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RELIGST 354: Recent Contributions to Buddhist Studies (RELIGST 254)

This reading intensive course will examine nine areas in recent work in Buddhist studies, including ethnography, archaeology, monasticism, the study of "experience," and gender. May be repeated for credit.
Last offered: Autumn 2014 | Repeatable for credit

RELIGST 355: Religion and Power in the Making of Modern South Asia (HISTORY 297F, RELIGST 255)

This course examines the diverse ways that religious traditions have been involved in the brokering of power in South Asia from the late seventeenth century to the present day. We will examine the intersection of religion and power in different arenas, including historical memory, religious festivals, language politics, and violent actions. At the core of our inquiry is how religion is invoked in political contexts (and vice-versa), public displays of religiosity, and the complex dynamics of religion and the state. Among other issues, we will particularly engage with questions of religious identity, knowledge, and violence. Undergraduates must enroll in RELIGST 255 for 5 units. Graduate students must enroll RELIGST 355 for 3-5 units. HISTORY297F must be taken for 4-5 units.
Last offered: Spring 2016

RELIGST 356: The Brahma Net Sutra (Fanwang Jing) (RELIGST 256)

A study of an important Chinese Buddhist apocryphal work, with special attention to interpretation of content, impact on monastic codes in medieval China, transmissional history and commentarial tradition.
Last offered: Winter 2014

RELIGST 357: Readings in Daoist Texts (RELIGST 257)

Readings from primary sources. Prerequisite: classical Chinese.
Last offered: Spring 2008 | Repeatable 20 times (up to 99 units total)

RELIGST 357X: Female Divinities in China (HISTORY 293E, HISTORY 393E, RELIGST 257X)

This course examines the fundamental role of powerful goddesses in Chinese religion. It covers the entire range of imperial history and down to the present. It will look at, among other questions, what roles goddesses played in the spirit world, how this is related to the roles of human women, and why a civilization that excluded women from the public sphere granted them a dominant place, in the religious sphere. It is based entirely on readings in English.

RELIGST 358: Japanese Buddhist Texts (RELIGST 258)

Readings in medieval Japanese Buddhist materials. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: background in Japanese or Chinese.
Last offered: Winter 2013 | Repeatable for credit

RELIGST 359: Readings in Buddhist Studies

Terms: Spr | Units: 3-5 | Repeatable 3 times (up to 15 units total)

RELIGST 360: Buddhism & Modernity (RELIGST 260)

Is Buddhism a philosophy? A mind science? An ancient mystical path? A modern construct? This seminar will evaluate a variety of answers to these questions by exploring how Buddhism has been understood in the modern era. Our primary source materials will range from Orientalist poetry to Zen essays to Insight Meditation manuals to 21st-century films. We will examine how these works shape Buddhism, consider their pre-modern influences, and turn to recent scholarship to discuss how romantic, imperialist, anti-modern, nationalist, therapeutic, and scientific frames depict one of today's most popular religions.nnnThis course is cross-listed as RELIGST 260/360. Undergraduates must enroll in RELIGST 260 for 5 units. Graduate students must enroll RELIGST 360 for 3-5 units.
Last offered: Spring 2016

RELIGST 361: Precepts and Ordinations in East Asia

Japanese Buddhism is well-known for its very loose interpretation of monastic precepts and ordinations. Although some may think that these subjects are nothing more than out-of-date lists of rules, the study of the precepts involves social history, doctrine, and religious practice. In this course, we examine the origins and the development of the bodhisattva precepts, beginning with a brief outline of the vinaya, and then progressing to Indian and Chinese views of the bodhisattva precepts. The last half of the course focuses on how Japanese Tendai¿s unique interpretation of the precepts was based on Chinese apocryphal texts and Chinese Tiantai doctrines. We conclude with reading Japanese Tendai texts written in Chinese. Because the Tendai tradition had a loose administrative structure, a variety of interpretations developed.nnThe course is composed of reading texts written in Chinese by East Asian monks. Although I will lecture for approximately 30 minutes of each class, the focus of the class will be on reading and translating short sections of primary sources together. We will also pay attention to the use of such tools as dictionaries, encyclopedias, bibliographies, and data bases of texts. Students are expected to participate in discussions and to come to class prepared to read the primary sources in class.
Last offered: Spring 2016

RELIGST 366: Character in the Good Life (RELIGST 266)

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