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3.00 Credits
A survey of the two major indigenous religious traditions of China: Confucianism and Taoism, and the missionary religion from India, Buddhism. The course will focus on readings from the religious literature of each tradition as well as study of their particular ritual practices. The important influence of Buddhism on Confucianism and Taoism will be examined, as well as the role of popular religions in China's history. ( Fall '07)
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3.00 Credits
Beginning with Africa, this course examines the development of African-American religion as a distinct cultural and political phenomenon. The relationship between African religion, slave religion and the religions of contemporary African-Americans is reviewed. Particular attention is paid to the relationship between religion and the African-American human rights struggle.
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3.00 Credits
This course considers Hinduism, Judaism, Chinese religions, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam as practiced in the temples, churches, meditation centers, and mosques of New York City and as represented in its museums. Readings include accounts of the history and sociology of each religion in the city and a reference book on the world's religions; writing includes journals that criticize the reading in light of what the class encounters in its fieldwork. Willingness to participate in various religious practices is required.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an overview of Indian religions, from earliest times to the present, including early Brahmanism, Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism and Islam. Special attention is given to the art, architecture, and story literature of devotional Hinduism as well as the tales and hymns of Sufism. ( Spring '09)
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3.00 Credits
A study of the religions and cultures of the vast territory between China and Iran which has been termed the Silk Road, from the early days of its role in the silk trade from China to Rome all the way to the modern era of Western exploration and imperialism. Attention will be given to the rich intermixing of these religions and cultures, the archaeological legacy of Buddhist art, and the Mongols and Marco Polo. ( Fall '08)
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on four major themes: the existence of God; the nature and variety of religious experience; God and religion in contemporary society; and, the problem of evil. These themes are placed within the historical development of questions about the existence of God found in the world's major religions. Emphasis is placed on how God functions in the personal, social and political life of individuals and society as a whole. ( Spring)
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3.00 Credits
Survey of Japanese religious traditions, beginning with Shinto, the indigenous religion of Japan, and including Japan's particular adaptation of the Chinese traditions of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism. In addition, the New Religions of the 20th century are considered.
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3.00 Credits
The first part of this course surveys some religions not founded by prophets, particularly traditions of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, northern Europe, West Africa and North America. The second half considers how such traditions, especially in the forms of witchcraft, voodoo, and movements in Native American religions, now influence the general culture of the United States.
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3.00 Credits
Beginning with Jesus and Paul, the Jews and the Romans, this course traces the changing forms of Christian faith and practice as Christians encountered European pagans, the rise of Islam, the breakdown of Christian unity into Roman, Greek, and Protestant forms, the challenges of modernity, and the new Pentecostal explosion in Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
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3.00 Credits
As a philosophy, a system of social ethics, and a religion, Confucianism and its later form, Neo-Confucianism, profoundly affects the cultures of China, Korea, Japan and Vietnam to this day. This course examines the rise and development of this tradition, starting with Confucius himself, and proceeding to its influence on the social, political and religious life of China and East Asia.
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