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Buddhist Stories: Narrative, Narrative Ethics, and Moral Anthropology
HDS 3956

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Description

This course is a practicum on reading Buddhist stories, learning from them, and living with them. We will engage some exemplary Buddhist stories from three orientations: how to read them well using resources of Narratology; how to use them in moral reflection and ethical understanding; and how they can illuminate who we are as moral beings and help us develop richer lives. We will also explore the connection between narrative ethics and other forms of ethical reflection as well as the relevance of recent cognitive studies about "the moral brain."

The Buddhist stories will be selected from across the Buddhist world and from different time periods.

No previous study of Buddhism is expected.

School Harvard Divinity School
Credits 4
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Course Component Lecture
Instruction Mode In Person
Grading Basis HDS Student Option (LG/SUS/AUD)
MTS/ThM Area of Focus Buddhist Studies
South and Southeast Asian Religious Traditions
Arts of Ministry Religious Education and Spiritual Development
MDiv Histories, Theologies, and Practices Buddhist Studies
Language Course Type N/A
Language Taught N/A
MDiv Scriptural Interpretation Buddhist Studies
Course Level N/A