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140194 VO Introduction to Japanese Religions (2017W)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 14 - Orientalistik, Afrikanistik, Indologie und Tibetologie
Moodle

Details

Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 03.10. 11:45 - 13:45 Seminarraum 1 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-25
  • Tuesday 10.10. 11:45 - 13:45 Seminarraum 1 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-25
  • Tuesday 17.10. 11:45 - 13:45 Seminarraum 1 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-25
  • Tuesday 24.10. 11:45 - 13:45 Seminarraum 1 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-25
  • Tuesday 31.10. 11:45 - 13:45 Seminarraum 1 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-25
  • Tuesday 07.11. 11:45 - 13:45 Seminarraum 1 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-25
  • Tuesday 14.11. 11:45 - 13:45 Seminarraum 1 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-25
  • Tuesday 21.11. 11:45 - 13:45 Seminarraum 1 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-25
  • Tuesday 28.11. 11:45 - 13:45 Seminarraum 1 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-25
  • Tuesday 05.12. 11:45 - 13:45 Seminarraum 1 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-25

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The course aims at providing a general introduction into history and development of religion in Japan. Throughout the semester, it addresses various religious traditions that have found its way into Japan and have affected the shaping of the distinctive Japanese religious thought (Shintō, Buddhism, Confucianism, folk religion, Christianity). The primal objective of the course shall be the development of Japanese religious thought and interaction between Shintō and Buddhism in the course of Japanese history.

The course is structured as a combination of lectures and pictorial presentations of audio-visual material related to the subject.
1. AIMS, CONTENTS AND METHOD OF THE COURSE
o Earliest Japanese Religious Thought
o The Emergence of Shintō
o Compilation of Imperial Mythologies
o Arrival of Buddhism in Japan
o State Buddhism in Nara period
o Esoteric Buddhism of Heian period
o Bōdhisattva Practice of the Tendai School
o Popular Buddhism in the Kamakura period
o The Zen Schools
o Buddhist Scriptures: The Lotus Sūtra and the Heart Sūtra
o Shintō-Buddhist interaction (Suwa Festival)
o Christianity in Japan

Assessment and permitted materials

2. ASSESSMENT AND PERMITTED MATERIALS
o One final exam
o Recommended readings

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Examination topics

Reading list

5. READING LIST
BLACKER, Carmen (1999) The catalpa bow: a study of Shamanistic practices in Japan. London: Routledge.
BREEN, John –TEEUWEN, Mark (2010) A new history of Shinto. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
BREEN, John –TEEUWEN, Mark (eds.) (2000) Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami. Surrey: Curzon.
BOWRING, Richard (2005) The Religious Traditions of Japan, 500-1600. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
DE BARRY, Theodore (ed.) (1969) The Buddhist Tradition in India, China & Japan. New York: Modern Library.
DE BARRY, Theodore – KEENE, Donald – TANABE, George – VARLEY, Paul (eds.) (2002) Sources of Japanese Tradition, Volume One: From Earliest Times to 1600. New York: Columbia University Press.
MATSUNAGA, Alicia – MATSUNAGA, Daigan (1996) Foundations of Japanese Buddhism, Vol.1 & Vol.2. Los Angeles: Buddhist Books International.
SANSOM, George (1987) A Short Cultural History. London: The Cresset Library.
SWANSON, Paul – CHILSON, Clarke (eds.) (2006) Nanzan guide to Japanese religions. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press.
TANABE, George (1999) Religions of Japan in Practice. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
WILLIAMS, Paul (2008) Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundation. London, Curzon: Routledge.

Association in the course directory

BA9, EC3-2

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