Hindu Traditions of India
Hindu Traditions of India In this course we will identify and examine key themes and issues in the study of Hindu religious traditions in India, beginning with the defining of the terms Hinduism, religions, and religious. We will primarily focus on the ways Hindu religious traditions—texts, narratives, and practices—are performed, received, and experienced in India. Essential aspects of Hindu religious traditions will be examined, including: key concepts (darsan, dharma, karma and caste), key texts (the Bhagavad Gita and the Ramayana), and major religious deities (Shiva, Devi and Vishnu). The course will also cover contemporary Hindu-Muslim encounters, and the emerging shape of Hinduism in the American diaspora.
Hindu Traditions of India In this course we will identify and examine key themes and issues in the study of Hindu religious traditions in India, beginning with the defining of the terms Hinduism, religions, and religious. We will primarily focus on the ways Hindu religious traditions—texts, narratives, and practices—are performed, received, and experienced in India. Essential aspects of Hindu religious traditions will be examined, including: key concepts (darsan, dharma, karma and caste), key texts (the Bhagavad Gita and the Ramayana), and major religious deities (Shiva, Devi and Vishnu). T …Read more
There is a fair amount of work for this course, but the professor is extremely helpful when it comes to paper writing, and helps you come up with plans for the writing. She offers a lot of support overall.
This course was great! Jennifer Ortegren is incredibly passionate about the subject and while the class moves pretty quick, I felt like I learned loads. There are a few papers and quizzes, but I felt they were pretty manageable and all you need to do is go to her office hours to do well.
Professor Ortegren is super nice and very engaging. You can tell she is passionate about the subject which makes the material interesting. Reading can be tough because you have at least 1 or 2 per class that can take awhile and if you don't read them, participation is tough to do.
Professor Ortegren shows a lot of enthusiasm during class. You can tell she enjoys her work and really wants you to think about religion differently. Her approach is about religion in peoples' everyday lives. I definitely recommend this course. There's a lot to take from it and it's very interesting. Constant reading, only a few papers, and few quizzes about general concepts.
Ortegren is an amazing professor. She is so passionate about the material and genuinely cares about her students. She is pretty flexible with deadlines as long as you reach out to her beforehand, although she does have somewhat stricter attendance guidelines. The reading quizzes are pretty easy as long as you take notes in class, and the two major papers were not too bad either. She brought in some really cool guest lecturers too.
Ortegren is an amazing professor. She is so passionate about the material and genuinely cares about her students. She is pretty flexible with deadlines as long as you reach out to her beforehand, although she does have somewhat stricter attendance guidelines. The reading quizzes are pretty easy as long as you take notes in class, and …Read more