RELI W4401y - Mountains and Sacred Space in Japan

Institution:

Barnard College

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Description:

Explores the role that mountains have payed in Japanese cosmology, particularly in religion and folklore. We will examine various aspects of mountain veneration such as mountains as portals to the world of the dead, as the embodiment of the universe, as ascetic training ground, as mandalized space, as restricted ground, and as space transformed by history. - D. Moerman 4 points

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.barnard.edu

Phone Number:

(212) 854-5262

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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