Schedule of Classes

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