REL 231 Class Schedule - Loudoun Campus

Religions of the World I: Eastern Traditions

Rel. 231 Class Schedule - Loudoun, Fall 2009

Tuesdays: 4 - 6:50 PM, room LR 144

Mentor’s (adjunct) office: room LR 114
Office hours: Tues. 2 - 3:45 PM
Office phone: 703-450-2541 (call only during office hours)

Humanities Office: LR 304
Office phone: 703-450-2505
Office FAX: 703-404-7368

Date	Topic	Reading (to be done in advance of class session)	Assignment Due
Aug. 25	Introductions & Syllabus Review What is Religion?
Sept. 1	The World's Religions: a brief overview (Interactive)	Chapters 1 & 13	Introductory R&R paper
Sept. 8	Hinduism: Origins & Ideas	Chap. 3 (pp. 72 - 85) BG chap. 1-6	Religious Scavenger Hunt Prep & Participate
Sept. 15	Hinduism: Deities & Devotion	Chap. 3 (pp. 85 - 96) BG chap. 7-12	Prep & Participate
Begin work on Encounter & Dialogue (submit report when done)
Sept. 22	Hinduism: a way of life	Chap. 3 (pp. 97 - 116) BG chap. 13-18	Prep & Participate
Sept. 29	Bhagavad Gita Discussion Essay exam: Hinduism		Hinduism R&R paper
Oct. 6	Jainism	Chapter 4	Prep & Participate
Oct. 13	NO CLASS
Oct. 20	Sikhism	Chapter 11	Prep & Participate
Oct. 27	Buddhism: the Buddha & the Dharma	Chap. 5 (pp. 134 - 47) DP chap. 1-9	Jain & Sikh R&R paper Prep & Participate
Last day to withdraw from class: Monday, Nov. 2
Nov. 3	Buddhism: Divisions & Sects	Chap. 5 (pp. 147 - 69) DP chap. 10-17	Prep & Participate
Encounter & Dialogue report get this done now, before the end-of-semester work starts to pile up
Nov. 10	Buddhism: in the West & beyond	Chap. 5 (pp. 169 - 78) DP chap. 18-26	Prep & Participate
Nov. 17	Dhammapada Discussion Essay exam: Buddhism		Buddhism R&R paper
Nov. 24	Tao Te Ching Discussion Religion and philosophy in China Taoism	Chap. 6 (pp. 182 - 99) Tao Te Ching	Encounter & Dialogue reports Prep & Participate
Dec. 1	Lun Yu Discussion Confucianism	Chap. 6 (pp. 199 - 211) Lun Yu	Prep & Participate
No late submission or revisions after this date
Dec. 8	Shinto Review	Chapter 7	Prep & Participate
Dec. 15	Final Exam regular class time to be done in computer lab (room #TBA)		China & Japan R&R paper

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