Religion Ancient India

Fall 2016

Religion in Ancient India

Listed in: Asian Languages and Civilizations, as ASLC-144 | Religion, as RELI-143

Faculty

Description

(Offered as RELI 143 and ASLC 144.) This course explores central ideas and practices in the religious and intellectual traditions of India up until the medieval period. We consider the range of available archeological, art historical, and textual evidence for religion in this period, though the course focuses mostly on texts. We will read the classic religious and philosophical literature of the traditions we now call Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.

Fall semester. Professor M. Heim.

Keywords

Attention to Issues of Gender and Sexuality, Attention to Research, Attention to Writing, Transnational or World Cultures Taught in English

Course times and locations

RELI 143 - L/D

Section 01
Tu 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM CHAP 205
Th 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM CHAP 205

Textbooks

Below are the textbooks used in this course, along with pricing information and availability at local bookstores. The price range shown is based upon queries to multiple online booksellers; click on the the price field to see detailed pricing information.

Title	Publisher	Author(s)	Book Store	Price
The Bhagavad Gita: Krishna's Counsel in Time of War		B.S. Miller	Amherst Books	TBD
The Mahabharata, A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic		R.K. Narayan, trans.	Amherst Books	TBD
The Norton Anthology of World Religions, Buddhism		Lopez, Donald ed.	Amherst Books	TBD
The Wonder That Was India	London, Sidgwick and Jackson	A.L. Basham	Amherst Books	TBD
Upanishads		P. Olivelle, trans.	Amherst Books	TBD
Yoga		B.S. Miller	Amherst Books	TBD

These books are available locally at Amherst Books.

Offerings

2020-21: Offered in Spring 2021
Other years: Offered in Fall 2013, Spring 2015, Fall 2016, Spring 2018, Spring 2019

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