Introduction to Religious Studies
Introduction to Religious StudiesIntro to the Course, Phenomenology
Thurs., Sept. 2
Religion and Human Experience: The Dilemma of an Android
Tues., Sept. 7 Cunningham 1-26; Burke 1-9
The Nature of the Sacred"The Idea of the Holy"-Conceptions of the Sacred in Religions of the World
Thurs., Sept. 9 Cunningham 27-38
World Religion: Hinduism
Basic Introduction
Tues., Sept. 14 Burke 12-24
Thurs., Sept. 16 Burke 25-35
Exploring the Web
Global Hindu Electronic Network
GHEN Gallery of Hindu Pictures
GHEN Gallery of Hindu Images: Symbols
Journal of South Asian Women's Studies
Hindu Religious Freedom Foundation
Gods, Goddesses and Brahmin: The Nature of the Sacred in Hinduism
Tues., Sept. 21 Burke 35-53
Exploring the Web
GHEN Gallery of Hindu Pictures: Hindu Gods
Black Peacock Gallery (Images of Krishna and Others)
Advaita Vedanta Home Page
The Language of the SacredMyth, Sacred Stories and Symbols (Media Presentation on Myths)
Thurs., Sept. 23 Cunningham 41-77
Exploring the Web
Encyclopedia Mythica
Analects of Confucius (Translated by Charles Muller)
Anthology of World Scripture
Avesta (Zoroastrian)
Bible: Revised Standard Version
GHEN Hindu Scriptures Center
Hadith: al-Bukhari Collection
Hadith: al-Muslim Collection
Qur`an (Translation of M. H. Shakir)
Tao Te Ching (Translated by Charles Muller)
Ritual-Ordering the Sacred
Tues., Sept. 28 Cunningham 79-93
World Religion: Christianity
Basic Introduction
Thurs., Sept. 30 Burke 287-298
Tues., Oct. 5 Burke 298-314
Exploring the Web
Ecole Initiative: Online Encyclopedia of Early Christianity
Orthodox Icons
The Orthodox Christian Page in America
Catholic Resources (Extensive Listing)
Protestant Resources (Extensive Listing)
Various Christiam Images
Articles on Christian Denominations/Groups (Presentations made by students in RS133: Intro to Christianity at Penn-Most are summaries of interviews they did with ministers/religious leaders)
Ritual and Anti-Ritual: Pentecostals/Charismatics
Thurs., Oct. 7 Burke 321-323
On the Web: 1 Corinthians 11:20-34; The Mass
Exploring the Web
Pentecostal/Charismatic Resources (Extensive Listing)
The Sacred and SocietyReligion and the Social World
Tues., Oct. 12 Cunningham 95-111
Mid-Term #1-Thursday, October 14
Saturday, Oct. 16 Optional Extra Credit: Visit to Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship, Sunni Muslim Mosque (Sufi) 11:30 AM
World Religion: Islam
Basic Introduction
Tues., Oct. 19 Burke 240-245, 272-284
Thurs., Oct. 21 Burke 246-256, Surah 2 (261-272 in Burke)The Wedding of Zein-Religious Roles in an Islamic Community
Tues., Oct. 26 Salih 31-75
Thurs., Oct. 28 Salih 76-120
New Religious Movements and their Acceptance/Rejection in Society
Tues., Nov. 2 The Mormons; Neo-Paganism
Jorgensen, "Neo-Paganism in America: How Witchcraft Matters Today" in Green 60-83
Exploring the Web The Mormons Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Official Page)
MormonNet
Wicca/Neo-Paganism Church of All Worlds
The Green Egg (A famous Pagan journal)
Arachne's Web: Pagan/Wiccan Links(Over 450 Links)
Pagan Best of the Web (Award site with many links)
Thurs., Nov. 4 International Society for Krishna Consciousness (An Established Tradition in India- "New" to America)
Sunday, Nov. 7 Optional Extra Credit: Visit to the Radha Krishna Temple-5:00 PM
Exploring the Web
Hare Krishna Home Page
Back to Godhead Magazine
Picture of Radha and Krishna
Krishna Dancing with the Gopis
Iskcon Television-Hare Krishna Videos
Tues., Nov. 9
Robert Wuthnow, "How Christians Become Political Activists" in Green 117-129
John L. Esposito, "Jihad: The Struggle for Islam" in Green 130-146
Mid-Term #2-Thurs, Nov. 11
World Religion: Judaism
Basic Introduction
Tues., Nov. 16 Burke 193-206; 219-225
Thurs., Nov. 18 Burke 206-218; 231-239; Jacob Neusner, "On Being Israel: Religion and Ethnicitiy in Judaism" in Green 32-44
Exploring the Web
Shamash Home Page
Judaism Section at Yahoo
Orthodox Union
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
The Jewish Reconstructionist Federation
Reform Judaism
Hillel (Jewish Campus Organization)
Observance, Marriage, Women in Judaism from soc.culture.jewish
Jewish Feminist Resources
Rivka Slonim: Chasidic Feminist (Article from Wellsprings Magazine)
Articles on Jewish Women in Chabad-Lubavitch
Chabad-Lubavitch in Cyberspace(Lubavitcher Hasidic Judaism)
World Zionist Organization
The Holocaust and Jewish Identity
Tues., Nov. 23 On the Web: Explore, "Learning about the Holocaust"
Exploring the Web
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Simon Wiesenthal Center
Children of the Holocaust (New Biography Every Day of a Child Who Was Effected by the Holocaust)
Museum of Tolerance On-Line Tour
Article on Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Holocaust at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum web site
Major Religious IssuesMorality and Evil
Tues., Nov. 30 Cunningham 113-148
Exploring the Web
Journal of Buddhist Ethics
Ethical Issues in the Roman Catholic Church
Salvation, Death and the Afterlife
Thurs. Dec. 2
Hinduism: The Katha Upanishad (Burke 36-46)
Islam: Surah 75 (Burke 260-261)
Christianity: 1 Corinthians 15 (Burke 329-331)
Explore: Michael Nielsen's copy of The Heaven's Gate Web Site
World Religion: Buddhism
Basic Introduction
Tues., Dec. 7 Burke 57-80
Paper/Project Due
Exploring the Web
Global Resources for Buddhist Studies
WWW Virtual Library: Buddhist Studies
Pictorial essay on South East Asian Buddha images
Shin Buddhism Network
White Path Temple (Virtual Shin Buddhist Temple on the Web)
Death in Buddhism
Thurs., Dec. 9 Malcom David Eckel, "Buddhist Approaches to Death" in Green 243-255
Exploring the Web
Reflection on Death and Dying (Buddhist)
Final Exam--Thursday, Dec. 16, 2-5 PM
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