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Course Descriptions —Theological and Religious Interpretation

Constructive Theology
Christian Ethics
Theology and the Arts
Religious Studies
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Constructive Theology
•	TR103 Reimagining the Human: Theological Anthropology
•	TR105 Constructive Theology
•	TR224 Paul Tillich and Contemporary Challenges
•	TR342 Reading the World as Sacred Text: Some Questions in Science and Theology
•	TR401 Foundations for Women’s Studies
•	TR408 Introduction to Feminist Theologies
•	TR415 Gay/Lesbian/Bi-sexual/Transgender Cultural and Theological Voices
•	TR608 Christology
•	TR610 Theology of Religions
•	TR612 Theology and Postmodern Thought
•	TR613 Ecofeminist Theologies: Water, Women, and Wisdom in an Ecological Cosmos
•	TR616 The Liberation Theology of Jon Sobrino
•	TR622 Seminar on Liberal Theologies
•	TR625 Liberal and Evangelical Conversation
•	TR626 Process and Liberation Theologies in Dialogue
•	TR661 Introduction to Black Theology and Ethics
•	TR675 Seminar on Unitarian Universalist Theology
•	TR722 Theological Voices from a Global Perspective
•	TR725 Theological Voices of Minorities in the United States
•	TR820 Reimagining the Church: Ecclesiology, Mission, and Ministry for Our Contemporary Time
•	TR990 Directed and Independent Studies in Theological and Religious Interpretation

Christian Ethics
•	TR107 Christian Ethics
•	TR339 Restoring the Table of Trinitarian Community in Ecojustice Perspective
•	TR501 Environmental Ethics
•	TR509 Comparative Religious Ethics
•	TR515 Making Peace, Transforming Conflict
•	TR520 Christian Ethical Discourse on Politics
•	TR521 War, Peace, and Ethics
•	TR533/CH533 Theological Ethics of H. Richard Niebuhr
•	TR536 Ethics of Reconciliation
•	TR537 Justice: Social, Legal, Economic
•	TR545 Process Thought and Christian Faith: The Theology of John B. Cobb Jr.
•	TR551/CH435 A History of Theological Ethics
•	TR552 Major Twentieth Century Moral Thinkers
•	TR572 Good Work
•	TR990 Directed and Independent Studies in Theological and Religious Interpretation

Theology and the Arts
•	TR223 Poetry in Search of the Holy
•	TR235 The Church, Spirituality, and the Arts
•	TR241 Visual Arts and the Spiritual Life
•	TR242 Theater and Social Change
•	TR243 Theology, Spirituality, and the Visual Arts
•	TR244 Theological Focus on Photography
•	TR246 Theological Reflection, Spiritual Encounter in 20th Century Art
•	TR247 Theology and Music
•	TR271 Theological Interpretation of the Arts
•	TR272 Arts Practicum
•	TR360 Film as Theological Text: Race, Class, Gender, and Sexualities
•	TR418 Global Re-Presentations of Women through Film
•	TR421 Visual Arts and the Spiritual Life
•	TR427 Womanist Art, Literature, Media, Music, and Musings
•	TR428 Biblical Women in Art and Literature
•	TR573 Ethical Themes in Literature
•	TR650 Theology in Contemporary Film
•	TR709 Jewish-Christian Art and Iconography in Cultural Contexts
•	TR721 Buddhism and the Arts
•	TR741 World Religions: Dance and Music
•	TR771 Approaches to the Study of Religion and Religious Communities
•	TR811 Body, Movement, and Spirituality: Experiencing the Luminous Body
•	TR843 Writing: The Sacred Journey
•	TR990 Directed and Independent Studies in Theological and Religious Interpretation

Religious Studies
•	TR316/CH416 Topics in Black Christianity: Traditions of Worship, Culture, and Theology
•	TR370 Politics and Religion in the World
•	TR509 Comparative Religious Ethics
•	TR714 World Religions
•	TR718 Hinduism
•	TR720 Zen Buddhism
•	TR721 Buddhism and the Arts
•	TR726 Judaism and Islam
•	TR741 World Religions: Dance and Music
•	TR748 Taoism
•	TR990 Directed and Independent Studies in Theological and Religious Interpretation

Church and Society
•	TR331 Antiracism Dialogue: Theory and Practice
•	TR341 Land: Ecology, Politics, Economics, and Spirituality
•	TR370 Politics and Religion in the World
•	TR514 New Encounters: Hospitality, Security and Peace in a Mobile World
•	TR537 Justice: Social, Legal, Economic
•	TR744 Theology of Urban Ministry
•	TR990 Directed and Independent Studies in Theological and Religious Interpretation

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