RELIGION 231 - Cults,Divination and Popular Religions in East Asian Societies

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Illinois Wesleyan University

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Description:

This course focuses on the diverse forms of popular religion in East Asian societies, such as cult, pilgrimage, divination, folk ecology and ancestral worship.While without systematic formulation of doctrines and practices, popular religions are as vibrant as those institutionalized religions, if not more. Thus this course aims to introduce students to the richness of the East Asian culture through a close examination of such popular expressions of religiosity, and the complex and sometimes fluid relationship among these popular religions. Offered in alternate years.

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3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.iwu.edu

Phone Number:

(309) 556-1000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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