Studying
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REL220
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This course presents a highly selective
survey of the major religious traditions of South Asia. We will
focus on two traditions that originated in India: Hinduism and Buddhism.
After brief introductions to the major doctrines and history of
each, we will focus primarily on narrative traditions, as it is
through stories that each religion has thrived. Your attention will
be directed toward different aspects of religious life, including
ritual practice, philosophy, meditation, community, solitude, devotion,
ethics, and cosmology. In studying these different ways of being
religious, you will learn to look at religion in Asia as a living
aspect of culture and society. |
