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| 0687-4459-01 | Apocalyptic Trends in East Asia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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University credit hours: 4.0
Course description
Apocalyptic Trends in East Asia
This course examines ideas about the cataclysmic end of the world, possible ways to survive such calamities, or to bring them forth, that appear in several religious traditions in East Asia. We will examine a variety of such eschatological and salvific ideas, beginning with Daoist and Buddhist scriptures in medieval China, proceeding through various religious rebel movements to modern cults such as Aum Shinrikyo in Japan, New religions in Korea, and Falun Gong in China.
This course examines ideas about the cataclysmic end of the world, possible ways to survive such calamities, or to bring them forth, that appear in several religious traditions in East Asia. We will examine a variety of such eschatological and salvific ideas, beginning with Daoist and Buddhist scriptures in medieval China, proceeding through various religious rebel movements to modern cults such as Aum Shinrikyo in Japan, New religions in Korea, and Falun Gong in China.