Key Religious Texts of East Asia

3.00 credits · Undergraduate

This course examines the significance in East Asian religion of a selected single religious text. Combining a careful reading of this document with the analysis of closely related primary source materials and important secondary scholarship, it explores relationships between texts and the social, political, economic, and religious contexts of their creation and circulation. [Note 1: Permission of the Department is required. Note 2: Students may register for RELG 4521 more than once, provided the subject matter differs.] (Format: Seminar 3 Hours)