REL-1020 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Paul Tillich, Religious Text, Parinirvana
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Exam i: tuesday, september 29 *no make-up exams without prior approval* Text: chapters 1, 4, and the parts of chapter 5 designated in class. Reader: chapters on hinduism and buddhism (early buddhism & theravada only) Blackboard: all materials related to the academic study of religion, hinduism, and south. Asian buddhism (east asian forms of buddhism will be covered in the next unit) The academic study of religion: the academic study of religion- the study of understanding of traditions, of their interrelationship. Encounter with the holy or the divine: experience both awe-aspiring mystery and contrasting feeling of overwhelming attraction, ex: fear of god, dualism. Belief in two supreme opposed powers: ying and yang, atheism. Purpose? ): (1) ultimate concern, (2) view of reality, (3) human predicament, (4) and solution to the human predicament: ethics what is right vs. what is wrong.
