Exploring term Fall 2023 Change
- ACAN: Arts of Canada
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- AE: Art Education
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- VIRS: Visiting International Research Studies
- VKUR: Valerie Kuehne Undergraduate Research Award
- WRIT: Writing
- RCS101: Selected Topics in Religion, Culture and Society
- RCS120: The People, Practices and Politics of Contemporary Yoga
- RCS200: Greek and Roman Mythology
- RCS200A: Introduction to Judaism, Christianity and Islam
- RCS200B: Introduction to Asian Religions
- RCS201: Key Questions in Religion, Culture and Society
- RCS240: Traditions of Death and Dying in Asia
- RCS260: The Bible as Literature
- RCS261: Philosophy of Religion
- RCS303: Origin of Space, Time and Matter in the Universe
- RCS305: Magic, Mysticism and the Occult
- RCS306: Critics of Religion
- RCS307: Religion And The Environment
- RCS308: Religion and Society in Canada
- RCS309: Religion and Sexuality
- RCS310: Topics in the Study of Religion
- RCS311: Gandhi and the Ethics of Nonviolence
- RCS312: Koiné Greek
- RCS326: Religion and Spirituality in Canada
- RCS328: Myth and Theory
- RCS337B: Reformation and Religious War in Europe
- RCS349: Jews and Christians in the Greek and Roman World
- RCS350: Medieval Latin
- RCS351: The Transformation of the Late Roman World
- RCS361: Religions of East Asia
- RCS363: Buddhism
- RCS365: Renaissance Literature
- RCS369: Milton’s Major Poetry and Selected Prose
- RCS370: Intersections of Law and Religion from Ancient to Current Worlds
- RCS380: Religion and the Making of the Modern Middle East
- RCS381: Globalization and Religion
- RCS382: Greek and Roman Religion
- RCS383: Politics and Religion
- RCS384: Religion in the United States
- RCS390: Experiential Learning
- RCS401: Selected Topics in Religious Studies
- RCS403: Studies in Religion and Society
- RCS450: Capstone Seminar
- RCS464: Literature and the Bible
- RCS479A: Modern Religion and Empire
- RCS490: Directed Reading
- RCS493: Seminar in Buddhism in English
RCS120
The People, Practices and Politics of Contemporary Yoga
A critical and experiential introduction to the major forms of modern postural yoga in the West. Students are able to experience or witness several forms of yoga. Discussions on the relationship of yoga to religion or spirituality are explored to understand the place of yoga and religion in the west, the impact of shifting gender roles on these practices and questions of cultural “authenticity” in a post-modern world.
Lecture: 3h
Lab: 0h
Tutorial: 0h
Credits: 1.5