[SOLVED] RLGN 3270 Guru and Disciple 2024-2025

Guru and Disciple

RLGN 3270 (A01)

CRN 25000

2024-2025 (Term 1: FALL 2024)

Description

What is the role of the spiritual teacher (guru) and how are we to understand discipleship? What is the significance of the guru- disciple relation today and in the future? The traditional role of the guru is not widely understood, even by those professing to practice  within a tradition entailing discipleship. This course will explore and critically assess the dynamic of guru and disciple, utilizing traditional sources and contemporary writings.

Required Readings:

Gurus in America, edited by Thomas A. Forsthoefel and Cynthia Ann Humes, Albany: State University of New York Press (2005).

Other Readings will be available on UMLearn.

Course Requirements

1. Class attendance/participation =        10%.

2. A written assignment ( 1250 words), due on 28 October, addressing the question, Is a Guru Necessary? = 30%.

3. Each student will be responsible for a class presentation based on one of the chapters or topics examined in the required reading = 20%.

4.        A research paper (1500-1800 words) due on 6 December, focusing on the guru-disciple tradition or any related idea, theme, or issue within a contemporary context, and that illuminates our understanding of the guru-disciple dynamic and its relevance today=40%.

Percentage-letter grade relation

A+        95-100%        B+        80-85%        C+        65- 70%        D 50-55%

A        86-94%             B        71-79%        C         56-64%        F 0-49%