Course description

This course provides an introduction to the study of East Asian religions. It covers the development of Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, and Shinto. It is not a comprehensive survey, but is designed around major conceptual themes, such as ritual, image veneration, mysticism, meditation, death, and category formation in the study of religion. The emphasis throughout the course is on the hermeneutic difficulties attendant upon the study of religion in general and East Asian religions in particular.

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