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Pop Culture / Pop Religion
Clothing to Coca-Cola, advertising to fandom, spiritual tourism to punk rock
MOOC: Spirituality and Sensuality
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Religion, Art, & Visual Culture
Surveys sacred architecture, calligraphy, Japanese gardens, icons, mass-media devotional images, and stained glass, in Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism
Artist Books & Sacred Texts
Illustrated Bibles, calligraphed Qurans, highly visual Haggadot, and contemporary artists who re-sacralize books (Image from Meg Hitchcock)
Religion & Modern Art
Abstract Expressionism to video and installation art (+ a little blasphemy) (Image from Bill Viola)
Religious Diversity in the USA
Religious diversity and pluralism in the US. With special attention to Utica, NY.
Religion in the Wild
Begins with a 5-day backpacking trip in the Adirondacks. Then it's reading, walking, talking; from Hudson River School to Gary Snyder
World Films, World Faiths
Introduces the mythical stories, ritual practices, communal activities, and intellectual beliefs of several major religions through the medium of film. Aims to show how religious people around the world live and struggle and find joy in their lives.
Religion & Media
From the invention of writing to printed books to radio and new media
