Yale University - East Asian Religions & Ecology
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East Asian Religions & Ecology at Coursera Overview
Duration | 22 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
East Asian Religions & Ecology at Coursera Highlights
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- Course 4 of 5 in the Religions and Ecology: Restoring the Earth Community Specialization
- Beginner Level Completion of Introduction to Religions and Ecology, Indigenous Religions and Ecology and South Asian Religions and Ecology
- Approx. 22 hours to complete
- English Subtitles: English
East Asian Religions & Ecology at Coursera Course details
- This specialization, "Religions and Ecology: Restoring the Earth Community", contributes such a perspective. Each course celebrates the vitality of religiously-informed action for the Earth and recognizes the longstanding contributions of Indigenous peoples in offering visions and practices for ecological flourishing.
- This course is part 4 of 5 of the "Religions and Ecology: Restoring the Earth Community" specialization that focuses on the ecological dimensions of religious traditions throughout the world.
- The course you are about to begin is designed as a gateway to these aspects of the East Asian religions, philosophies, and practices of Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism, Shinto, and Shamanism. So much has emerged in the last several decades in this area, as you will see. While we have taught this course at Yale, we have adapted it for learners from a wide range of backgrounds.
- This course is for lifelong learners curious to know more about world religions and ecology, environmental professionals eager to deepen the discourse of environmental protection and conservation, those working with non-profit organizations and NGOs on issues of ecological justice, and religion leaders and laity who what to know how they can contribute to interreligious dialogue on environmental projects.
East Asian Religions & Ecology at Coursera Curriculum
MODULE 1: Course Introduction
Land Acknowledgement - John Grim and Mary Evelyn Tucker
Course Overview: East Asian Religions and Ecology - John Grim and Mary Evelyn Tucker
Personal Introduction - Mary Evelyn Tucker
Personal Introduction - John Grim
Welcome letter from Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim
How this course is organized
Learn more about your Instructors
(Optional) Religion and Ecology Conferences and Book Series, 1996-1998
Pre-video introduction: The Promise of Planetary Health
(Optional) Ways to Learn More
MODULE 2: Overview of Contemporary Ecological Issues and Religious Environmentalism
Guest Lecture - Modern Chinese Environmental Challenges - Cheng Li
Mayfair Yang, ?Religious Environmentalism in China.? Interview by Mary Evelyn Tucker
(Optional) Annping Chin, ?Revival of Confucianism in Contemporary China.? Interview by Mary Evelyn Tucker
Lecture - What is Religion? - Mary Evelyn Tucker
Lecture - Introduction to the Study of Religion and Ecology - John Grim and Mary Evelyn Tucker
China and the environment: A decade in review
(Optional) China Dialogue
Resource Environment Guide for East Asia
The Challenge of Creating ?Ecological Civilization? in China
Pre-video introduction: ?Religious Environmentalism in China?
(Optional) Pre-video introduction: ?Revival of Confucianism in Contemporary China?
China: Landscapes, Cultures, Ecologies, Religions
(Optional) Ways to Learn More
Pre-lecture introduction: ?Introduction to the Study of Religion and Ecology?
(Optional) The Movement of Religion and Ecology: Emerging Field and Dynamic Force
(Optional) Ways to Learn More
Module 2: Contemporary Ecological Issues and Religious Environmentalism
MODULE 3: Introduction and Overview: Confucianism and Ecology
Lecture - Confucian Worldview: From Concentric Circles to Communal Ritual - Mary Evelyn Tucker
Lecture - Confucian Worldview: From Education to Cosmological Integration - Mary Evelyn Tucker
Annping Chin, ?Life of Confucius and the Influence of the Analects.? Interview by Mary Evelyn Tucker
Annping Chin, ?Commentary on Passages in the Analects.? Interview by Mary Evelyn Tucker
Lecture - What is Confucianism? - Mary Evelyn Tucker
Lecture - Early Confucian Texts as a Religious Ecology - John Grim and Mary Evelyn Tucker
Lecture - Neo-Confucian Texts as a Religious Cosmology - John Grim and Mary Evelyn Tucker
?Confucian Teaching - Three Confucian Values: Filial Piety (Xiao)?
(Optional) Understanding ?Religion? in Context
(Optional) The Chinese Cosmos: Basic Concepts
(Optional) Sanjiao: The Three Teachings
Confucianism in ?Faith for Earth: A Call for Action?
