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NATURE & SPIRITUALITY

TENTATIVE COURSE SCHEDULE

FALL 2014

9-4 Practical Matters/Overview

9-11 Western Background--Neuzil--Dillard (Chapter 1, 15); Olson (Intro)

9-18 Eastern Background--Laumakis--Barnhill & Gottlieb--Intro (1-15) & Chapter 1 (17-33)

9-25 Eastern--P--Barnhill & Gottlieb --Hinduism & Deep Ecology (59-76) and Huayan Buddhism & Deep Ecology (77-106)

10-2 Eastern--P--Barnhill & Gottlieb --Chinese Religion, Daoism & Deep Ecology (107-126) and Confucianism & Deep Ecology (127-152)

10-9 Eastern--P--Barnhill & Gottlieb --Judaism & Deep Ecology (153-167) and Catholicism & Deep Ecology (169-191)

10-16 Eastern--P--Barnhill & Gottlieb --Islam & Deep Ecology (193-212) and Protestant Theology & Deep Ecology (213-228)

10-23 Western--P--Barnhill & Gottlieb--Deep Ecology, Ecofeminism and the Bible (229-241) and Ken Wilbur’s Critique (243-269)

10-30 Western--P--Dillard (Chapters 2, 14) and Thoreau (1-85)

11-6 Western--P--Dillard (Chapters 6, 11) and Thoreau (86-138)

11-13 Western--P--Dillard (rest of book) and Thoreau (139-188)

11-20 Western--P--Olson (Spring, Chapters 1-8) and Thoreau (189-242)

11-27 THANKSGIVING! NO CLASS!

12-4 Compare/contrast--P--Olson (Summer, Chapters 1-9) and Thoreau (243-305)

12-11 Compare/contrast--CLAST CLASS DAY!--P--Olson (rest of book) and Thoreau (306-362)