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How to apply
Applications can be made in person on
Wednesday, 17 September 2014, 4 p.m. - 7 p.m.
in the Department of Religions and Theology,
room 5010, level 5 of the Arts Building, Trinity
College, Dublin 2 or by post before 22 September
2014.
Fee
€150 for the course. For security reasons
payment should be by cheque/draft/postal
money order only, made payable to Trinity
College no. 1 account. A concession rate is
available to second and third level students,
unemployed persons and those in receipt of a
social welfare pension.
Date
Teaching in Michaelmas term commences
during the week beginning 22 September 2014.
Please note this is a day-time course.
Duration
The course runs for a total of eleven weeks.
Further information
Contact: Jane Welch, Executive Officer,
Department of Religions and Theology,
Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2.
Phone: 01 896 1297, email:
Introduction to World Religions
(
B) World Religions
This course seeks essentially to give students
an experience of religion in Southeast Asia.
Emphasising the heterogeneity of religion in
Asia, it will present an overview, while
concentrating on Hinduism, Buddhism and
Jainism. There will be an examination of the
various cosmologies, gods and goddesses, and
important concepts
dharma
,
bhakti
,
samnyasa
as well as the caste system. Students will
engage critically with the scriptures, notably the
Vedas, the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita.
The course will deal with the question of Hindu
identity and the more recent politicisation of
Hinduism in the Hindutva movement. The use
of iconography is an important element of the
course as it will help to give students an
understanding of the wider cultural world of
Asian religions.
Name of lecturer
Professor Patrick Claffey
How to apply
Applications can be made in person on
Wednesday, 17 September 2014, 4 p.m. - 7 p.m.
in the Department of Religions and Theology,
room 5010, level 5 of the Arts Building, Trinity
College, Dublin 2 or by post before January
2015.
Fee
€150 for the course. For security reasons
payment should be by cheque/draft/postal
money order only, made payable to Trinity
College no. 1 account. A concession rate is
available to second and third level students,
unemployed persons and those in receipt of a
social welfare pension.
Date
Teaching in Hilary term commences during the
week beginning 12 January 2015. Please note
this is a day-time course.
Duration
The course runs for a total of eleven weeks.
Further information
Contact: Jane Welch, Executive Officer,
Department of Religions and Theology,
Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2.
Phone: 01 896 1297, email:
