Course Catalog - 2006-2007

     

RELI 505 - THE ENLIGHTENMENT OF THE BODY

Long Title: THE ENLIGHTENMENT OF THE BODY
Department: Religion
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Description: Beginning with a historical survey of the American metaphysical tradition, this course turns to a close study of the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, CA, as a unique window to some of the different ways tradition has appropriated Asian religions, psychological models of the unconscious, and contemporary scientific paradigms. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: RELI 231.