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Nathan Lean

Nathan Lean

Nathan Lean is an author and scholar of religion, specializing in Islam and Christianity, anti-Muslim prejudice, and religion and American culture. He earned his PhD in Theology and Religious Studies from Georgetown University, where his dissertation focused on American jazz musicians who converted ...

RELI 211-DL1: Religions of the West

Spring 2024 -  Mohammad Mahdi M Shahkolahi   -  Section Syllabus

In this course, students primarily explore the history, practices, beliefs, and contemporarydevelopments of the three major monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Studentswill examine these three religious traditions thematically and comparatively, in order to understandthe simil...

RELI 211-001: Religions of the West

Spring 2024 -  Jim Dooley   -  Section Syllabus

 The study of religions and the ways that they are practiced has fascinatedstudents in all walks of life for as far back as you might care to look — peoplewho are interested in people tend also to be interested in how they think, and inwhat ways they express their beliefs. If it sounds like religion,...

RELI 100-DL2: Human Relig Experience

Spring 2024 -  Susan E Bond   -  Section Syllabus

According to a recent study by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life (2012), approximately six of the seven billion people in the world identify themselves as members of a faith tradition. Religion is a powerfuI force in the world, for good and for ill, and religious literacy should be a requirem...