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Religion (REL) - For a syllabus or more detailed course information, please contact the department at 610-758-3353.
Course Listings
Course# Course Title (Credit Hours) CRN Day/Time Location Session Instructor
| 3-010/PHIL 3-010/GCP 3-010 | Religion, Ethics & Society (4) | 20126 | T/Th 7-10:00pm | MG 103 | First | Steffen |
| 97-010 | Religion on Film: Contemporary Movies and Moral Meaning (4) | 20213 | T/Th 4-7:00pm | MG 111 | First | Raposa |
| 116-010/PHIL 116-010 | Bioethics (4) | 20173 | M/W 7-10:00pm | MG 103 | First | Steffen |
| 116-011/PHIL 116-011 | Bioethics (4) | 20394 | M/W 7:10-10:00pm | MG 110 | Second | Steffen |
| 197-010/PSYC 197-010 | Tai Chi, Taoism & Modern Psychology (4) | 20214 | M-Th 2-3:35pm | MG 105 | First | Newman |
| 198-010 | Buddhism: The Religion of No Religion (4) | 20215 | M-Th 10-11:35am | MG 105 | First | Newman |
| 373-010/HUM 373-010/PHIL 373-010/REL 373-011 | Independent Ethics Project (4) | 20143 | Hours Arranged | First | Staff | |
| 373-011/HUM 373-011/PHIL 373-011/REL 373-010 | Independent Ethics Project (4) | 20371 | Hours Arranged | Second | Staff |
Course Descriptions
3/PHIL 3/GCP 3. Religion, Ethics and Society: Introduction to philosophical and religious modes of moral thinking, with consideration given to ethics in the world religious traditions (family life and role of women, social justice, environment, work, models of ethical ideals). Particular issues examined include abortion, corporal punishment (such as the death penalty), problems in medical ethics, and heavy drinking as a behavioral problem. HU
97. Religion on Film: Contemporary Movies and Moral Meaning: This course involves the viewing and discussion of selected contemporary films, with an emphasis placed on the manner in which they treat ethically significant issues or raise interesting religious and moral questions. Modern movies that are thought-provoking will be given preference over those that have an explicitly religious content but are less suitable for discussion. Some attention will also be paid to theoretical issues concerning film as a genre and the general relationship between religion, art and morality. HU
116/PHIL 116. Bioethics: Moral issues that arise in the context of health care and related biomedical fields in the United States today, examined in the light of the nature and foundation of moral rights and obligations. Topics include: confidentiality, informed consent, euthanasia, medical research and experimentation, genetics, the distribution of health care, etc. HU
197/PSYC 197. Tai Chi, Taoism and Modern Psychology: This course examines the deployment of attention from the perspective of modern psychology and the Taoist/Buddhist world view. The movement system of Tai Chi Chaun will be explored as an example of embodied mind. The separation of being into subject and object will be examined from both experiential and intellectual perspectives. The consequences of mindfulness and mindlessness will be examined from both Western cognitive and Eastern points of view. SS
198. Buddhism: The Religion of No Religion: An introduction to the Buddhist thought of Tibet with an emphasis on the works of the Dalai Lama. We will also read two classical Buddhist texts in preparation for this summer’s teaching by the Dalai Lama at Lehigh. The practice of Buddhist mediation techniques will be explored as well. HU
373/HUM 373/PHIL 373. Independent Ethics Project: Supervised ethics research into a topic approved by the advisor for the Humanities Minor in Ethics. An option for completing the ethics minor. For ethics minor only. HU