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7 TH 18-Sep
2 Mozi: Chapters 16 (pp. 68 - 76), 26
(pp. 90-94),
31 (pp. 94-104)
8 TU 23-Sep
Essay 1: Kongzi and Mozi on God or Love
9 TH 25-Sep
4 Laozi: Read all
10 TU 30-Sep
Judith Chuan Xu,
"Poststructuralist Feminism and the Problem of Femininity in the
Daodejing"
11 TH 2-Oct
5 Zhuangzi: Read all
12 TU 7-Oct
Essay 2:
Feminist Readings of Confucianism and Taoism
13 TH 9-Oct
3 Mengzi: Book 2
(pp. 125-130), Book 6 (pp. 144-151)
14 TU 14-Oct
6 Xunzi: chapters 5 (pp. 266-267), 9
(pp. 267-269),
17 (pp. 269-274), 19 (pp. 274-285), 21 (pp. 286-292),
23 (pp. 298-306)
15 TH 16-Oct
Exam 1: Shang-Zhou Religion
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II. The Taoist Tradition
Kristofer Schipper, The Taoist Body
16 TU 21-Oct
Stephen F. Teiser:
“The Spirits of Chinese Religion”
17 TH 23-Oct
1 Taoism
Kristofer Schipper, The Taoist Body,
Forward (pp. ix-xx), ch. 1 (pp. 1-19)
18 TU 28-Oct
2 Everyday Religion
Schipper, The Taoist Body, ch. 2 (pp. 20-31)
3 Divinity
Schipper, The Taoist Body, ch. 3 (pp. 32-43)
19 TH 30-Oct
Philip Clart
“The Concept of ‘Popular Religion’ in the
Study of
Chinese Religions: Retrospect and Prospects”
20 TU 4-Nov
Exam 2: Anthropological Dimensions
of Chinese Religion
21 TH 6-Nov
6 The Inner
Landscape
Schipper, The Taoist Body, ch. 6 (pp. 100-112)
22 TU 11-Nov
7 Lao Tzu, the Body
of the Tao
Schipper, The Taoist Body, ch. 7 (pp. 113-129)
23 TH 13-Nov
8 Keeping the One
Schipper, The Taoist Body, ch. 8 (pp. 130-159)
24 TU 18-Nov
Charlotte Furth,
“Rethinking van Gulik Again”
25 TH 20-Nov
Exam 3: The Taoist Tradition
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III.
Chinese Religion in Comparative Perspective
Judith Berling, A Pilgrim in Chinese Culture
26 TU 25-Nov
1 Unity and
Diversity in Chinese Religion
Judith Berling, A Pilgrim in Chinese Culture (ch. 1-3)
TH 27-Nov Thanksgiving
27 TU 2-Dec
2 The Many and the
One
Berling, A Pilgrim in Chinese Culture (ch. 4-5)
28 TH 4-Dec
2 The Many and the
One
Berling, A Pilgrim in Chinese Culture (ch. 6-7)
29 TU 9-Dec
3 Inter-religious
Dialogue in a Chinese Mode
Berling, A Pilgrim in Chinese Culture (ch. 8-9)
Essay 3:
Review of Berling (take-home exam) |
There are no
words that are left unanswered,
No virtue that is left without a response.
If you toss me a peach,
I respond with a plum.
The Book of Odes
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