W1 2/21 Introduction: religious studies as a discipline
James Turner, Religion Enter the Academy: The Origins of the Scholarly Study of Religion in America (The University of Georgia Press, 2010).
Jason A. Josephson-Storm, “Introduction,” The Myth of Disenchantment: Magic, Modernity, and the Birth of the Human Sciences (University of Chicago Press, 2017).
Eric Sharpe, Comparative Religion: A History (1973). 中譯本：《比較宗教學：一個歷史的考察》
W4 3/13 Friedrich Max Muller, 1823-1900 and James Legge, 1815-1897
Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Scholar Extraordinary: The Life of Friedrich Max Muller (1974)
Max Muller, Introduction to the Science of Religion (1873) 中譯本：《宗教學導論》
*Norman J. Girardot, “Introduction,” “Chapter 2 Professor Legge at Oxford University, 1875-1876,” and “Appendix to Chapter 2: Caricatures of Max Muller and James Legge at Oxford,” The Victorian Translation of China: James Legge’s Oriental Pilgrimage (2001)
W5 3/20 James George Frazer, 1854-1941
Jason A. Josephson-Storm, “Chapter 5 The Decline of Magic: J.G. Frazer,” The Myth of Disenchantment: Magic, Modernity, and the Birth of the Human Sciences.
James George Frazer, The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (1890) 中譯本：《金枝：巫術与宗教之研究》
W6 3/27 Emile Durkheim, 1858-1917
The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life (1912) 中譯本：《宗教生活的基本形式》
The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature (1902) 中譯本：《宗教經驗的種種》。
W9 4/17 Max Weber, 1864-1920
Jason A. Josephson-Storm, “Chapter 10 The World of Enchantment; or, Max Web at the End of History,”The Myth of Disenchantment: Magic, Modernity, and the Birth of the Human Sciences
中譯本：《新教倫理與資本主義精神》，《中國的宗教：儒家與道教》
W10 4/24 Rudolf Otto, 1869-1937
The Idea of the Holy - An Inquiry into the Non-Rational Factor in the Idea of the Divine and Its Relation to the Rational (1917) 中譯本：《論神聖》
W11 5/1 Mircea Eliade, 1907-1986
Patterns in Comparative Religion (1958)
The Sacred and the Profane: The Nature of Religion (1959)
W12 5/8 Bronisław Malinowski, 1884-1942
A Diary in the Strict Sense of the Term (1967) 中譯本《寂寞田野：一本嚴格意義上的日記》
W13 5/15 End of Religion
William E. Arnal, Willi Braun, Russell T. McCutcheon eds., The Failure of Nerve in the Academic Study of Religion (2014)
W14 5/22 1893 Parliament of Religion
W15 5/29 Review
Capps, Religious Studies: The Making of a Discipline (2000) 中譯本：《宗教學：學科的形成》
W16 6/5 Oral presentation of the final project
W17 6/12 writing week
W18 6/19 paper submission
*the readings are subject to change depending on the need of class.
授課方式Teaching Approach
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評量工具與策略、評分標準成效Evaluation Criteria
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Presentation of readings 30%
The presenter will make the oral presentation with slides on the assigned reading of 15-20 minutes at the beginning of class. The presentation should introduce the author and an overview of the reading, summarize the main points of that day’s reading, situate it in the historical context, and raise some questions to get the discussion started. We will select readings during week 1, so please think in advance about your preferences
Class Participation 30%
Since the class is discussion-based, participation is an essential component of this class. students are expected to attend every class, prepare, ask and answer questions, and listen to classmates. All students should prepare two questions/ideas about the readings (at least 200 words) they could pose to the class during the discussion. They will be uploaded to Moodle by Tuesday noon. Those students with excused absences (illnesses, family emergencies, or planned school activities) need to contact the instructor before the beginning of that day’s class (or in advance if possible). Unexcused absences will result in a lowering of the class participation grade.
Final research paper 40% (TBA)
Course policy
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You will need to do all the required assignments and presentation on time. No late assignment submission will be accepted without a reasonable excuse and communication in advance.
If you have problems, please talk to me about them so I can try to help. And your department advisor is also ready to help you.