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3.00 Credits
Using information from many Asian cultures, this course compares types of religious leadership. Focusing on founders, prophets, shamans, gurus, mystics, and priests, the course explores how these Asian specialists in the sacred relate to the ultimate and how their authority is viewed by the members of their traditions. Do these leaders mediate or intercede with the sacred, pronounce or interpret, advise or perform rites What types of religious experiences do they have and what techniques do they use to exhibit their authority (Bloss, offered alternate years)
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Gender, sex roles, and domestic relations are among the basic building blocks of culture and society. This course is designed to examine the historical legacy of East Asian countries, contemporary Eastern Asian cultures, and basic values from the perspective of sex and gender, and to explore a variety of cultural contexts and social venues, including marriage, the family, the relations between husband and wife, generation gaps, private life and public life, and tradition and its changes. The course focuses on China and views it as one of the great sources of Eastern Asian civilization, especially Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. Particular attention is paid to the representation of male and female in contemporary Asian cultures. Films are used to supplement the readings. (Staff, offered occasionally)
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3.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to Tibetan belief and practice. What is life from a Buddhist perspective What did the Buddha teach What is the law of karma These and many other questions are addressed. The course looks at Tibetan Buddhist practice from the Four Noble Truths to the highest Yoga tantra with special emphasis on the practice of love, kindness, and compassion. A monk's life in the monastery is also studied. Prerequisite: Any religious studies course or permission of the instructor. (Yignyen, offered annually)
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3.00 Credits
This course traces the major Indian religious tradition from its roots in the Indus Valley civilization and the Vedic era, through the speculations of the Upanishadic seers and the meditative techniques of the yogis, to the development of devotional cults to Siva, Durga, and Vishnu. It ends with an exploration of the effect of Hinduism on such figures as Gandhi, Sri Aurobindo, and Tagore in the imperial and contemporary periods. Sacred texts, novels, autobiographies, village studies, and Hindu art and architecture provide major sources of this study. Audiovisual aids-slides and films-are used extensively. (Bloss , offered annually)
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3.00 Credits
Buddhism's rise and development in India, and its spread into Southeast Asia, Tibet, China, Korea, Viet Nam, and Japan are traced. In each of these regions the indigenous traditions, such as Bon in Tibet, or Confucianism and Taoism in China, or Shinto in Japan, are considered, and the question is asked as to how Buddhism adopted and/or influenced elements of its new surroundings. This interaction of the core of Buddhist ideas and practices and other cultures creates such movements as Zen (Ch'an) and Vajrayana (Tibetan Tantrism). Audiovisual materials include the film s Requiem for a Fait h an d The Smile. (Bloss , offered annually)
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3.00 Credits
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the wonders of Tibetan culture. This is accomplished through the study of traditional Tibetan Buddhist painting and mandala construction. The world of Tibetan Buddhist art is introduced through the emersion in historic background and current utilization. Students learn the accurate methods for drawing the geometric outlines of the mandala. Each student completes a painted version of the Chenrezig mandala (which is most often used in Tibetan Buddhist meditation practice). This includes the formation of the accurate symbols of the five Buddha families. Students become familiarized with these and other emblems and learn their meanings. Using colored sand, students learn how to make a sand painting with authentic Tibetan metal funnels and wooden scrapers. Finally, students participate in the joy of a group class project of sand mandala painting and dismantling ceremony. (Yignyen, offered annually)
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3.00 Credits
This course addresses the momentous social and cultural changes that have occurred in China in recent years. In exploring this subject, Chinese culture is systematically examined from different aspects, including but not limited to Chinese cultural roots, economy, ideology, politics, religion, and education. Some of China's hottest issues, with which Western societies have been concerned in recent years, are discussed, such as the reform movement, the Tiananmen Square Incident of 1989, human rights, the anti-Falun Gong campaign, peasants' protest, HIV, China's ascension, China-U.S-Taiwan relations, and China's future. Films are used to supplement the readings. (Zh ou, offered alternate year
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3.00 Credits
Christianity has typically been considered a Western religion, yet it has a long and detailed history throughout East Asia and East Asia is one of the areas in the world experiencing the greatest growth of Christianity. This course will explore, compare and contrast various histories and traditions of Christianity in China, Korea, Japan, the Philippines and Vietnam. Among other things, we will consider questions such as, What is the future of Christianity in East Asia How does the growth of Christianity relate to other political and social changes in this part of the world Is Christianity culturally compatible with these national cultures How has Christianity been inculturated in these countries
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3.00 Credits
Look up the word "courtesan" in a dictionary, say Merriam-Webster's 10th edition, and one finds the following definition: "a prostitute with a courtly, wealthy, or upper-class clientele." Historically, however, the courtesans of China or Japan have been women whose appeal lay primarily in their surpassing musical and literary cultivation, not their sexual services. This multidisciplinary course uses the textual sources and visual representations that record or celebrate courtesan culture to examine the demimonde of the elite Chinese "singing girl" or the Japanese geisha across the centuries, with some attention to Western conceptions or misconceptions of their roles and relationships. (Blan chard, Fall, offered occasion
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3.00 Credits
For centuries many educated Chinese have read traditional literary works with greater interest than they have read historical works. Their appreciation for the "memory" in these literary works helped popularize a variety of novels, short stories, poetry, and plays, as well as immortalize some historical personages and fictional characters. In its idealizing or stigmatizing men and women in history, literary work also historicizes its stories and is commonly accepted as a valuable historical text. This course compares the often disparate memory of China's past in literary and historical texts, focusing substantially on their representation of the image of cultural heroes and heroines, of gender and class inequities, as well as of moral and ethical values. (Huan g, offered occasionally
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