ASIAN 2250 - Introduction to Asian Religions

(crosslisted) RELST 2250
(GHB) (HA-AS, ALC-AS, HST-AS) (EC-SAP)

Spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.

D. Boucher.

This course will explore religious traditions in South Asia (Pakistan, India, and Sri Lanka) and East Asia (China, Japan, and Korea) including Hinduism, Buddhism (South Asian and East Asian), Sikhism, Confucianism, Daoism, and Shintō. We will also encounter a wide range of religious expressions, including myth, ritual, pilgrimage, mysticism, meditation, and other spiritual technologies. (GE)