ד"ר
סט וורד
الدوكتور سيث
وارد ܫܝܬ
ܘܐܪܕ
Lecturer
in Islamic and Judaic Studies, Program in
Thumbs up award recipient-February 2009
Wyoming Council for the Humanities and other lectures
Teaching UWHillel Scholar in Residence Other Links Cyperpublication: "A Fresh Essay..." by David L. Gold Full academic Curriculum vitae
Campus Mailing Address: Religious
Studies, University of Wyoming, 1000 E University Blvd., Laramie WY 82071
Email: sward@uwyo.edu
Office Location: 333 HOYT HALL.
Office Phone: 6-WARD (307 766 9273) (Messages: picked up Tuesdays and Thursdays during
term-time).
Cellphone: 303 981 7561
Electronic Voice Mail--24 hours: 1-773-409-7210 (sent
to email as a voice message)
Electronic Fax—24 hours—1-425-928-0334. (Please email me to let me know to look
for the fax).
Dr. Seth Ward has taught History
of Islam and other courses in Religious Studies at the
Can you identify the background of this photo and determine what it has to do with Frank Sinatra, Nancy Reagan, and a former student, no longer among the living? Hint: note the “tilted tree” (it’s hard to see, but it is growing from a tilted base).
See if you can identify where this is and which student. Please let me know.
There is another puzzle in my
TEACHING:
COURSE AND SYLLABUS LISTINGS
Modern
Intro to Quran and Islamic Texts
Modern Judaism (Mainly
Moses, Jesus and Muhammad:
classroom and online
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CRN |
Course
ID |
Course
Title |
Hrs |
Days |
Meeting
Times |
Bldg. |
Room |
Instructor |
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22430 |
RELI4260-01 |
Modern
Judaism |
3 |
TR |
01:20pm |
02:35pm |
ENG |
2070 |
Ward |
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21514 |
RELI4500-02 |
Tp:Moses,Jesus,Mohammad |
3 |
TR |
11:00am |
12:15pm |
HOYT |
317 |
Ward |
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22761 |
RELI4500-41 |
Tp:Moses,Jesus,
Mohammad |
3 |
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ONLINE |
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Ward |
Summer 2008 at UW
On-line only: May 19–June 11, 2008
Please click on the course to see the course details.
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CRN |
Dept. |
Crs. No. |
Sect. |
Title |
Instructor |
Cr. Hrs. |
Delivery |
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31836 |
RELI |
4500 |
41 |
Ward, Seth |
3 |
Online |
Summer 2007 at UW-ONLINE:
http://www.uwyo.edu/sward/Spring%202007/RELI4500-new_template-Summer2007.htm
For community course, see
below
Previous terms
Summer 2006
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HILLEL:
URL: http://uwyo.edu/UWHILLEL/
Sometimes I have Hillel ANNOUNCEMENTS up on a portion of my own website: See: http://www.uwyo.edu/sward/UWHillel .
Jewish Calendar for Laramie, Wyoming, 2006-2007 (5767) 5678 coming soon I hope.
Hillel sponsors an annual Holocaust Awareness Week.
The 2007-8 HAW happened the week including the commemoration of Krystallnacht (Nov. 10).
Hillel was the sponsor of JCAW2006 (Jewish Cultural Awareness Week) and 2007; JCAW 2008 is set for Spring 2008.
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Wyoming Council for the Humanities: Humanities Forum
Forum Topics for 2007
An Introduction to Islam for
the Equality State (Topic for 2005-2006)
SPRING 2008
WCH FORUMS
Jan 29 Baggs
Feb 25
Mar 16
Email me for an updated list or to add YOUR town to this list!
OTHER LECTURES
COMMUNITY EDUCATION SERIES:
The Pathways of Islam: Moderation or Terror?
Today, the world-wide Islamic community is diverse and multifaceted,
yet most Americans see it as monolithic, especially in its anti-US stance and
proclivity to war and terror. Islam stands at a divide between secularists and
Islamists; moderates and “puritans,” modernizers and traditionalists. Among the
radicals, the Shi’a and Iranian-linked groups oppose the Wahhabis of Saudi
Arabia and the groups associated with a movement started in
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Islam on
In this session, we’ll look at the Qur’an’s strong support for a key Zionist claim, but also why this is irrelevant today, and the history and status of Jews and Christians in Islam, and how this changed in Ottoman times. Finally, we’ll look at the checkered history of Jewish-Muslim dialogue and interaction in the present day.
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Instructor: Dr. |
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Lecture Series in
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Menorah Education |
The Abrahamic
Faiths: Islam, Christianity and Judaism
Six-week class with
Professor
Professor
- January 31: Founding Fathers: Abraham, Jesus, Mohammed and Moses
- February 7: Shalom, Salaam, Pax: Peace and Violence in Three Faith Traditions
- February 14:
- February 21: Extremists: Fanaticism and Fundamentalism
- February 28: Faith and Gender: The Role of Women and Human Sexuality
- March 6: Politics and Religion Today: Tensions,
Misconceptions, Alliances and Interfaith Dialogue
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Thursdays
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SUMMER 2007
July 11, 2007: Kabbalah
“Kabbalah has been a force for training us to see the symbolic meaning in even the tiniest of acts, thus ensuring that we imbue our lives with meaning and importance. In this way, perhaps, Kabbalah has really changed the world for the better.
Kabbalah is thought by many adherents to be an eternal, unchanging tradition, but historians of religion trace mystic thought from Biblical and Rabbinic times through a long period of development. The powerful spiritual teachings of Kabbalah have affected the teachings and practices of Judaism, adding meaning and purpose to numerous rituals and prayers—Sabbath, Kashrut, Passover and Sukkot, to name only a few. For centuries, Kabblah has also been studied by non-Jews as well as non-Jews, whose interests in this branch of Judaism ranged from occult secrets of the Bible, to enlightening the meaning of life, to exercises to shape a life of commitment to bettering our world.
http://uwyo.edu/sward/cu/mysticismlecture-JHJC.htm
Fall 2007-08-18 Kabbalah lecture, Lecture on the complexity of Islamic terror movements—Wed. nights Nov. 7, 14.
Spring 2007:
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
COURSE Basic Judaism Series.
Tuesday nights in February.
Feb. 13: Bible
Feb 20: 4-H/Prayer-Festivals-Holocaust
Feb 27: Israel
Fall 2006: Hope not Hate,
Approaching the Holocaust in the Arab Islamic World: Holocaust Remembrance Week
Spring 2006: Lectures
by
Shepard Symposium Session on SOCIAL JUSTICE IN ISLAM AND JUDAISM
PODCASTING “PERSPECTIVES” –A dialogue between Orthodox Judaism and Catholics featuring Seth Ward, Rabbi Daniel Alter and Father Federico Colautti.
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TEACHING: Materials for classes
Materials for Religions of the Middle East Course
Materials for History of Islam Course
Muhammad from
Islamic Tradition
Texts for fivepillars
Websites for
prayer-zakat-hajj
Islamic
History Websites
Lecture notes on
Hadith and Law, and early theological disputes
Modern Islam
http://uwyo.edu/sward/Sufism.htm
Some thoughts on “What is Religion?”: Religion as a system of beliefs, practices and community identity.
Link to my brother’s website: http://woodmeister.org. He is a master craftsman who makes beautiful
objects including Torah pointers such as the “Yad” shown here.
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Photo Album from
Article on the Holocaust in North Africa and the
Links to articles (under construction) http://www.uwyo.edu/sward/articles