AMERICAN METAPHYSICAL RELIGION

Credit Hours: 3 · Undergraduate Lower-Level

Beginning with a historical survey of the American metaphysical tradition, this course turns to a close study of the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California, as a unique window into some of the different ways the tradition has appropriated Asian religions, psychological models of the unconscious, and contemporary scientific paradigms. Cross-list: ASIA 231 . Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for RELI 231 if student has credit for RELI 505.