Food and World Religion
PHRE1-CE9068
/ $430
SPRING 2012
Continuing Education:
Humanities and Performing Arts
Why do Muslims and Jews abstain from eating pork? What do various foods symbolize in world religions? What is the role of fasting in spirituality? Explore the fascinating relationship of food, eating, and food prohibitions in several major world religions. Approximately half the material is drawn from Asian religious traditions (mainly Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism). The rest comes from the three Abrahamic traditions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam). Course readings include a range of religious texts, ethnographies, legal texts, histories, films, and ritual studies.
Related Subject Areas:
Religion,
World Cultures and Civilizations
Section 1
Thursday 1:00pm-2:40pm
February 16 - April 19
10 Sessions
Instructor:
Ilona Rashkow
Location: Midtown Center
