The imperiled Christians of the Middle East suffer another blow

See this BBC report.

Class #9, 10/27/10

**Rosters, etc.

**Continue/complete discussions of East Asian religions--Shinto (see presentation below).

**Transition to the monotheistic tradition:



**The contributions of Zoroastrianism to western religion:



**Due next week, 11/3/10:  Read Chapter 7, Judaism, and complete the Chapter 7 packet.

Class #8: 10/20/10

**Rosters, etc.

**Due today:  Read Chapter 5; complete Chapter 5 packet.

**Presentation:  Confucian, Daoist and Shinto ways of living.

Confucianism:


Daoism:


Shinto:


**For 10/27/10:

Read Chapter 6; complete Chapter 6 Packet.

An early Buddhist university reborn

A renowned economist, Amartya Sen, is working on a proposal to rebuild one of the world' earliest centers of learning.

Class #7, 10/13/10

**Rosters, etc.

**Chapter 4 packets due tonight. You should also have surveyed the handout with the Buddhist readings.

**Continue/conclude "Buddhism" presentation. See link in last week's entry.

**Survey text chapter and packet--Q & A over these.

**For 10/20: East Asian Religions--Read Chapter 5, "Dragon and Sun," and complete packet. Here's the link.

Class #6, 10/6/10

**Rosters, etc.

**Due tonight:  You should have read Chapter 4, "The Farther Shore" (--hmm, that sounds familiar).  The packet is due on the 13th, next week.  I'll give you a handout this evening to supplement the chapter reading with some Buddhist writings.

**Presentation on Buddhism.



**For 10/13:
----->----->Completed Buddhism packet.
----->----->Handout of readings from Buddhism.