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| [back to main course list] REL 221: RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS OF JAPAN (UP Group IV. B)The flavor of Japanese culture includes a refined and heightened sense of beauty co-existing with pain and death, intense loyalty and a driving will to succeed, the way of the samurai and the way of the tea ceremony. All of these elements of the Japanese spirit come together in our study of Shinto, Confucianism, Zen, and Pure Land Buddhism, and the "new religions" of 20th century Japan. Our goal is to explore these traditions as dynamic cultural forces; our guides will be philosophical and popular literature, poetry, art, and film. |
