Class Eastern Religions and Cultures

Field of action and Area of activity: Science of Religions. Areas of intervention: Hinduism; Buddhism; Taoism; Confucianism; Religions of Eastern Asia, South and Southeast Asia. Relevance of the UC in the cycle of studies: given that the Master in Sciences of the Religions of Lusófona University approaches the religious phenomenon in a comprehensive and strategic form, an introduction to the study of the religions of the Eastern Asia, South-eastern and South-eastern Asia becomes a fundamental element for a basic preparation on the religions practised in the world. The scientific-religious and historical-cultural approach of this UC meets the need to contextualize the study of these religions in a comparative and intercultural perspective.

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Description of contents Introduction to the study of Eastern religions and cultures Religion, Culture, Orient and Orientalism The religions of East, South and Southeast Asia The major religions of India, China, Japan, Vietnam, Korea and Mongolia Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism - I) Hindu theology and metaphysics Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism - II) Hindu cosmology and doctrinal schools Buddha Dharma (Buddhism - I) Fundamentals of Buddhism Buddha Dharma (Buddhism - II) The concept of voidness and the path of liberation Dàojiào (Taoism - I) Principles and fundamentals of Taoism Dàojiào (Taoism - II) Basic figures and texts of Taoism Rújiào (Confucianism) Fundamentals of Confucianism The so-called East in Portuguese culture Portuguese Orientalism

There is a real possibility of including study visits to museums, places of worship and religious communities.

CONFÚCIO, Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean. Tr. James Legge, New York: Dover Publications, 1971 COOMARASWAMY, Ananda K. - El Vedanta y la tradición occidental y otros ensayos. Tr. Agustín Lopéz y María Tabuyo, Madrid: Siruela, 2001. COOMARASWAMY, Ananda K. - Hinduism and Buddhism. Whitefish: Kessinger Publishing, 2007. LAO ZI - The Texts of Taoism. The Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu. Tr. James Legge, New York: Dover Publications, 1962. SAID, Edward W. - Orientalism. New York: Penguin, 1978. Outros textos, para além desta bibliografia básica, serão indicados durante o período letivo.