COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR HAMMET ARSLAN

Offered to

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Course Objective

To provide students to understand the origin, development process, basic belief and practices of Hindu and Buddhist Sects. And also to provide students to understand the differences among the Hindu and Buddhist Sects.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

1) Gavin D. Flood, An Introduction to Hinduism, Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, 2003.
2) Klaus K. Klostermaier, A Survey of Hinduism, SUNY Press, New York, 2007.
3) Julius Lipner, Hindus: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices, Routledge, London, 2010.
4) Gavin Flood, Ed., The Blackwell Companion to Hinduism, Blackwell Publications, United Kingdom, 2003
5) Axel Michaels, Hinduism: Past and Present, Princeton, Princeton University Press, New Jersey, 2004.
6) Wendy Doniger O Flaherty, Siva: The Erotic Ascetic, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1981
7) Bibhuti Baruah, Buddhist Sects and Sectarianism, Sarup & Sons, New Delhi, 2000.
8) Nalinaksha Dutt, Buddhist Sects in India, Motilal Banarsidass, New Delhi, 1998.
9) Kathy Zaun, Buddhist Sects, Holy Places, and History: Inside Buddhism, Miliken Pub., 2003.
10) Richard F. Gombrich, Theravada Buddhism: A Aocial History from Ancient Benares to Modern Colombo, Routledge, New York, 2006.
11) Paul Williams, Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations, 2nd edition, Routledge, London, 2009.
12) Rolf Alfred Stein, Tibetan Civilization, Stanford University Press, Stanford, California, 1972.
13) D.T. Suzuki, An Introduction to Zen Buddhism, Grove Press, New York, 1964.
14) Heinrich Dumoulin, Zen Buddhism: A History, Japan, World Wisdom, Indiana, 2005;
15) Heinrich Dumoulin, Zen Buddhism: A History, India & China, World Wisdom, Indiana, 2005.
16) Kazuo Kasahara, A History of Japanese Religion, Kosei Publishing, 2002.
17) Kenji Matsuo, A History of Japanese Buddhism, Global Oriental, United Kingdom, 2007.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, Brain Storming , Testing, Homework

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

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Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

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Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hammet.arslan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Free

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes