Religion & Interdisciplinary Studies
Course topics will rotate to incorporate the study of religion in a variety of other disciplines. Focus will be on the influence or application of religious teachings and traditions in the fields of healthcare, politics, education, etc.
Outcomes: Describe the ethical implications of the religious beliefs and traditions of at least one religion for the primary field of study.
Religion Alchemy Hist Science
Course topics will rotate to incorporate the study of religion in a variety of other disciplines. Focus will be on the influence or application of religious teachings and traditions in the fields of healthcare, politics, education, etc.
Outcomes: Describe the ethical implications of the religious beliefs and traditions of at least one religion for the primary field of study.
Engaged Learning
Tier 2 Theological Knowledge
This class satisfies the Engaged Learning requirement in the Undergraduate Research category.
Welcome to Religion, Alchemy, and the History of Science!! THEO 280 fulfills the Theological & Religious Knowledge and Inquiry Tier II core requirement. This course will will introduce you to the category of religion and its historical encounter in materia medica (medicinal properties of plants, animals, and materials). You will learn the entangled histories of these domains in the late medieval and early modern periods, including the rise of Islamic medicine, European herbals, and the extraction of Indigenous and African knowledge in the Americas and Caribbean. These histories are entangled, not through development, but through the circulation of ideas and practices that intellectuals and practitioners assessed, compared, appropriated, and distorted across time and space. You will also experience original historical texts and material culture from archives and museums, such as the Rare Books Collection and the Weber Ethnographic Collection on campus, and the Newberry Library and Art Institute of Chicago in the downtown Chicago area.
This is an engaged learning course in the Undergraduate Research category. You will complete a research project based on an archival or material object from any one of our student development visits.
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