Professor Knepper’s Spring 2105 Philosophy of Religion course looked at discourses of ineffability in Jewish mysticism and Muslim mysticism (as well as a little Zen Buddhism). In their final papers students were asked to describe and compare several of these discourses, then both to explain their commonalities and differences and to evaluate the general claim …
Professor Knepper’s Fall 2104 Comparative Religions course studied discourses of ineffability in Zen Buddhism (especially Dogen) and the Hindu theological tradition of Advaita Vedanta. Below are some of the students’ final papers: Isaiah Enockson’s comparative paper Renee Kumon’s comparative paper Ken Kuniy’s comparative paper
Professor Knepper’s Spring 2104 Philosophy of Religion course looked at discourses of ineffability in Chinese Daoism, West African Religion (of the dozos), Sikhism, and Christian mysticism. In their final papers they were asked to describe and compare several of these discourses, then both to explain their commonalities and differences and to evaluate the general claim …
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Professor Knepper’s Fall 2103 Comparative Religions course studied discourses of ineffability in Indian Buddhism (especially the Vimalakirti Sutra) and Christian Mysticism (especially Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite). Below are some of the final papers in which they compare these different discourses of ineffability and use them to assess the claims of perennial psychologists (such as Robert Forman) …
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Below you will find supplementary resources for The Comparison Project’s 2013-2015 theme of Religion Beyond Words. These resources come from students in Prof. Knepper’s Fall 2013 Comparative Religions course, Spring 2014 Philosophy of Religion course, Fall 2014 Comparative Religions course, and Spring 2015 Philosophy of Religion course. The Fall 2013 Comparative Religions course first examined …
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