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Apr 25, 2024
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Undergraduate Record 2018-2019 [ARCHIVED RECORD]
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RELB 3422 - Anthropology of Global Buddhism This course examines social and cultural dynamics of Buddhism in relation to its rapid and recent transmutation into a global religion. Drawing upon anthropological theory on globalization, and ethnographic and historical studies, it addresses topics such as processes of transmission and adaptation, encounters with modernity, and the role of mass migration and electronic media in the process of transnationalization of Buddhist traditions.
Credits: 3
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