Dr. Pamela Hood | Fall 2009 PHIL 525 Nature of Religious Experience
(Be sure to check the course calendar and furlough page.)
ASSIGNMENTS - updated 11/7
Week 1
T 8/25
Written Diagnostic - due Thurs 8/27 via iLearn. If you can't access iLearn, then bring essay to class.
*Here's an example of how not to format your essay.
Introduction Seminar I: The Academic Study of Religion - review lecture material
Homework: Written diagnostic exam, Read James: all Introductory material
TH 8/27
Introduction Seminar I: The Academic Study of Religion - review lecture material
Read James: all Introductory material
Week 2
T 9/1
Discussion of Theories of Religion
Homework: Read James: Lecture I
TH 9/3
Discussion of James
Homework: Read James: Lecture II
Week 3
T 9/8 FURLOUGH - NO CLASS
TH 9/10
Exam 1 distributed. Due 9/24
Discussion of James.
Homework: Read James: skim Lectures IV-VIII
** better focus on reading Lectures I and II, right? Right. We went through the entire exam on today. If you have questions, email me or wait until I get the class discussion forum up and running.
** Please review instructions on how to format your papers. Really. You gotta look at these videos!
Week 4
T 9/15
Discussion of James.
Homework: Read James: Lecture XVI (Mysticism)
TH 9/17
Discussion of James.
Homework: Read James: Lecture XVII (Mysticism)
Homework:
Please take a look at the quotes James includes in Lecture III - The Reality of the Unseen. This is just to familiarize yourself with some of aspects of the literature on religious or mystical experiences. Read a few lines of what James says before and after each quote.
Week 5
T 9/22
Discuss James on Mysticism
TH 9/24
Exam 1 due. Discuss James on Mysticism
Homework: Read Proudfoot: Introduction through Chapter 1
Read James: XVIII through XX and Postscript
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Week 6
T 9/29
Discuss Proudfoot
Homework: Read Proudfoot Ch. 2
Read Schleiermacher Introduction and Lecture 1
TH 10/1
Continue reading Schleiermacher Lecture 1
Week 7
T 10/ 6
Dr. Hood Furlough Day
TH 10/8
Discuss Proudfoot and Schleiermacher
Homework: Read Proudfoot, continue Ch. 2
Read Schleiermacher Lecture 2
Week 8
T 10/13-Th 10/15
Exam 1 returned. Discuss Proudfoot and Schleiermacher
Week 9
T 10/20-TH 10/22
TH 10/22
Discuss Proudfoot and Schleiermacher
Homework: Read Proudfoot, continue Ch. 1-2; Read Schleiermacher Lectures 1-2
Essay #2 - Schleiermacher essay (on Speeches 1 and 2). Due 11/3. Schleiermacher excerpts for the essay.
Week 10
T 11/3-TH 11/5
Read Phillips, "Religion in Wittgenstein's Mirror"
Read Proudfoot Ch. 4
Read Schleiermacher Lecture 3
Week 11
T 11/10 FURLOUGH - NO CLASS
TH 11/12 - Essay # 3 due. Hard copy only.
Week 12
Essay #3 - Schleiermacher essay (On Speech 3). Due TUES 17th - hard copy only.
T 11/17-TH 11/19
Discuss Proudfoot and Schleiermacher
Homework: Read Phillips (see above)
Week 13 THANKSGIVING BREAK
Essay #4 - due 12/10 Homework:Read Phillips (see above)
Week 14
T 12/1-TH 12/3
Discuss Proudfoot, Schleiermacher, Phillips
*Read Proudfoot, Conclusion*
Week 15
T 12/8
Dr. Hood Furlough Day
TH 12/10 Last class session.
Summary