Resources

A 2010 course by Mark Unno at the University of Oregon "examines three East Asian views of how human, animals, society, and nature are related within their respective worldviews . . . as it is found in key passages in the texts of three classical Chinese and Japanese figures: Mencius the Confucian . . . Zhuangzi the Daoist . . . and Shinran the Pure Land Buddhist." The work of Temple Grandin is also analyzed.

A 1999 course by Russell Kirkland at the University of Georgia surveys Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, and Shinto.

A 2013 course by Wakoh Shannon Hickey at Alfred University "provides a brief introduction to the major religions traditions originating in India, China, and Japan."

A 2012 course by Richard Taylor at Marquette University "on the nature of the human intellect" as understood by Thomas Aquinas and his sources.

A 2010 course by Richard Taylor at Marquette University on "the psychology, epistemology and metaphysics of Thomas Aquinas."

A 2013 course by Brad Starr at California State University-Fullerton "explores the development, context, variety, forms, and consequences of religious apocalyptic and millennial expectations."

A 2011 course by Katherine Rousseau at the University of Colorado Denver presents "different ways of understanding apocalyptic imagination: as a literary genre; as a form of group behavior; as a historical and social phenomenon; as political-religious commentary; and as a means of persuasion."

A 2002 course by Patricia Miller at Syracuse University "introduces students to religious texts and traditions" in the Graeco-Roman culture "which flourished in the geographical area of the Mediterranean basin during the first five centuries of the common era."

A 1996 course by Robert Allison and Loring Danforth at Bates College "is a study of ancient Greek religion from both a historical and an anthropological perspective."