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NATURE & SPIRITUALITY

TENTATIVE COURSE SCHEDULE

FALL 2016

9-8 Practical Matters/Overview

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

9-22 Eastern Background--Laumakis--Barnhill & Gottlieb--Intro (1-15) & Chapter 1 (17-33)

9-29 Eastern--P--Barnhill & Gottlieb--Hinduism & Deep Ecology (59-76) and Huayan Buddhism & Deep Ecology (77-106)

10-6 Eastern--P--Barnhill & Gottlieb--Chinese Religion, Daoism & Deep Ecology (107-126) and Confucianism & Deep Ecology (127-152)

10-13 Eastern--P--Barnhill & Gottlieb--Judaism & Deep Ecology (153-167) and Catholicism & Deep Ecology (169-191)

10-20 Eastern--P--Barnhill & Gottlieb--Islam & Deep Ecology (193-212) and Protestant Theology & Deep Ecology (213-228)

10-27 Western--P--Barnhill & Gottlieb--Deep Ecology, Ecofeminism and the Bible (229-241) and Ken Wilbur’s Critique (243-269)

11-3 Western--P--Dillard (Chapters 2, 14) and Bryson (Chapters 1-6)

11-10 Western--P--Dillard (Chapters 6, 11) and Bryson (Chapters 7-12)

11-17 Western--P--Dillard (rest of book) and Bryson (Chapters 13-16)

11-24 THANKSGIVING! NO CLASS!

12-1 Western--P--Olson (Spring, Chapters 1-8) and Bryson (Chapters 17-21)

12-8 CLAST CLASS DAY!--Compare/contrast--P--Olson (Summer, Chapters 1-9 & rest of book)