This internship is offered for 3 credits. Develop service learning objectives for the course with a faculty sponsor. Maintain periodic contact with the faculty sponsor throughout the internship experience. Conduct themselves at all times in a professional manner as a representative of Indiana University and the Department of Religious Studies. Please see Caroline Dowd-Higgins in SY 230 if you are interested in ANY of the new internships.
Applications are available in the religious studies office.
This course is an introduction to the major themes and developments of the Jewish historical experience from the biblical period to the early Middle Ages. Topics to be covered include the biblical origins of the Jewish people, Jewish life in the Land of Israel, the Jewish revolts of Masada and Bar Kokhba, the composition of the major religious texts of Judaism, Jewish experiences in the diaspora, and Jewish relations with Christians and Muslims. Most of us are familiar with the reality of different religious denominations and faiths, but assume that they simply reflect different theological beliefs and values. This course sets that assumption aside and focuses our attention on the way social class, race, age groupings, ethnicity, political institutions, the mass media among other factors influence religious groups and their members. The point of this course is not to confront or change religious belief and believers.