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RLST 039: Introduction to African American Religions
5.00 Credits
University of California-Riverside
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): none. An introduction to religious practices, beliefs, and movements of African Americans from the seventeenth century to the present. Topics include black religions in North America under slavery, black churches, Black Muslims, Jewish and Spiritualist congregations, and the civil rights movement. Considers the relation of African American religion to literature and music.
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RLST 044: Gods,Ghosts,and Grandparents
4.00 Credits
University of California-Riverside
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Considers some of the different ways the Chinese regarded-and still regard-gods, ghosts, and ancestors. Nearly all the readings are primary sources spanning almost four thousand years of Chinese history and include texts on oracle bones, philosophical arguments for and against the existence of spirits, tomb contracts for the dead, a sutra promoting the goddess Guanyin as Giver of Sons, ghost stories, and eyewitness accounts of funeral rituals. Cross-listed with HIST 044.
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RLST 100: The Problem of Religion
4.00 Credits
University of California-Riverside
Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): one Religious Studies course or upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Survey of critics and defenders of religion who debate meanings and functions of religions in light of modern challenges. Topics include religious pluralism due to cross-cultural encounters in Africa, Asia, and the Americas; wars among religions; theories of evolution; discovery of the unconscious; rise of behavioral and social sciences.
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RLST 101: Religions of India
4.00 Credits
University of California-Riverside
Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): one lowerdivision course in Religious Studies or consent of instructor. An examination of the major religious traditions in India with special emphasis on Hinduism and Buddhism.
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RLST 102: Contemporary Themes in Religion and Theory
4.00 Credits
University of California-Riverside
Lecture, 3 hours; outside research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. A survey of contemporary cultural issues which pose challenges to the nature of religion and the way it is studied in the public university. Issues discussed include race, gender, power, colonialism, and religious commitment.
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RLST 103: Confucian Traditions
4.00 Credits
University of California-Riverside
Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): AST 030/CHN 030 or RLST 005 or RLST 005H or upperdivision standing or consent of instructor. A study of Confucian thought and practice. Special attention is given to the classical cultivation of virtue and ritual practice, the historical spread of the tradition beyond China, and contemporary issues such as gender and human rights.
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RLST 104: Sikhism
4.00 Credits
University of California-Riverside
Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Explores the social and religious evolution of Sikhism over the past five centuries, tracing its formation in North India to traditions beyond the Indian subcontinent; examines the teachings of Guru Nanak and major doctrinal developments under subsequent Gurus.
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RLST 105: Religions of Japan
4.00 Credits
University of California-Riverside
Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): one lowerdivision course in Religious Studies or consent of instructor. An examination of the major religious traditions in Japan with special emphasis on Shinto and Japanese Buddhism.
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RLST 106: Buddhism
4.00 Credits
University of California-Riverside
Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Aspects of the history and development of Buddhism in its major forms (Theraveda, Mahayana, and Vajrayana). Studies of principal sutras, biographies, ethical treatises, birth narratives, and poetry.
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RLST 107: Taoist Traditions
4.00 Credits
University of California-Riverside
Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): AST 030/CHN 030 or upper-division standing or consent of instructor. A survey of the ancient mystical and philosophical aspects of Taoism as well as the living religious tradition, their relationships to each other, and their expression in Chinese culture and civilization. Topics include the Tao Te Ching, the Chuang-tzu, the Taoist Canon, meditation, immortality, alchemy, and ritual. Cross-listed with AST 107 and CHN 107.
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