THEO-053 Religion and Aesthetics

Faculty:

Cho, Francisca

This course explores the relationship between religious and aesthetic experience. "Aesthetics" can be defined as the experience of the beautiful or the sublime, and its mystical dimensions create a connection to religion. The course will take a comparative approach by looking at the evolution of these ideas in Western philosophy and religion, on the one hand, and at examples of Buddhist inspired fiction, poetry and film in China, Korea, and Japan, on the other. The comparison is designed to enhance our perspectives on both the Western and East Asian contexts, relative to each other.

Credits: 3.00

Prerequisites: None

Other academic years
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• 2004-2005 Fall and Spring
• 2005-2006 Fall and Spring
• 2007-2008 Fall and Spring
• 2009-2010 Fall and Spring
• 2010-2011 Fall and Spring
• 2011-2012 Fall and Spring
• 2012-2013 Fall and Spring
• 2013-2014 Fall and Spring

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