140194 VO Introduction to Japanese Religions (2017W)
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Language: English
Examination dates
Tuesday
12.12.2017
11:45 - 13:15
Seminarraum 1 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-25
Tuesday
23.01.2018
11:45 - 13:15
Seminarraum 3 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-14
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Tuesday
03.10.
11:45 - 13:45
Seminarraum 1 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-25
Tuesday
10.10.
11:45 - 13:45
Seminarraum 1 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-25
Tuesday
17.10.
11:45 - 13:45
Seminarraum 1 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-25
Tuesday
24.10.
11:45 - 13:45
Seminarraum 1 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-25
Tuesday
31.10.
11:45 - 13:45
Seminarraum 1 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-25
Tuesday
07.11.
11:45 - 13:45
Seminarraum 1 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-25
Tuesday
14.11.
11:45 - 13:45
Seminarraum 1 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-25
Tuesday
21.11.
11:45 - 13:45
Seminarraum 1 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-25
Tuesday
28.11.
11:45 - 13:45
Seminarraum 1 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-25
Tuesday
05.12.
11:45 - 13:45
Seminarraum 1 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-25
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
2. ASSESSMENT AND PERMITTED MATERIALS
o One final exam
o Recommended readings
o One final exam
o Recommended readings
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Examination topics
Reading list
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.
BREEN, John –TEEUWEN, Mark (eds.) (2000) Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami. Surrey: Curzon.
BOWRING, Richard (2005) The Religious Traditions of Japan, 500-1600. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
DE BARRY, Theodore (ed.) (1969) The Buddhist Tradition in India, China & Japan. New York: Modern Library.
DE BARRY, Theodore – KEENE, Donald – TANABE, George – VARLEY, Paul (eds.) (2002) Sources of Japanese Tradition, Volume One: From Earliest Times to 1600. New York: Columbia University Press.
MATSUNAGA, Alicia – MATSUNAGA, Daigan (1996) Foundations of Japanese Buddhism, Vol.1 & Vol.2. Los Angeles: Buddhist Books International.
SANSOM, George (1987) A Short Cultural History. London: The Cresset Library.
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.
WILLIAMS, Paul (2008) Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundation. London, Curzon: Routledge.
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.
BREEN, John –TEEUWEN, Mark (eds.) (2000) Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami. Surrey: Curzon.
BOWRING, Richard (2005) The Religious Traditions of Japan, 500-1600. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
DE BARRY, Theodore (ed.) (1969) The Buddhist Tradition in India, China & Japan. New York: Modern Library.
DE BARRY, Theodore – KEENE, Donald – TANABE, George – VARLEY, Paul (eds.) (2002) Sources of Japanese Tradition, Volume One: From Earliest Times to 1600. New York: Columbia University Press.
MATSUNAGA, Alicia – MATSUNAGA, Daigan (1996) Foundations of Japanese Buddhism, Vol.1 & Vol.2. Los Angeles: Buddhist Books International.
SANSOM, George (1987) A Short Cultural History. London: The Cresset Library.
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.
WILLIAMS, Paul (2008) Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundation. London, Curzon: Routledge.
Association in the course directory
BA9, EC3-2
Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:34
1. AIMS, CONTENTS AND METHOD OF THE COURSE
o Earliest Japanese Religious Thought
o The Emergence of Shintō
o Compilation of Imperial Mythologies
o Arrival of Buddhism in Japan
o State Buddhism in Nara period
o Esoteric Buddhism of Heian period
o Bōdhisattva Practice of the Tendai School
o Popular Buddhism in the Kamakura period
o The Zen Schools
o Buddhist Scriptures: The Lotus Sūtra and the Heart Sūtra
o Shintō-Buddhist interaction (Suwa Festival)
o Christianity in Japan