Engaged Buddhism

This course explores engaged Buddhist ethics and practice with a focus on interdependence – specifically, how this ethic of inter-mutuality informs engaged Buddhist approaches to human rights, peacebuilding, racial, gender, social, and environmental justice, and inter- and intra-faith dialogue in Asian and non-Asian contexts. The course materials are contemporary, intersectional, and diverse, and draw on academic and non-academic resources, as well as local, grassroots, and global initiatives. In addition to weekly group meetings and discussions, there will also be an opportunity to integrate individual interests in student research papers as well as individual and group presentations and projects.