This class was so so interesting. Blankholm is such a great prof for this class. He makes it engaging and interesting. There are weekly readings which are followed by a pop quiz in section- it is pretty easy if you do the readings but sometimes gets confusing but the TA's were understanding and graded pretty nicely on them.

He's an amazing professor with super interesting lectures. He's very knowledgeable on religion as well as politics and happy to talk after class. He's super kind, understanding, and caring -- don't be afraid to ask for help. He's great and I will likely minor in RGST bc of his classes.

Take RGST13! Joseph is thought provoking and intelligent. The themes, and concepts presented in this class are applicable to our world on many different levels.The course is complicated and so are the readings and tests. Written tests, graded by TA's, therefore good grades are subject to TA, extra credit is necessary, do as much EC as you can!

Prof Blankholm is great, its clear he wants his students to succeed. His lectures are kinda speedy if you don't review beforehand and provide slides that are less detailed (more of a skeletal structure), so you can't miss class. DEFINITELY do the extra credit events and try to ace all the quizzes in the section.

I found this class to be very interesting and the professor to be a fair grader and funny during lecture. Just be aware that there are such things as stupid questions to him (during office hours). If you have a question during class, he will totally listen and give you the answers you need. I'm not sure why he acts differently during office hours.

Prof. Blankholm is so passionate about his work and it shows and makes it easier to understand what he's talking about in lecture. There's a weekly quiz in section on the readings, but it's just basic comprehension. The midterm and the final are based on what is described in the lecture, so you have to go to every class, but he makes it enjoyable.