RELI 360
Religions of China
Fall 2016 (cover year)
Topics
- Early Chinese religion
- Zhou cosmology and state cults
- Confucianism
- Early and religious Daoism
- Daoist schools and practices
- Modern Daoism
- Chinese Buddhism
- Popular religion
Readings
- Mario Poceski, Introducing Chinese Religions. Routledge. ISBN 9780415434065.
- Livia Kohn, Introducing Daoism. Routledge. ISBN 9780415439985.
- Xinzhong Yao, An Introduction to Confucianism. Cambridge University Press, 2000. ISBN 0521644305.
- Deborah Sommer (ed.), Chinese Religion: An Anthology of Sources. Oxford University Press, 1995. ISBN 0195088956.
- Stephen Bokenkamp, “Sources of the Ling-pao Scriptures,” in Michel Strickmann (ed.), Tantric and Taoist Studies, volume 2 (1983), pp. 434–486.
- Stephen Bokenkamp, “Lu Xiujing, Buddhism, and the First Daoist Canon,” Culture and Power in the Reconstitution of the Chinese Realm, 200–600. Harvard University Press, 2001, pp. 181–199.
- David N. Keightley, “The Religious Commitment: Shang Theology and the Genesis of Chinese Political Culture,” History of Religions 17.3/4 (1978), pp. 211–225.
- Daniel L. Overmyer et al., “Chinese Religions—The State of the Field: Part I: Early Religious Traditions,” Journal of Asian Studies 54.1 (1995), pp. 124–160.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- Syllabus or course outline ↗Fall 2016 (cover year)
- Scanned historical outline, OCR extracted and textbook page visually checked. Cover prints 2016 while schedule heading says Fall 2014; this inconsistency is retained rather than treating the outline as current. Sommer is strongly recommended and some selections are supplementary.