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Course Schedule - Spring Semester 2027
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RELI 640 001 (CRN: 26709)
PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
Long Title: PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION: BELIEF, POWER, & PRACTICE
Department: Religion
Instructor: Clements, Niki
Meeting: 4:00PM - 6:30PM M (11-JAN-2027 - 23-APR-2027)
Part of Term: Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
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):
Graduate
Section Max Enrollment: 30
Section Enrolled: 0
Waitlisted: 0 (Max 99)
Current members of the waitlist have priority for available seats.
Enrollment data as of: 2-NOV-2026 2:23AM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Description: This graduate seminar takes up philosophical questions — what is true? how do we know? what is the human? how should we live? — in relation to religious practices, communities, texts, and traditions analyzed in historical, cultural, social, political, and economic contexts. By analyzing phenomena deemed religious, we can better understand the role religion plays explicitly and implicitly in our world, and we can critically and constructively respond to the crises and possibilities of our present.