SAS2502 - Spring 2009

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22.01.2009Ute Hüsken ? Seminarrom 3 P.A.Munchs hus, 14.15-16? Introduction – Vedic Religion ? Lecture

Reading: Michael Witzel ?Vedas and Upani?ads“; Axel Michaels, Hinduism: Past and Present, chapter 2: Historical Foundations?

29.01.2009Ute Hüsken? Seminarrom 3 P.A.Munchs hus, 14.15-16? Buddhism and Jainism? Lecture

Reading: The World of Buddhism: Introduction by Richard Gombrich, The Buddha, his Teaching, and his Sangha by Etienne Lamotte; K. W. Folkert: Introduction to Jainism;?

05.02.2009Ute Hüsken and Claus Peter Zoller ? Seminarrom 3 P.A.Munchs hus, 14.15-16? Islam ? Lecture

Reading: Jamal Malik, “Canons, Charismas and Identities in Modern Islam: Richard M. Eaton: Sufi Folk Literature and the Expansion of Indian Islam Richard M. Eaton: Temple Desecration and Indo-Muslim States?

12.02.2009Claus Peter Zoller? Seminarrom 3 P.A.Munchs hus, 14.15-16? Folk Religion? Lecture

Reading: Roma Chatterji: ?The Category of Folk.“ Günther-Dietz Sontheimer: ?Rudra and Khandoba: Continuity in Folk Religion.“ William Sax: ?The Hall of Mirrors: Orientalism, Anthropology, and the ?Other“.“?

16.02.2009? Fronter (http://fronter.uio.no)? ? Hand in first qualifying assignment in Fronter by 15.00?
19.02.2009Claus Peter Zoller ? Seminarrom 3 P.A.Munchs hus, 14.15-16? Bhakti ? Lecture

Reading: The Camphor Flame, chapter 7: Devotionalist Movements John Stratton Hawley: “Author and Authority.” ?

26.02.2009Claus Peter Zoller? Seminarrom 3 P.A.Munchs hus, 14.15-16? Epics? Lecture

Reading: John Brockington: “The Sanskrit Epics”, Susan S. Wadley: “Popular culture and the North Indian oral Epic Dhola.”?

05.03.2009Claus Peter Zoller? Seminarrom 3 P.A.Munchs hus, 14.15-16? Possession ? Lecture

Brückner, Heidrun “Fluid Canons and Shared Charisma: On Success and Failure of Ritual Performance in a South Indian Oral Tradition”. Kathleen M. Erndl: Possession by Durga: The Mother Who Possesses, Erika Bourguignon: ?Suffering and Healing, Subordination and Power: Women and Possession Trance.” ?

12.03.2009Ute Hüsken and Claus Peter Zoller? Seminarrom 3 P.A.Munchs hus, 14.15-16? Tantrism ? Lecture

Reading: Mark Elmore: “Theologies of visibility and evidentiary authority in eastern Himachal Pradesh” Hugh B. Urban, Matrix of Power: Tantra, Kingship, and Sacrifice in the Worship of Mother Goddess Kamakhya?

19.03.2009Ute Hüsken? Seminarrom 3 P.A.Munchs hus, 14.15-16? Religion and Ritual? Seminar

Reading: Seligman et. al., Ritual and its consequences. An Essay on the limits of sincerity. OUP 2008; chapter 1: Ritual and the subjunctive. Axel Michaels, Hindusim, “Religiosity”, pp. 226-252?

26.03.2009Ute Hüsken and Claus Peter Zoller ? Seminarrom 3 P.A.Munchs hus, 14.15-16? Pilgrimage? Seminar

The Camphor Flame: Chapter 9: Pilgrimage Victor Turner, “The Center Out There: Pilgrims’ Goal” ?

03.04.2009? Fronter (http://fronter.uio.no)? ? Hand in second qualifying assignment in Fronter by 15.00?
02.04.2009Ute Hüsken and Claus Peter Zoller ? Seminarrom 3 P.A.Munchs hus, 14.15-16? Festivals? Seminar

Reading: John MacAlloon, Rite, Drama, Festival, Spectacle; Introduction; The Camphor Flame, chapter 6: rituals of the village?

23.04.2009Ute Hüsken and Claus Peter Zoller? Seminarrom 3 P.A.Munchs hus, 14.15-16? Sacrifice? Seminar

The Camphor Flame: Chapter 4: Sacrifice?

30.04.2009Ute Hüsken ? Seminarrom 3 P.A.Munchs hus, 14.15-16? Religion at home? Seminar

Michaels: chapter(s) on sa?skāras; The camphor flame: chapter 3: worship?

07.05.2009Ute Hüsken ? Seminarrom 3 P.A.Munchs hus, 14.15-16? ? Lecture?
11.05.2009? Fronter (fronter.uio.no)? Home examination? Exam questions are posted in fronter at 12.30?
14.05.2009? Fronter (fronter.uio.no)? Home examination? Exams must be submitted in Fronter by 15.00?
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