Courses

Please view the Moravian University Course Catalog for the latest course offerings.

Spring 2027 Term Course Offerings

REL 113 A: Biblical & Jewish Law
Tue, Thu 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM, Radine (M3) (PTK: Logic and Reasoning) (TAGS: Critical Reading) (TAGS: Ethical Deliberation)
REL 114 A: Jesus and the Gospels
Tue, Thu 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM, Radine (M3) (PTK: Humanistic Inquiry) (TAGS: Critical Reading) (TAG: Intercultural and Linguistic Competencies)
REL 115 A: Major Themes in the Quran
Mon, Wed 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM, Naraghi (M3) (PTK: Humanistic Inquiry) (TAGS: Intercultural and Linguistic Competencies)
REL 127 A: Hlth, Healing, Med Asian Contexts
Tue, Thu 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM Cheung (M5) (PTK: Scientific Process) (TAGS: Critical Reading) (TAGS: Intercultural and Linguistic Competencies
(Paired with MILE 101 J)
REL 128 A: Asian Traditions Through Film
Wed 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM Online Synchronous, Cheung (M6) (PTK: Creativity) (TAGS: Equity and Inclusion) (TAGS: Intercultural and Linguistic Competencies)
REL 230 A: Advanced Topics: Ethics of Abortion
Mon, Wed 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM, Denton-Borhaug (U2) (PTK: Logic and Reasoning) (TAGS: Ethical Deliberation)
REL 260 A: Moral Injury
Mon, Wed 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM, Denton-Borhaug (U2) (PTK: Humanistic Inquiry) (TAGS: Ethical Deliberation)
REL 267 A: Zionism
Tue, Thu 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM, Radine (M5) (PTK: Global Connections) (TAGS: Equity and Inclusion) (TAGS: Intercultural and Linguistic Competencies)
REL 330 A: Advanced Topics: Ethics of Abortion
Mon, Wed 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM, Denton-Borhaug (U2) (PTK: Logic and Reasoning) (TAGS: Ethical Deliberation)
HUMS 112 A: Humanities Fellowship Seminar II
Tue, Thu 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM, Cheung (M2)

100-Level Courses

REL 113 A: Biblical & Jewish Law

The Bible has a large amount of legal material, and these laws are foundational to Western civilization, morality, ethics, and modern law. In this course we will study some of the oldest law codes such as the Code of Hammurabi and see how they compare with biblical laws. We will explore the different types of biblical laws and what they teach. The Jewish religion in particular attempts to maintain biblical laws into the present, but biblical laws require interpretation to make them functional. So, we will explore the fascinating tradition of Jewish legal interpretation, particularly in the great masterpiece of Jewish jurisprudence, the Talmud. No prior background in Judaism is needed; all you would need is included in this course. (M3) (PTK: Logic and Reasoning) (TAGS: Critical Reading) (TAGS: Ethical Deliberation) Radine

REL 114 A: Jesus and the Gospels

This course will study what we can know historically about the life and activities of Jesus. Comparison of the four gospels of the Christian New Testament, so that their separate messages and emphases can be discerned. Gospels that present different views of Jesus and his teaching but were not included in the Christian Bible will also be studied. (M3) (PTK: Humanistic Inquiry) (TAGS: Critical Reading) (TAGS: Intercultural and Linguistic Competencies) Radine

REL 115 A: Major Themes in the Quran

The historical background within which the Qur'an appeared. Characteristic features of Qur'anic worldview. Topics of study include Qur'anic views of God, God-human relation, God-world relation, and ethico-religious concepts. The course addressed different approaches and methods of interpretation in the tradition of Qur'anic exegesis. Lastly the course explores various challenges the Qur'an faces in the modern era, such feminist challenges, and the issue of violence and human rights. (M3) (PTK: Humanistic Inquiry) (TAGS: Intercultural and Linguistic Competencies) Naraghi

