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A Brief Introduction to Japanese Religions I General Humanities Anime
Classical Literature
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Ethics
History
Japan
Magic
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Poetry
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
A Brief Introduction to Japanese Religions II General Humanities Anime
Classical Literature
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Ethics
History
Japan
Magic
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Poetry
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
A Careful Reading of The Mountain of Silence NOT PUBLIC Robert Steed General Humanities Ethics
Metaphysics
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
Travel Literature
Advanced Old English Readings: Beowulf I NOT PUBLIC Larry Swain Language Advanced Languages
Germanic Studies
JRR Tolkien
Monsters
Poetry
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
Advanced Old English Readings: Beowulf II NOT PUBLIC Larry Swain Language Advanced Languages
Germanic Studies
JRR Tolkien
Monsters
Poetry
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
Ancient Egyptian Mages Shawn Gaffney General Humanities Ancient Middle East
Comparative Mythology
Religious Studies
An Intensive Reading of the Tao Te Ching/Daode jing 道德經 Part II General Humanities China
Classical Literature
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Ecocriticism
History
Japan
Le Guin
Magic
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Poetry
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
August 2024
An Intensive Reading of the Tao Te Ching/Daode jing 道德經 Robert Steed General Humanities China
East Asian Studies
Philosophy
Religious Studies
An Introduction to the Oddest Inkling NOT PUBLIC Fantasy Studies Charles Williams
Metaphysics
Poetry
Religious Studies
Science Fiction
The Inklings
Weird Fiction
A Sip of Tea and Tea Culture Robert Steed General Humanities China
Classical Literature
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Food
History
Japan
Poetry
Religious Studies
A Sociolinguistic Examination of Four Spring Holidays NOT PUBLIC General Humanities Bible
History
Religious Studies
The Greco-Roman World
Bible as Literature: The Gospels in the Their Contexts Larry Swain General Humanities Ancient Middle East
Bible
Classical Literature
Religious Studies
The Greco-Roman World
Book Club: Dune Messiah NOT PUBLIC Julian Barr Fantasy Studies Adaptation Theory
Dune
Epic Fantasy
Fantasy
Frank Herbert
Religious Studies
Science Fiction
Worldbuilding
Chinese History for Fans of Chinese Media NOT PUBLIC Robert Steed General Humanities China
Classical Literature
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
History
Poetry
Religious Studies
Science Fiction
The Middle Ages
C.S. Lewis' The Four Loves and Greek Philosophy Julian Barr General Humanities British Literature
Classical Literature
CS Lewis
Cultural Studies
Fall Survey 2023
Philosophy
Religious Studies
The Greco-Roman World
The Inklings
Daoism: The School of the Way NOT PUBLIC Robert Steed General Humanities China
East Asian Studies
Le Guin
Philosophy
Religious Studies
Demons and Exorcism in History NOT PUBLIC Shawn Gaffney General Humanities Ancient Middle East
Bible
History
Magic
Metaphysics
Religious Studies
Discovering, Understanding, and Loving Haiku NOT PUBLIC Pilar Barrera
Robert Steed
General Humanities Creative Writing
East Asian Studies
Japan
Poetry
Religious Studies
Earendel Sprang Up From The Ocean's Cup: The Poetic Corpus of J.R.R. Tolkien NOT PUBLIC Fantasy Studies Epic Fantasy
Fairy Tales
Fantasy
Germanic Studies
JRR Tolkien
Poetry
Religious Studies
Egyptian Book of the Dead NOT PUBLIC Shawn Gaffney Language Ancient Middle East
Comparative Mythology
History
Magic
Religious Studies
Egyptian Demons Shawn Gaffney General Humanities Ancient Middle East
Comparative Mythology
Religious Studies
Exploring Mushi Shi 蟲師 NOT PUBLIC Robert Steed Fantasy Studies Anime
East Asian Studies
Fairy Tales
Japan
Monsters
Religious Studies
Travel Literature
Exploring Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 Robert Steed General Humanities China
Classical Literature
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Fall Survey 2023
History
Poetry
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
Video Games
Exploring Sei Shonagon's The Pillow Book 枕草子 Robert Steed General Humanities Classical Literature
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
History
Japan
Poetry
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
Women's Studies
Exploring The Analects 論語 of Confucius NOT PUBLIC General Humanities Ancient East Asia
China
Classical Literature
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Ethics
History
Japan
Philosophy
Religious Studies
Hieroglyphs Reading Module: Book of the Dead NOT PUBLIC Shawn Gaffney Language Advanced Languages
Ancient Middle East
Magic
Religious Studies
Intermediate Latin Readings: The Vulgate Hester NOT PUBLIC Language Advanced Languages
Bible
Religious Studies
Intermediate Latin Translation: The Vulgate Psalms Faith Acker Language Advanced Languages
Bible
Poetry
Religious Studies
Introduction to Ancient Magic 1 First in the Series Shawn Gaffney General Humanities Ancient Middle East
Comparative Mythology
Magic
Religious Studies
Introduction to Ancient Magic 2 Continuing Series Shawn Gaffney General Humanities Ancient Middle East
Comparative Mythology
Magic
Religious Studies
The Greco-Roman World
Introduction to Ancient Magic 3 Continuing Series Shawn Gaffney General Humanities Ancient Middle East
Comparative Mythology
Magic
Religious Studies
September 2024
Introduction to Early Buddhism Robert Steed General Humanities East Asian Studies
Religious Studies
Introduction to Mahayana Buddhism Robert Steed General Humanities China
East Asian Studies
Religious Studies
