Philosophy 1401:
World Religions
Cal State Hayward, Spring Quarter 2007
Professor Michael Sudduth
Students, welcome to the winter quarter 2007 at Cal State Hayward. This website provides you with essential resources for Philosophy 1401 - World Religions. This site will be your main resource for study questions, handouts, supplemental readings, and information on assignments and exams. The site also has links to the course syllabus. It is crucial that you log on each week to check for updates.
Assignments and Exams (Tentative)
Week 1: Hinduism: The Gods and the Way of Ritual Action
April 2 (M): Introduction to Course
April 4 (W): The Vedas (on-line readings)
April 6 (F): Ma'Sumian ch. 1
Week 2: Hinduism: Way of Knowledge and Devotion
April 9 (M): Upanishads
April 11 (W): Upanishads
April 13 (F): Bhagavad Gita
Week 3: Hinduism: Vedanta Hinduism
April 16 (M): Vedanta Hinduism
Readings: Coward Text, ch. 4, Hinduism
April 18 (W): Path of Devotion
April 20 (F): Vedanta and Rebirth
Week 4: Buddhism: The Four Noble Truths
April 23 (M): Quiz: Hinduism
April 25 (W): Four Noble Truths
Buddha's First Sermon (see on-line readings above)
April 27 (F): Ma'Sumian, ch. 4
Week 5: Buddhism: Tibetan Book of the Dead
April 30 (M): Reincarnation
May 2 (W):
May 4 (F): Rebirth in Buddhism
Week 6: Buddhism
May 7: Bardo
Read Coward chapter one Buddhism
May 9: Buddhism and Hinduism
May 11: Quiz on Buddhism
Week 7: Zoroastrianism
May 14 (M): Zoroastrianism
May 16 (W): Zoroastrian Ideas of the Afterlife
Read Chapters 1-15
May 18 (F): Zoroastrian Ideas of the Afterlife
Read Arda Viraf, chapters 16-101
Week 8: Zoroastrianism and Judaism
May 21 (M): Zoroastrianism
May 23 (W): Judaism
Read chapter in MaSumian on Judaism
May 25 (F): Judaism
Week 9: Christianity
May 28 (M): No Class
May 30 (W): Christianity
June 2 (F): Quiz on Zoroastrianism and Judaism
Week 10: Film: Jacob's Ladder
Final Exam TBA
Course Notices
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