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    Nov 04, 2024  
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REL 208 - Religions of Japan

Course unit(s): 1
Meets GAR: Meets general academic requirement HU and DE.
Students will study the native Japanese religious tradition, Shinto, as well as the Chinese traditions that have become fundamental to Japanese religion (Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism) as they have been interpreted in Japan.  The course will also consider material culture, popular forms, folk traditions, and the “new religions” of modern Japan as well as attitudes toward religion in today’s Japan.



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