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Course Schedule - Fall Semester 2025
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RELI 321 001 (CRN: 14827)
JERUSALEM PILGRIMS
Long Title: JERUSALEM PILGRIMS FROM EGERIA TO MARK TWAIN
Department: Religion
Instructors:
Meeting: 2:30PM - 3:45PM TR (25-AUG-2025 - 5-DEC-2025)
Part of Term: Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Course Materials: Rice Campus Store
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Section Max Enrollment: 40
Section Enrolled: 6
Waitlisted: 0 (Max 99)
Current members of the waitlist have priority for available seats.
Enrollment data as of: 20-APR-2025 6:45PM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Description: This course offers a broad survey of pilgrimage literature—fun and engaging first person travel narratives from all pre-modern periods of history. Some of the questions we put to these texts include: what motivates people to make arduous journeys over long distances, often on foot, to visit sacred sites? We will cover the travel experiences of pilgrims to Jerusalem, with a few other foci, such as Rome, Mecca, and Egypt. Included are Jewish, Christian, Muslim and agnostic travelers either propelled by strong faith, desire for healing, religious obligation, expiation for (perceived) transgressions, or mere curiosity to visit holy locales. Course material will be based upon selections from primary texts (approximately 45), pictures and depictions, as well as theoretical works, and will enable the student to visualize and analyze pre-modern materials written (for the most part) in their own words.