(Optional) Confucian Environmental Virtue Ethics
Pre-video introduction: ?Life of Confucius and the Influence of the Analects?
Pre-video introduction: ?Commentary on Passages in the Analects?
Selections from ?Analects? and ?Mencius?
(Optional) Ways to Learn More
Selections from Early Confucian Texts
Selected Neo-Confucian Readings
The Continuity of Being: Chinese Visions of Nature
Pre-video introduction: ?The Chinese Garden Court at the Metropolitan Museum of Art?
The Role of Stone
(Optional) Ways to Learn More
Module 3: Introduction and Overview: Confucianism and Ecology
MODULE 4: Confucianism and Ecology into the Present
Lecture - What is Confucian Spirituality? - Mary Evelyn Tucker
Jonathan Lee, ?Reflections on Ch?i/Qi: Meditations in the Garden?
Lecture - Summary: Concentric Circles, Historical Periods, Cosmology - Mary Evelyn Tucker
Confucianism as Grounding in Community
Pre-video introduction: ?A Confucian Life in America?
Selection from Neo-Confucian Thinker: Wang Yang Ming
Pre-video introduction: ?Reflections on Ch?i/Qi: Meditations in the Garden?
Resources on Confucianism and Ecology
(Optional) Ways to Learn More
Confucius Never Shot a Bird at Rest: Humans and Animals in the Classical Confucian Tradition
Of Animals and Humans: The Confucian Perspective
(Optional) Response to ?Of Animals and Man: The Confucian Perspective?
(Optional) Selections from Mencius: ?Empathy with Animals?
Sustainability from a Confucian Perspective
(Optional) Confucianism, food, and sustainability
(Optional) Ways to Learn More
Module 4: Confucianism and Ecology into the Present
MODULE 5: Introduction and Overview: Daoism and Ecology
Lecture - Dao as Way: Laozi and the Daodejing - John Grim
Chen Xia, ?Daoism and Ecological Civilization in China.? Interview by Mary Evelyn Tucker
Lecture - Comparison of Confucianism and Daoism - John Grim and Mary Evelyn Tucker
Lecture - Readings from Daoist Scriptures: Laozi - John Grim and Mary Evelyn Tucker
Lecture - Readings from Daoist Scriptures: Zhuangzi - John Grim and Mary Evelyn Tucker
Daoism and Ecology
Pre-video introduction: ?Daoism and Ecological Civilization in China?
Daoism in ?Faith for Earth: A Call for Action?
Pre-video introduction: ?Daoism and Ecology?
(Optional) Defining ?Daoism?: A Complex History
(Optional) Ways to Learn More
Selections from Daodejing
Non-Action and the Environment Today
Selection from Zhuangzi
(Optional) Ways to Learn More
Module 5: Introduction and Overview: Daoism and Ecology
MODULE 6: Daoism and Ecology into the Present
Lecture - Schools of Daoism into the Present: Key Terms and Concepts - John Grim
(Optional) Lecture - Schools of Daoism into the Present: Ordination, Visualization, and Meditation - John Grim
Livia Kohn, ?Ecological Dimensions of Daoism.? Interview by Mary Evelyn Tucker
James Miller, ?Daoist Embodiment and Inner Cultivation.? Interview by John Grim
Reconstructing Taoism?s Transformation in China
Pre-video introduction: ?Ecological Dimensions of Daoism?
Pre-video introduction: ?Luo Tian Da Jiao?
Pre-video introduction: ?Daoist Embodiment and Inner Cultivation?
(Optional) Envisioning the Daoist Body in the Economy of Cosmic Power
(Optional) China?s Green Religion: Daoism and the Quest for a Sustainable Future
Resources on Daoism and Ecology
(Optional) Ways to Learn More
Daosim in ?Faith in Food?
The Great Unity: Daoism, Nonhuman Animals, and Human Ethics
(Optional) Daoism and Animals
The Nature Sanctuaries of Daoism
(Optional) Ways to Learn More
Module 6: Daoism and Ecology into the Present
MODULE 7: Buddhism and Ecology: The Interdependence of Reality
Lecture - The Life of the Buddha and His Teachings - Mary Evelyn Tucker
Lecture - Diverse Expressions of Buddhism in Art Across Asia - Mary Evelyn Tucker
Lecture - Buddhist Schools and Scriptures: Introduction - John Grim and Mary Evelyn Tucker
Lecture - Buddhist Schools and Scriptures: T?ien t'ai and the Lotus Sutra - John Grim and Mary Evelyn Tucker
Lecture - Buddhist Schools and Scriptures: Hua Yen, Pure Land, and Vajrayana - John Grim and Mary Evelyn Tucker
Lecture - Buddhist Schools and Scriptures: Ch?an and Zen - John Grim and Mary Evelyn Tucker
The Buddha triumphing over Mara
Buddhism in ?Faith for Earth: A Call for Action?
