Cultural Literacy for Religion : Everything the Well-Educated Person Should Know.

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Disc 1. Religion: its meaning and importance - Facets of religion: divinity and devotion -- Hinduism: foundational texts and teachings -- Hindu gods and devotional practice -- Gita to Gandhi: yogas and modern Hinduism -- Walking up: the Buddha and his teachings -- Disc 2. Vehicles to Nirvana: the schools of Buddhism -- Chinese religion and cosmology -- Confucianism: rituals and relationships -- Daoism: harmony, nature and the way -- Kami and spirits: Shinto and Shamanism -- East Asian Buddhism: Zen and pure land -- Disc 3. Judaism: God, Torah, and covenant -- Varieties of Jewish thought and practices -- Living a Jewish life -- The life and commemoration of Jesus -- Catholic and Orthodox Christianity -- Protestantism and Christianity today -- Disc 4. Muhammad, Quran and Islamic civilization -- Unity in Islam: the five pillars -- Forms of Islan: diversity among Muslims -- Jain, Sikhs, and Baha'is --Religion and law in American -- Religion today: trends, challenges, and hope.
Taught by: Professor Mark Berkson, Hamline University.
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