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科目名 Topic Studies II - A  Religion and Peace
担当教員 GROSS, Brett
授業の目的、または到達目標 To deepen the students understanding of the relationship between, on the one hand, religious and spiritual traditions and, on the other hand, peace and conflict resolution.
授業の概要 This course will explore the religious and spiritual inspiration and underpinnings for movements aimed at cultivating peaceful societies. Students will examine the works of Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., Jacques Ellul, and Thich Nhat Hanh, amongst others. Students will critically evaluate theories and methods of nonviolent change and conduct research into the connection between religious tradition and efforts to achieve both negative and positive peace.
科目群/ベンチマーク Int.
授業の形態 Lectures, discussions, presentations, quizzes, research papers
時間割   概要 宿題(予習・復習等)
1
  • Introduction: What is Religion? What is Positive Peace? Quotations from “The Sermon on the Mount.”
  • TBA(To be announced, will include readings and preparation for discussion each week)
2
  • Continuation of “The Sermon on the Mount”; The Ethics of War: ‘Just War Theory’ and Christian Tradition.
  • TBA
3
  • Conclusion of ‘Just War Theory’; Discussion of Research Presentation Topics.
  • TBA
4
  • Jacques Ellul and Christian Pacifism: ‘The law of violence’.
  • TBA
5
  • Presentation Skills. Continuation of Ellul.
  • TBA
6
  • Conclusion of Discussion of Ellul; Introduction to Gandhi; Academic Writing Review.
  • TBA
7
  • Nonviolence as a spiritual way of life: Gandhi’s Satyagraha.
  • TBA
8
  • Conclusion of Gandhi; Movie: “The Long Walk Home”.
  • TBA
9
  • Conclusion of “The Long Walk Home”; Introduction to Thich Nhat Hanh: “Being Peace.”
  • TBA
10
  • Discussion of “Being Peace.”
  • TBA
11
  • Discussion of “Being Peace.”
  • TBA
12
  • Discussion of “Being Peace.”
  • TBA
13
  • Class Activity: Walking Meditation; Discussion of Walking Meditation
  • TBA
14
  • Conclusion of "Being Peace."
  • TBA
15
  • Research Papers are due; Presentations.
準備学習 Preparation for class is required. To understand the contents of this course, students must do the assigned readings before class and prepare for discussions each week. Readings and homework must be completed before class. Through lectures, discussions, readings, videos, research papers, and presentations, students will come to understand the contributions of various religious traditions to peace studies.
教科書 Nhat Hanh, Thich (1996). Being Peace. Berkeley: Parallax.
成績評価方法・基準 50% class work (including class participation, homework, the class notebook and the poster project), 40% final paper (outline 5%, rough draft 10%, final draft 25%), and 10% for the presentation.
備考 A detailed syllabus will be provided at the first class meeting.

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