SCHEDULE OF CLASSES

(Dates in italics indicate assignments have not been finalized.)
    M 8/20 Introduction to the class
CREATION
    W 8/22

Hebrew Bible and New Testament

    M 8/27 Qur'an and Vedas and Puranas
    W 8/29

Pali Canon

THE HUMAN CONDITION
    LABOR DAY - 9/3 - no class
    W 9/5

Adam and Eve in Genesis and later exegesis

    M 9/10

Paul and Calvin on Adam and sin

    W 9/12 Adam in the Qur'an:  legal and Sufi perspectives
    M 9/17 Karma and rebirth
    W 9/19 Early Buddhism:  karma and rebirth
    M 9/24 The Lotus Sutra
    W 9/26 Wrap-up / Coward's view of scriptures
SALVATION
    M 10/1 ESSAY DUE / The binding of Isaac
    W 10/3 Sacrifice
    M 10/8 Passover and The Prophets
    W 10/10

Jesus' last supper and death

    M 10/15

The Eucharist

    W 10/17 Soteriology and Abraham and Isaac
    M 10/22 Abraham's sacrifice:  redemption or prophethood?
    W 10/24 The law of sacrifice
    M 10/29 Sufis on ritual
    W 10/31 Vedic sacrifice
    M 11/5 Meditation in the Upanishads
    W 11/7 The Bhagavad Gita
    M 11/12 The Bhagavad Gita, continued
    W 11/14 Bhakti
    M 11/19 NO CLASS due to American Academy of Religion meeting
    THANKSGIVING VACATION 11/21-25
    M 11/26 Buddhist Sacrifice?
    W 11/28 Meditation and nirvana
    M 12/3 The Mahayana
    W 12/5 FINAL PAPER DUE / Concluding discussion / Analysis of the class
W 12/12  4:30 pm - 6:30 pm FINAL EXAM
         
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