Course curriculum

    1. Syllabus

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    1. 1.1 The Dimensions of Religion: Ritual, Doctrine, Ethics, and Myth

    2. Quiz 1.1

    3. 1.1 Interactive Lab: Sorting Sam's Field Journal

    4. 1.2 The Sacred and the Profane: How Religions Mark Out Holy Things

    5. Quiz 1.2

    6. 1.3 Natural and Revealed Theology: Two Roads to Knowing the Divine

    7. Quiz 1.3

    8. 1.4 Descriptive and Historical Approaches: Studying Faiths as a Scholar

    9. Quiz 1.4

    1. 2.1 Native North American Traditions: Inuit, Lakota, Hopi, Cherokee, and Navajo

    2. Quiz 2.1

    3. 2.1 Interactive Lab: Five Peoples, Five Homelands

    4. 2.2 Native Central and South American Traditions: Inca, Maya, and Aztec

    5. Quiz 2.2

    6. 2.3 Native West African Traditions: Yoruba, Dogon, and BaVenda

    7. Quiz 2.3

    8. 2.4 Native Middle Eastern Traditions: Mesopotamian and Canaanite Religion

    9. Quiz 2.4

    10. 2.5 Central Asian and Siberian Traditions: Shamans and Spirit Worlds

    11. Quiz 2.5

    12. 2.6 Common Threads in Indigenous Religion: Animism, Ancestors, and Sacred Land

    13. Quiz 2.6

    1. 3.1 Hindu Beginnings: The Indus Valley, the Aryans, and the Vedic Period

    2. Quiz 3.1

    3. 3.1 Interactive Lab: Four Thousand Years in Order

    4. 3.2 Sacred Texts of Hinduism: Vedas, Upanishads, Epics, and the Gita

    5. Quiz 3.2

    6. 3.3 Gods and Devotion: The Trimurti, Avatars, and the Theistic Paths

    7. Quiz 3.3

    8. 3.4 Hindu Philosophy: Brahman, Atman, Samsara, and Advaita Vedanta

    9. Quiz 3.4

    10. 3.5 Karma, Dharma, and Moksha: The Aim of Hindu Life

    11. Quiz 3.5

    12. 3.6 The Four Paths of Yoga, Caste, and Festivals Such as Diwali

    13. Quiz 3.6

    14. 3.6 Interactive Lab: Paths, Rites and Festivals

    1. 4.1 The Life of the Buddha: From Prince Siddhartha to Enlightenment

    2. Quiz 4.1

    3. 4.2 The Four Noble Truths and the Middle Way: Suffering and Its End

    4. Quiz 4.2

    5. 4.3 The Noble Eightfold Path: Ethics, Meditation, and Wisdom

    6. Quiz 4.3

    7. 4.4 Anatta, Anicca, and Nirvana: Core Buddhist Teachings

    8. Quiz 4.4

    9. 4.5 Theravada Buddhism: The Pali Canon and the Path of the Arhat

    10. Quiz 4.5

    11. 4.6 Mahayana and Vajrayana: Bodhisattvas, Zen, and Tantric Practice

    12. Quiz 4.6

    13. 4.7 Buddhist Practice: Three Jewels, Symbols, and Vesak

    14. Quiz 4.7

    1. 5.1 Confucius and the Classical Roots of Confucianism

    2. Quiz 5.1

    3. 5.2 Confucian Ethics: Ren, Li, Filial Piety, and the Five Relationships

    4. Quiz 5.2

    5. 5.3 Neo-Confucianism and Confucian Festivals Such as Qingming

    6. Quiz 5.3

    7. 5.4 Laozi and the Dao: The Origins of Daoism

    8. Quiz 5.4

    9. 5.5 Wu Wei, Yin and Yang, and Qi: Daoist Ideas and Practice

    10. Quiz 5.5

    11. 5.6 Religious Daoism and Alchemy: Ritual, Immortality, and Temples

    12. Quiz 5.6

    13. 5.7 Kami and the Beginnings of Shinto: Myths, Shrines, and Japanese Culture

    14. Quiz 5.7

    15. 5.8 Three Forms of Shinto: Shrine, Sect, and Folk, Plus Matsuri and Purification

    16. Quiz 5.8

    17. 5.9 Shinto Meets Buddhism: Blending, State Shinto, and World War II

    18. Quiz 5.9

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