Religion · Columbia University
Never had any real background in Chinese religions but learned a ton, and I found it super interesting.
An entire history of Chinese religion from beginning times all the way to the present day
A great introduction to Chinese religious traditions.
Broad overview of indigenous Chinese religions as well as ones incorporated into Chinese culture.
How to contextualize objects and texts in terms of broader cultural history of a given nation, and how cultural perspective can affect one's interpretation of the past.
Chinese history, the history of how religion came to China.
Learned about Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, and popular religion in Chinese history
I loved this class and would highly recommend. This course covers religions, both organized and folk/popular religions, and their impacts from Neolithic China to present.
- A brief summary of the major doctrines of Chinese religions, including Confucianism, Buddhism and Daoism, and how they indigenised themselves in syncretic forms of popular religions
I learned so much about ancient to modern Chinese traditions, mostly Buddhism. Super interesting!