Jan 04, 2025  
2021-2022 Caspersen School of Graduate Studies 
    
2021-2022 Caspersen School of Graduate Studies
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ARGS 833 - East Asia: Tradition and Today

3 credits
Analyzes religion as cultural traditions that have influentially defined the East Asian region across the centuries and up to the present, largely through a consideration of literature, arts and practices of China and Japan. Thematic topics may include social definitions of community, traditional depictions of status according to class and gender, and the creation of paths of ethical behavior that promote social cohesion. Students explore these themes through historical interactions among traditions as well as challenges to and the use of tradition in the present day. May also include required field trips to Japanese traditional institutions devoted to the practice of Zen and the Way of Tea (Chado) in New York City. Same as REL 270.



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