Universität Wien

140245 UE Japanese Buddhism in Context (2017W)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 14 - Orientalistik, Afrikanistik, Indologie und Tibetologie
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
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max. 24 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

Am 6.12. entfällt die LV. Am 7.12. findet ein Ersatztermin statt: 7.12.2017, 10:00-12:00, SR 4 TB (gleich neben SR 2 TB)

  • Mittwoch 04.10. 12:30 - 14:30 Seminarraum 2 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-18
  • Mittwoch 11.10. 12:30 - 14:30 Seminarraum 2 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-18
  • Mittwoch 18.10. 12:30 - 14:30 Seminarraum 2 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-18
  • Mittwoch 25.10. 12:30 - 14:30 Seminarraum 2 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-18
  • Mittwoch 08.11. 12:30 - 14:30 Seminarraum 2 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-18
  • Mittwoch 15.11. 12:30 - 14:30 Seminarraum 2 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-18
  • Mittwoch 22.11. 12:30 - 14:30 Seminarraum 2 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-18
  • Mittwoch 29.11. 12:30 - 14:30 Seminarraum 2 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-18
  • Mittwoch 13.12. 12:30 - 14:30 Seminarraum 2 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-18
  • Mittwoch 31.01. 12:30 - 14:30 Seminarraum 2 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-18

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

The present course is closely related to the general course named INTRODUCTION TO JAPANESE RELIGIONS. It provides students with a fundamental background to contextually analyse the issue of Japanese Buddhism and Japanese religious milieu in their various settings. The course topics are based on specific examples of educational material and documentaries centred on recent and contemporary Japanese religious environment. The course will enable students to contextually comprehend and explain particular phenomena regarding Shintō, Buddhism, and folk religion in present-day Japan.
The course is structured as presentations of audio-visual documentaries with lecturer’s commentaries in active discussion with students.

1. AIMS, CONTENTS AND METHOD OF THE COURSE
o Religion in Japan: historical outline and basic theoretical concepts
o Shintō myths and rituals
o Fertility Rites
o The Tendai training of kaihōgyō
o Shikoku pilgrimage in Modern Japan
o Contemporary Shugendō practices at Mt. Ōmine
o A Japanese Pilgrimage Mandala
o Shamanism and Folk Religion in Rural Japan
o Christianity in Japan
o Zen past and present
o Engaged Buddhism in present-day America

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

2. ASSESSMENT AND PERMITTED MATERIALS
o Class cooperation 50% + 50% for presentation/one written paper (depending on the number of students in class)
o Recommended readings and individual research for class preparation

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

3. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS AND ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
o A minimum of 70% class attendance

Prüfungsstoff

Literatur

5. READING LIST
BLACKER, Carmen (1999) The catalpa bow: a study of Shamanistic practices in Japan. London: Routledge.
BREEN, John –TEEUWEN, Mark (2010) A new history of Shinto. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
KRAFT, Kenneth (1994) Zen: Tradition and Transition. A Sourcebook by Contemporary Zen Masters and Scholars. New York: Grove Press.
READER, Ian – TANABE, George (1998) Practically Religious: Worldly Benefits and the Common Religion in Japan. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press.
SWANSON, Paul – CHILSON, Clarke (eds.) (2006) Nanzan guide to Japanese religions. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press.
TANABE, George (1999) Religions of Japan in Practice. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

MATB1 (UE b)

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:34