Course Catalog - 2006-2007

     

RELI 363 - MARRIAGE OF HEAVEN & HELL

Long Title: THE MARRIAGE OF HEAVEN AND HELL
Department: Religion
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Description: The history of mysticism is marked by symbolic systems and ritual practices suffused with erotic and ethical paradoxes. This course examines such themes in a wide variety of historical contexts, from Plato's dialogues and Blake's poetry to Christian mysticism, Hindu, and Buddhist Tantric traditions, and the modern study of religion. Cross-list: ASIA 363.