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Gordon, Gwendolyn Miles Smith Professor of Art History and Chair of the Fine Arts Department, Trinity College.\u00a0This course idea is based upon a desire to create a philosophical and historical framework that permits the understanding of the dramatic changes in the settings of daily living, the fine&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/understandingsecularism\/course-outline\/1315-2\/\">keep reading<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Worldly Islam: The Sacred, the Secular\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>by Raymond Baker, Professor of International Politics, Trinity College\u00a0This course addresses two challenges: the inadequacy of dominant interpretive frameworks for understanding&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/understandingsecularism\/course-outline\/worldly-islam-the-sacred-the-secular\/\">keep reading<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Dao Secularism: Political Transformation and Secular Values in 20th Century Asia<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>by Michael Lestz, Associate Professor of History, Trinity College\u00a0I. Course Description:\u00a0In the 19th century, societies across the Asian map were&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/understandingsecularism\/course-outline\/the-dao-secularism-political-transformation-and-secular-values-in-20th-century-asia\/\">keep reading\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Nature of Nature: Enlightenment Ideas About the Landscape<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>by Bruce Coats, Professor of Art History, Scripps College.\u00a0Rationale:\u00a0This course will explore changing attitudes toward nature developed during the 18th&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/understandingsecularism\/course-outline\/the-nature-of-nature-enlightenment-ideas-about-the-landscape\/\">keep reading<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Sacred and The Profane in the Middle Ages<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>by John Eldevik, Ph.D,\u00a0History Department, Pomona College.\u00a0Catalogue Description.\u00a0This course will attempt to understand and unravel the complex relationship between secular&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/understandingsecularism\/course-outline\/the-sacred-and-the-profane-in-the-middle-ages\/\">keep reading<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Strange Meaning of Things<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>by Barbara Benedict,\u00a0Charles A. Dana, Professor of English Literature.\u00a0Description:\u00a0This course is designed for first- and second-year students as a close-reading&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/understandingsecularism\/the-strange-meaning-of-things\/\">keep reading<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The World Disenchanted: The Origins and Impact of Secularization<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jonathan Elukin, Associate Professor Department of History, Trinity College\u00a0Introduction:\u00a0For most of human civilization, people thought the world was filled with&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/understandingsecularism\/course-outline\/the-world-disenchanted-the-origins-and-impact-of-secularization\/\">keep reading<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Anxiety in the Age of Reason<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>by Andre Wakefield, Assistant Professor of History, Pitzer College.\u00a0Course Description\u00a0Many Enlightenment authors expressed confidence in the relentless progress of knowledge<strong>&#8230; <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/understandingsecularism\/course-outline\/anxiety-in-the-age-of-reason\/\">keep reading<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Modern Secular Nationalism, Ancient Memories: The Case of the Jew<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>by Samuel Kassow, Charles H. Northam Professor of\u00a0 History,\u00a0Trinity College.\u00a0Course Syllabus.\u00a0The purpose of this course is to use the modern&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/understandingsecularism\/course-outline\/modern-secular-nationalism-ancient-memories-the-case-of-the-jew\/\">keep reading<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Classical Ethical Theory: Plato<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>by Suzanne Obdrzalek, Philosophy Department, Claremont McKenna College.\u00a0Required Texts:\u00a0Cooper, ed.\u2013Plato: Complete Works.\u00a0Course Description:\u00a0Plato is considered the first philosopher in the&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/understandingsecularism\/course-outline\/classical-ethical-theory-plato\/\">keep reading<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Science and Religion\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>by Kent Dunlap, Associate Professor of Biology, Trinity College.\u00a0Course Description.\u00a0The contemporary arguments on intelligent design and stem cell research demonstrate&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/understandingsecularism\/course-outline\/science-and-religion\/\">keep reading<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Skepticism and Toleration in Early Modern Philosophy<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>by Todd Ryan, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Trinity College.\u00a0Course Description.\u00a0In the minds of most contemporary proponents of Liberalism, one of&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/understandingsecularism\/course-outline\/skepticism-and-toleration-in-early-modern-philosophy\/\">keep reading<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Secularism, Skepticism, and Critiques of Religion\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>by Phil Zuckerman, Professor of Sociology, Pitzer College, Claremont, CA.\u00a0The rejection of religion\u2026is, in fact, almost as old as human&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/understandingsecularism\/course-outline\/secularism-skepticism-and-critiques-of-religion\/\">keep reading<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Social Evolution &amp; Classical Liberalism<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>by\u00a0William N. 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