Colloquia
Courses
The course descriptions below are from past and present course
catalogues. This section gives students an opportunity to read the
brief outline of course content and see if the course would be of
interest to them. To see the CURRENT semester classes offered by the
Religion Dept. please return to the home page of Religion and browse the supplement or link to the Registrar's home page for catalogue and recent releases of updates to courses.
Colloquia
for First- and Second-Year Students
115. Malcolm
X and Martin Luther King, Jr.
3 hours; 3HU,
CD, WR
117. The
Sacred and the Other
3 hours; 3
HU, CD, WRi
118. Immanence
and Transcendence in Buddhism
3 hours; 3HU,
CD, WRi
An overview of the history and ideas of Buddhism as it spread throughout Asia. Topics include Buddhism's core teachings from ancient India, the rise of Mahayana Buddhism with its all-embracing philosophy of non-dualism and its bodhisattva ideal of selflessness, and the transformation of Buddhism into such schools as Zen and Pure Land in China and Japan. THIS COLLOQUIUM IS OFFERED IN CONJUNCTION WITH A WINTER-TERM STUDY TOUR OF JAPAN SPONSORED BY THE FREEMAN FOUNDATION. Enrollment Limit: 10 first-year and 5 second-year students.
151. The
Religious Thought of Mohandas Gandhi
3 hours; 3HU,
CD, WRi
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