ASST 105 - Value & Tradition in Asian Civ

Institution:

College of Charleston

Subject:

Asian Studies

Description:

The course will explore the motivating values found in the religious traditions of Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and shamanism. Designed around major conceptual themes, such as diversity of religious experience; asceticism and monastic life; death, the afterlife, and ancestor worship; ritual and image veneration; gender and sexuality; and the effects of modernization on religions today, the course will follow an easterly route from India to China to Japan. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.cofc.edu

Phone Number:

(843) 953-5500

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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