Historical Religious Traditions
Students are expected
to develop competence in the history of
religion in the West and the broader Atlantic
community from late Antiquity to the present,
a detailed knowledge of the history of religion
with reference to a particular period or
theme, and a broad knowledge of cultural
history as the context of the history of
religion.
1. Coursework
a. Students take
the series of four courses required of
all graduate students (12 s.h.)
32:205 Methods and
Theories in the Study of Religion
32:203 Western Religious Traditions
32:202 Asian Religious
Traditions
32:201 Teaching Religious Studies (optional for M.A. students)
b. Students take at least 15 s.h. in Religious
Thought and Culture in Judaism, Christianity,
and Islam.
c. Students
take at least 15 s.h. in religions of
America, with at least one course in Native
American, European American, and African
American traditions.
d. Within categories (b) and (c), students
take at least 18 s.h. in an area of concentration.
e. Within categories (b) and (c), students
take at least four graduate seminars.
2.
Language Requirement
With attention to each student’s area
of specialization, the area committee makes
the final determination for language requirements.
3.
The Comprehensive Examination
The three-part written comprehensive examination
covers:
a. The history of religion
in the West (including North America,
Africa and Europe) from late Antiquity
to the present.
b. A select period or theme. Periods:
1) 1400-1800; 2) 1800-present; 3) religions
in America from the period of European
contact to the present. Sample themes:
church and state, eschatology, religion
and conflict, religion and material culture.
c. A special focus in the chosen period
or theme related to the dissertation topic.
For example: the Lutheran Reformation,
Roman Catholicism in America, African-American
religious traditions, religions of the
African diaspora, and Native American
religious traditions.
The above designations are understood broadly to include
religious traditions of peoples of African descent and the indigenous peoples
of North America, as well as issues of gender.
Within six months
following successful completion of the comprehensive examination, students
must submit a dissertation prospectus for approval of their adviser and committee.
Click
here for a Guide to Writing a Dissertation Prospectus.
4. Area Faculty
Ralph Keen
Raymond A. Mentzer
Michelene Pesantubbee
Richard B. Turner
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Other
Areas of Concentration
Religion
and Culture in Asia
Modern Religious
Thought: Theology, Philosophy, Ethics, and Culture
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General inquiries
about the Department of Religious Studies:
319-335-2164
[telephone]
319-335-3716 [fax]
religion@uiowa.edu
More specific inquiries
about graduate study:
Director
of Graduate Studies
Department of Religious
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