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AN 380 02 / RL 353 01: Buddhism

Spring Term, 2001: Tuesday, Thursday 9:35 - 10:50 am, JH 238

Instructor: Eriberto P. Lozada Jr.
Office: Anthropology Program, JH 349A
Office Hours: M, W, F 1:00 - 2:00 pm, and by appointment
Telephone: 940-9270
email: elozada@butler.edu
homepage: http://trevor.butler.edu/~elozada

This course is an introduction to the philosophical/religious concepts and cultural practices of Buddhism in South and East Asia from religious, historical, and anthropological perspectives. Topics to be covered include: the development of Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana (Tibetan) Buddhist thought and practices; Buddhism and gender; Buddhist ethics, non-violence, and political practices; and contemporary Buddhist practices.

The anthropological perspective is largely a "bottom-up," comparative examination of particular social processes, and is presented in the form of ethnographic monographs and articles that describe everyday life in detail. We will focus on the social and cultural implications of Buddhist ideas by thinking about questions such as: What is the perspective towards the world and society implied in the Buddhist religious tradition? How does this compare with Chrisitian ideas of the self and our relation to other human beings and the natural world? How does Buddhism help us understand the place of human beings in the universe?

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  Dept. of Anthropology
  Davidson College
  Box 6969
  Davidson, NC 28035 USA

  office: Chambers B12
  tel. 704-894-2035
  fax. 704-894-2842
  erlozada@davidson.edu

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