RLST 495

Spring 2013 All Classes

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Topics in Asian Religions

Credit: 3 OR 4 hours.

Topics in Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, and other Asian religious traditions.

Same as EALC 495. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 undergraduate hours or 8 graduate hours as topics vary. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or consent of instructor.

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RLST 495 class schedule data for spring 2013
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	50358	Lecture-Discussion	BR3	2:30PM -4:50PM	T	1112 Foreign Languages Building	Ruppert, B	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/14/13-05/01/13 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: Topic: RELIGION AND LITERATURE IN JAPAN. This section for UNDERGRADUATES only FOR 3 CREDIT HOURS. Topic: Topics in Asian Religions: Religious Texts in Japanese History. This course explores the role(s) of religious texts in premodern Japanese society. By focusing on both primary and secondary sources, we will attempt to gain an understanding of more general ways in which the dissemination, reproduction, preservation, writing and other uses of religious texts were related to religious thought and practice. Moreover, we will also try to understand the way(s) such uses were related to specific historical and social contexts. How have texts, understood as conveyers of meaning, as ritual objects, and as socially embedded objects, mediated belief, religious practice, and social interaction? We will also consider the nature and character of continental influence on how texts were appropriated as well as the impact of new textual technologies on the Japanese context.
	50359	Lecture-Discussion	BR4	2:30PM -4:50PM	T	1112 Foreign Languages Building	Ruppert, B	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/14/13-05/01/13 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: This section for GRADUATES only FOR 4 CREDIT HOURS. Topic: Topics in Asian Religions: Religious Texts in Japanese History This course explores the role(s) of religious texts in premodern Japanese society. By focusing on both primary and secondary sources, we will attempt to gain an understanding of more general ways in which the dissemination, reproduction, preservation, writing and other uses of religious texts were related to religious thought and practice. Moreover, we will also try to understand the way(s) such uses were related to specific historical and social contexts. How have texts, understood as conveyers of meaning, as ritual objects, and as socially embedded objects, mediated belief, religious practice, and social interaction? We will also consider the nature and character of continental influence on how texts were appropriated as well as the impact of new textual technologies on the Japanese context.