Introduction to Vajrayana Buddhism Robert Steed General Humanities China
East Asian Studies
Japan
Religious Studies
Inventing the Holy Grail: Chretien de Troyes's complete “Perceval" NOT PUBLIC General Humanities Arthurian Literature
Epic Fantasy
Fantasy
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
Japanese Historical Archetypal Characters: Samurai, Ninja, Monks, Miko, Yakuza NOT PUBLIC Robert Steed General Humanities Anime
Classical Literature
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Fall Survey 2023
History
Japan
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
Japanese History for Fans of Japanese Media NOT PUBLIC Robert Steed General Humanities Anime
Classical Literature
Comparative Mythology
Cultural Studies
Drama
East Asian Studies
History
Japan
Poetry
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
Time Travel
Travel Literature
Latin: Augustine's Confessions NOT PUBLIC Larry Swain Language Advanced Languages
Classical Literature
History
Religious Studies
The Greco-Roman World
The Middle Ages
Latin: The Vulgate Gospel of Matthew NOT PUBLIC Larry Swain Language Advanced Languages
Bible
Classical Literature
Religious Studies
The Greco-Roman World
The Middle Ages
Literature and Justice NOT PUBLIC General Humanities Bible
Classical Literature
Ethics
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Poetry
Religious Studies
Literature of Hospitality NOT PUBLIC General Humanities Bible
Classical Literature
Ethics
JRR Tolkien
Religious Studies
Magic: Grimoires 1 NOT PUBLIC Shawn Gaffney General Humanities Ancient Middle East
History
Magic
Metaphysics
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
Magic: Grimoires 2 NOT PUBLIC Shawn Gaffney General Humanities Ancient Middle East
History
Magic
Metaphysics
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
Magic: Islamic Magic and Occultism NOT PUBLIC Shawn Gaffney General Humanities Ancient Middle East
History
Magic
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
Mesopotamian Demons Shawn Gaffney General Humanities Ancient Middle East
Comparative Mythology
Religious Studies
Milton's Paradise Lost NOT PUBLIC Jeremy Larson General Humanities Bible
Fall Survey 2023
Philosophy
Poetry
Religious Studies
Renaissance
Nature and Shinto in Anime NOT PUBLIC Robert Steed General Humanities Anime
East Asian Studies
Japan
Religious Studies
Participation, Creation, and Poetry: Barfield's Saving the Appearances and Poetic Diction NOT PUBLIC Clayton McReynolds General Humanities Linguistics
Metaphysics
Owen Barfield
Philosophy
Religious Studies
The Inklings
Plant-based Entheogens, Shapers of History and Consciousness Robert Steed General Humanities History
Religious Studies
Reading John Donne’s Holy Sonnets Faith Acker General Humanities Metaphysics
Poetry
Religious Studies
Renaissance
Reading Lewis' Ransom Cycle NOT PUBLIC Fantasy Studies CS Lewis
Religious Studies
Science Fiction
The Inklings
Religion in the Life and Works of J.R.R. Tolkien Robert Steed General Humanities JRR Tolkien
Religious Studies
The Contours of Consciousness: A Study of Owen Barfield's Romanticism Comes of Age NOT PUBLIC Clayton McReynolds General Humanities History
Linguistics
Metaphysics
Owen Barfield
Philosophy
Poetry
Religious Studies
Romanticism
The Inklings
The Life and Legend of St Nicholas Julian Barr General Humanities Bible
Classical Literature
Cultural Studies
History
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
December 2024
The Other in the Ancient Egyptian World Shawn Gaffney General Humanities Ancient Middle East
Comparative Mythology
Fall Survey 2023
Religious Studies
The Greco-Roman World
The Quest for the Holy Grail NOT PUBLIC Fantasy Studies Bible
CS Lewis
JRR Tolkien
Metaphysics
Owen Barfield
Poetry
Religious Studies
Renaissance
The Inklings
The Middle Ages
The Seven Deadly Stories NOT PUBLIC General Humanities Bible
Classical Literature
CS Lewis
Ethics
Fairy Tales
JRR Tolkien
Philosophy
Poetry
Religious Studies
Renaissance
The Greco-Roman World
The Inklings
The Middle Ages
The Witch-cult Hypothesis and Its Afterlives Anna Milon General Humanities Comparative Mythology
History
Religious Studies
Tolkien & Magic NOT PUBLIC Fantasy Studies JRR Tolkien
Magic
Religious Studies
The Inklings
Translation Principles: Adventures in Multilingual Comparison NOT PUBLIC Language Advanced Languages
Beginning Languages
Bible
Linguistics
Religious Studies
Viking Hogwarts: The World Of Old Norse Sorcery Series of 3 General Humanities Comparative Mythology
Cultural Studies
Fantasy
Germanic Studies
History
Magic
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
Viking Age
Viking Hogwarts: The World Of Old Norse Sorcery 1 First in the Series General Humanities Comparative Mythology
Cultural Studies
Fantasy
Germanic Studies
History
Magic
May Showcase 2024
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
Viking Age
May 2024 Spotlight September 2024
Viking Hogwarts: The World of Old Norse Sorcery 2 Continuing Series General Humanities Comparative Mythology
Cultural Studies
Fantasy
Germanic Studies
History
Magic
Monsters
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
Viking Age
Viking Hogwarts: The World Of Old Norse Sorcery 3 Continuing Series General Humanities Comparative Mythology
Cultural Studies
Fantasy
Germanic Studies
History
Magic
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
Viking Age
William Butler Yeats: The Magical Modernist NOT PUBLIC General Humanities British Literature
Magic
Modernism
Philosophy
Poetry
Religious Studies
Wisdom Literature: The Book of Job NOT PUBLIC General Humanities Ancient Middle East
Bible
Metaphysics
Poetry
Religious Studies
Zen History and Thought: An Overview Robert Steed General Humanities China
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Fall Survey 2023
History
Japan
Philosophy
Poetry
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
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