REL 127 A: Hlth, Healing, Med Asian Contexts

How does healing go beyond the physical to include the emotion and spiritual? What are the boundaries between medicine and religion? This course investigates these questions by turning to Indian and Chinese religious-philosophical traditions. We will examine Chinese medical arts such as acupuncture and qigong, Indian Ayurveda medicine and its relationship to Yoga, and the contemporary discourse on Buddhist-based meditation practices-including mindfulness-for health. (M5) (PTK: Scientific Process) (TAGS: Critical Reading) (TAGS: Intercultural and Linguistic Competencies) Cheung

Paired with MILE 101 J:
Instructor: Mark Harris | Mon, Wed 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

REL 128 A: Asian Traditions Through Film

This course exposes students to Hinduism, Yoga, Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, Shugendo, Chinese divination and geomancy and contemporary expressions of Asian religions. Students learn not just from the content and narrative of film, but also about its meta-narrative, or narration in form and structure, including editing, lighting, musical arrangement, and implicit ideologies. Students will watch clips an short films in class, and feature-length films before class. (M6) (PTK: Creativity) (TAGS: Equity and Inclusion) (TAGS: Intercultural and Linguistic Competencies) Cheung

200-Level Courses

REL 230 A: Advanced Topics: Ethics of Abortion

This course analyzes the ethical issue of abortion through examination of philosophical pro-life and pro-choice arguments from a variety of perspectives. Our philosophic/ethical investigation includes address of abortion and public health, abortion in a changing legal justice landscape in the U.S., and the intersection of abortion and religious ideas and values. (U2) (PTK: Logic and Reasoning) (TAGS: Ethical Deliberation) Denton-Borhaug

REL 260 A: Moral Injury

Moral Injury has been defined as "the inevitable outcome of moral engagement with the reality of war and killing." (Antal and Winings: 2015) and as "the result of participation in the moral distortion of the world created by war" (Denton-Borhaug: 2021). In this course participants will explore and analyze moral injury through multidisciplinary methods including public "whole" health, spiritual, philosophical and theological frameworks, the arts and humanities, as well as though diverse social and physical scientific paradigms/methods. Our aim will be to illuminate increased understanding of the individual experiences of moral injury; analyze the relationship between moral injury and U.S. War-culture; and engage in reflective moral deliberation regarding what the phenomenon of moral injury requires of us as individuals, citizens, people with religious (or on-religious) identities, and members of diverse moral communities. (U2) (PTK: Humanistic Inquiry) (TAGS: Ethical Deliberation) Denton-Borhaug

REL 267 A: Zionism

Zionism, the movement for the foundation and support of a sovereign Jewish state, is one of the most consequential and controversial political movements of modern times. In this course we will explore how and why Zionism was created, what it was created to accomplish, and how it managed to overcome an initially skeptical Jewish public while founding a state that has become central in the lives of Jews worldwide. The purpose of this course is to learn about this important movement from a relatively objective point of view. Thus, the course does not exist to advocate for Zionism nor to attack it, but rather to understand it in its complexity. So, the course will also study Zionism's problems, as expressed by its Jewish and Arab/Muslim critics. In this course we will read the voices of Israeli and non-Israeli Jews as well as Palestinian Arabs and non-Palestinian Muslims. (M5) (PTK: Global Connections) (TAGS: Equity and Inclusion) (TAGS: Intercultural and Linguistic Competencies) Radine

300-Level Courses

REL 330 A: Advanced Topics: Ethics of Abortion

Humanities Fellowship Course

HUMS 112 A: Humanities Fellowship Seminar II

The Humanities Fellowship Professional Development seminar augments and supports Humanities Fellows' community building and learning experiences in the classroom by providing dedicated time, attention, preparation, and practice for the more "extracurricular." non-academic components of the expectations, both individual and collaborative, of the Fellowship (e.g., interwoven academic and vocational planning, extramural service learning experiences, community networking, etc.) (M2) Cheung