• REST 373: African Religions

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Investigates Africa's diverse religious traditions (indigenous, Christian and Islamic), their past and present interactions, as well as their transformations in diasporic contexts. Writing-emphasis course. (Same as Africana Studies 373; Anthropology 373.)
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• REST 374: Hindu Traditions

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Survey of the development of the major Hindu themes of philosophical and religious thought and practice in India. Writing-emphasis course.(Same as Philosophy 374.)
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• REST 375: Theravada Buddhism

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Historical study of the Theravada Buddhist tradition in South and Southeast Asia. Focus will be on the cult of the Buddha in Theravada Buddhism, the Theravada interpretation of key Buddhist concepts as found in the Pali canon, and the reciprocal relationship between renouncers and lay persons in the tradition. Writing-emphasis course.
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• REST 376: Buddhism South/Southeast Asia

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Survey of the origins of Buddhism in India and further development of Buddhist philosophy and religion in India, China, Korea, Japan, the countries of Southeast Asia, and beyond. Writing-emphasis course.(Same as Philosophy 376.)
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• REST 379: Chinese Religions

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  An introduction to the religious traditions of China, including Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism, and local religion, from the ancient to modern periods. Addresses themes such as politics, society, and gender. Writing-emphasis course.
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• REST 380: American Buddhism

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  An overview of different forms of Buddhism in the Americas during the modern period, with attention to issues such as politics, globalization, and gender. Writing-emphasis course.
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• REST 381: Judaism

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  History, traditions, philosophy, and religion of the Jewish people grounded in the ancient period, but includes diaspora, emancipation and haskalah. Writing-emphasis course. (Same as Judaic Studies 381.)
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• REST 383: Japanese Religions

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Traditional religious heritage and contemporary expressions of religion in Japan with attention to relationships of persons to nature, self-mastery and spontaneity, individual and community, and secular to sacred. Writing-emphasis course.
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• REST 385: Contemporary Jewish Thinkers

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Renewal trends in 19th and 20th-century Judaism. Writing-emphasis course. (Same as Judaic Studies 385.)Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
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• REST 386: Voices of the Holocaust

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Historical underpinnings of Nazi genocides such as that of the Jewish people, gypsies, and homosexuals. The economic, religious, social, and philosophical trends supporting massive genocide. (Same as Judaic Studies 386.)
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