Pre-video introduction: ?Buddhism and Ecology?
(Optional) Ways to Learn More
Selections from the ?Lotus Sutra?
(Optional) Buddhism: The Imported Tradition
Interbeing
(Optional) Buddhism: A Mixed Dharmic Bag: Debates about Buddhism and Ecology
(Optional) Ways to Learn More
Module 7: Buddhism and Ecology: The Interdependence of Reality
MODULE 8: East Asian Buddhism: Engaged Ecological Leadership
Dan Smyer Yu, ?Tibetan Buddhism and Religious Environmentalism in the Himalayas.? Interview by Mary Evelyn Tucker
(Optional) Dan Smyer Yu and Pema Tashi, ?Embrace?
Dekila Chungyalpa, ?Wisdom, Compassion, and Environmental Practices in Tibetan Buddhism.? Interview by Mary Evelyn Tucker
Guest Lecture - Adventures on the Roof of the World: The Quest for Human-Wildlife Coexistence - Gao Yufang
Pre-video introduction: ?Venerable Dr. Yifa on the climate emergency?
Pre-video introduction: ?Faith for Nature: Multi-Faith Action, Venerable Master Shih Cheng Yen?
Pre-video introduction: ?Faith and the fight against climate change, Part 2?
(Optional) Buddhist Contributions to Climate Response
(Optional) The black oak is a bodhisattva
(Optional) Ways to Learn More
Pre-video introduction: ?Our Only Home?
The Dalai Lama on the Environment
Walking the Path of Environmental Buddhism
(Optional) Pre-video Introduction: The Karmapa on the Environment
Pre-video introduction: ?Tibetan Buddhism and Religious Environmentalism in the Himalayas?
(Optional) Pre-video introduction: ?Embrace?
Pre-video introduction: ?Wisdom, Compassion, and Environmental Practices in Tibetan Buddhism?
(Optional) Sacred Earth
(Optional) Ways to Learn More
Pre-video introduction: ?Buddhism on Animals?
Relieving the suffering of animals: the Gyalwang Karmapa Instigates a Second Animal Camp in Bodhgaya
Pre-video introduction: ?Adventures on the Roof of the World: The Quest for Human-Wildlife Coexistence?
(Optional) Buddhist Monks are Champions of Snow Leopard Conservation
Buddhism and Biodiversity
(Optional) Ways to Learn More
Module 8: East Asian Buddhism: Engaged Ecological Leadership
MODULE 9: Ecological Rituals in Japanese Shinto and Korean Shamanism
Lecture - Gion Matsuri: A Ritual of Pollution and Purification - Mary Evelyn Tucker.
Lecture - Kurozumiky?: A Shinto Tradition Oriented Toward the Sun - Mary Evelyn Tucker
Munemichi Kurozumi, ?Kurozumiky? and the Ecological Dimensions of Shinto.? Interview by Mary Evelyn Tucker
Lecture - Korean Shamanism and Ecology - John Grim.
Shinto in ?Faith for Earth: A Call for Action?
Shinto and Ecology: Practice and Orientations to Nature
Pre-lecture introduction: ?Gion Matsuri: A Ritual of Pollution and Purification?
Pre-video introduction: ?Gion Matsuri Festival in Kyoto?
Mt. Shinto, Okayama
On the Mind
Pre-video Introduction: ?Kurozumiky? and the Ecological Dimensions of Shinto?
Resources on Shinto and Ecology
(Optional) Ways to Learn More
Pre-video introduction: ?Shamanistic Rituals of the Korean Peninsula?
?Chaesu Kut?: A Korean Shamanistic Performance
Pre-video introduction: "Shaman of the Sea"
In 21st-century Korea, shamanism is not only thriving - but evolving
(Optional) Ways to Learn More
Module 9: Ecological Rituals in Japanese Shinto and Korean Shamanism
MODULE 10: Course Conclusion
Course Conclusion: East Asian Religions & Ecology - Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim
Letter from Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim
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