 204-CN Sec. 28). The majority of Summer Session courses do not need dean approval.
Religion
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
RELIGION 170-0 Sec. 26
Closed
Religion in Human Experience
CAESAR Class Number: 42772
6 weeks,
EVAN,
6/22 - 7/29
MW 9 - 11:30am
Stuart R. Sarbacker
This course will be held in University Hall room 121.
Religion as it has appeared in the past and as humans continue to express it in their personal and social lives. This course counts toward the Weinberg College ethics and values distribution requirement, Area V.
RELIGION 210-0 Sec. 26
Introduction to Buddhism
CAESAR Class Number: 40488
6 weeks,
EVAN,
6/22 - 7/29
MW 2 - 3:30pm
George Bond
This course will be held in University Hall room 121.
This course is designed to give a comprehensive introduction to the Buddhist religious tradition and its primary manifestations in Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana Buddhism. The foundation of our study will be an examination of Indian Buddhism, including the life and teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, the "historical Buddha." We will then move on to the development of Buddhism in Southeast Asia, Tibet, and East Asia. Our emphasis will be on examining these traditions from a historical and comparative perspective, with particular attention to beliefs, practices, texts, and institutions associated with the Buddhist religion in its varied forms. Reading assignments on the history of Buddhism from Harvey's An Introduction to Buddhism will be the foundation for class lecture and discussion. We will further expand upon this through supplementary reading and writing assignments, audio and video presentations, and class discussion. This course counts toward the Weinberg College ethics and values distribution requirement, Area V.
RELIGION 230-1 Sec. 26
Introduction to Judaism
CAESAR Class Number: 40686
6 weeks,
EVAN,
6/23 - 7/30
TuTh 10am - 12:30pm
Barry Wimpfheimer
This course will be held in Parkes Hall room 213.
Course Description: This course attempts to answer the questions "What is Judaism?" and "Who is a Jew?" by surveying the broad arc of Jewish history, reviewing the practices and beliefs that have defined and continue to define Judaism as a religion, sampling the vast treasure of Jewish literatures, and analyzing the unique social conditions that have made the cultural experience of Jewishness so significant. The class will employ a historical structure to trace the evolutions of Jewish literature, religion, and culture through the ages. This course counts toward the Weinberg College ethics and values distribution requirement, Area V.
RELIGION 309-0 Sec. 26 
Closed
Topics In Hinduism: Theory and Practice of Modern Yoga
CAESAR Class Number: 42773
6 weeks,
EVAN,
6/22 - 7/29
MW 6:30 - 9pm
Stuart R. Sarbacker
This course will be held in Kresge Hall room 2415.
This course is an examination of the phenomenon of modern yoga in theory and practice, and examines the roots of contemporary forms of yoga in the intersection between traditional Hindu formulations of yoga, Indian wrestling and martial arts, European gymnastics, and cosmopolitan conceptions of "bodily culture" of both European and Indian origins.Historical and theoretical discussions in the class take place concurrently with practical instruction in the ideas and techniques of the contemporary yoga tradition of ashtanga yoga and in a range of cognate and derivative traditions of yoga taught in India, the United States, and Europe."
RELIGION 359-Z Sec. 28 
Islam and the West
8 weeks,
Off Campus,
7/5 - 8/14
Days and times are TBA
Staff
Istanbul was the seat of the Islamic Caliphate from the early 16th century until 1924, and in that sense, the capital of the Islamic world. Ottoman society was the major point of interchange and confrontation with the West. It is therefore especially appropriate to consider the relation of Islam and the West in this multi-cultural city at the meeting point of two civilizations. Many of the most contentious issues in relations to Islam and the Christian West have their loci in former Ottoman territories. Understanding the historical context provides an important insight into contemporary issues. However, it is necessary to move beyond this regional approach and to examine the impact of globalization. This will be done taking into consideration many of the concerns that have led some within and outside the region to view these civilizations as being in some fundamental sense in conflict today. Islam and the issue of governance will be examined with a special focus on the dilemmas of democratization facing today's Islamic world, where Turkey stands out as a model for democracy. This course is a Study Abroad course and will be taught in Turkey.
Indicates an Evening Course.
Indicates a Study Abroad Course.
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