Course Catalog - 2006-2007

     

RELI 506 - ASIAN RELIGIONS IN AMERICA

Long Title: ASIAN RELIGIONS IN AMERICA
Department: Religion
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Description: A survey course on Hindusim, Buddism, Taoism, and Jainism in America, from the colonial period to the present, with a special focus on American metaphysical religion, the counterculture, the New Age, and the history of Western colonialism, transcultural encounter, translation, and immigration. Graduate section requires additional reading sand research papers. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: RELI 308.