Karma
and Rebirth
Course
Description
This
course examines the related concepts of karma
(action and its
consequences), and rebirth (the transmigration of
souls, or metempsychosis),
in the religious traditions of Indian origin,
including Hinduism, Buddhism,
Jainism, and Sikhism. The course also examines
concepts of karma and
rebirth in East Asian religions and in
Euro-American new religions, and
concepts of metempsychosis in ancient Greece, early
Christianity, and
other religious traditions. Special topics include
karma and medical ethics
(abortion, euthanasia, suicide, cloning, organ
donation); karma and the
popular culture (cinema and television, science
fiction and fantasy).
Student
Karma and Rebirth Websites:
Andrew
Elden's Karma and Rebirth Information
Website
Archna
Eniasivam's Karma and Rebirth
Website
Felipe
Bohnet-Gomez's Karma and Rebirth
Website
Richard
Hillesheim's Karma and Rebirth Website
Previously
Offered:
Spring
2000, Spring
2002
Next
Offered:
Spring
2004
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and Bharata-Varsha"
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Notes
and Links
[This
page is under development; recommendations are
welcome! Please contact Jerome
Bauer]
[Note:
Neither I nor anyone else at Washington University
necessarily recommends these links]
Bibliographic
Resources:
Folklore
and Folklife Bibliographic Resources
VideoHound's
Golden Movie
Retriever
PN1992.95
.V554 Olin Level A
Stacks
Washington University Library has: 1993, 1995,
1999.
Note: I have the 2002 edition in my office, Prince
210; you are welcome to use it!
DesiCompany:
Indian Video and DVD online rentals
The
Gods Have Landed: New Religions From Other
Worlds
Lewis, James R., ed. 1995. Albany: SUNY Press. ISBN
0-7914-2330-1 (pb : alk paper)
U526
.G63 1995 Olin Level B
Stacks
From
Angels to Aliens: Teenagers, the Media, and the
Supernatural
Clark, Lynn Schofield. 2003. New York: Oxford
University Press
[Ordered for the Washington University
Library]
Miscellaneous:
Download
Software to Uncover Past Lives
Karma
Removal Astrology
Vedic,
Ayurvedic, and Astrological Associations in North
America
Sanskrit
Manuscripts Online
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[Abduction
Mythology 3]
[Abortion
and Miscarriage in Folklore
1]
[Ahimsa
4]
[Ajivikas
(Indian Fatalists)
1]
[Alchemy
(Hermetic) 3]
[American
Civilization 4]
[American
Nature Religion 2]
[American
Popular Culture
2]
[Animal
Fables 2]
[Anthroposophy
3>>]
[Ascaryas
(Shvetambara Jaina Anomalies)
3]
[Astral
Projection 2]
[Astrology
1]
[Atlantis
Myths 3>>]
[Avatars
4>>]
[Babb,
Lawrence 2]
[Bafflement,
Suffering, and Ethical Paradox (the Problem of
Meaning) 3]
[Balagrahas
(Child-Seizing Demons / Demigods)
2]
[Birth,
Folklore of 4]
[Birth
Rituals 2]
[Blavatsky,
Helena Petrovna 1]
[Boddhisattvas
1]
[Buddha
(Life and Stories of)
2]
[Buddhist
Philosophy 2]
[Business
Ethics 3]
[Calvinism
3>>]
[Canons
and Orthodoxies 10]
[Caste,
Class, and Aristocracy (in India)
4]
[Changeling
Folklore 2]
[Clairvoyance
2]
[Cloning
(in Medicine and Folkore)
1]
[Comic
Books 3]
[Comparative
Folk Embryology 1]
[Comparative
Medical Ethics 1]
[Comparative
Methodology >>]
[Comparative
Philosophical Ethics
1]
[Comparative
Philosophy 3]
[Curses
and Boons 3]
[Cyborgs
(in Medicine and Folklore)
2>>]
[Daniel,
E. Valentine
1>>]
[Deathbed
Conversion Stories
1]
[Demography
and Religion 4>>]
[Demonic
Possession 1]
[Devotionalism
7]
[Dharmasastra
2>>]
[Dick,
Philip K. 1]
[Dividualism
and Individualism
2]
[Dohada
(Pregnancy Craving Motif)
1]
[Doniger,
Wendy 2]
[Doppelgangers
2>>]
[Dream
Interpretation 2]
[Dwarves
3>>]
[Earthsea
3>>]
[Ecumenical
Dialogue 6>>]
[Elves
3>>]
[Environmentalism
and Religion 3]
[Ethnosociology
3]
[Evil
and Suffering 1]
[Evil
Twin Motif 1]
[Evolution
(Spiritual) 5]
[Exorcism
(in America and India)
2]
[Extrasensory
Perception (ESP) 1]
[Farmer,
Philip Jose 1>>]
[Fate and
Fatalism 1>>]
[Fetal
Agency and Fetal Superpowers
1>>]
[Fetal
Divinization / Demonization
1]
[Fetal
Omniscience (in Folklore and Doctrine)
1]
[Fetolatry
1]
[Female
Infanticide 3>>]
[Fluidarity
and Solidarity (Social)
2]
[Folk
Literature 2]
[Food
Prohibitions 3]
[Frankenstein
3>>]
[Funeral
Rites 1]
[Gender
and Sexuality 5]
[Gender
Roles in Mythology 4>>]
[Ghosts (in
America) 2>>]
[Ghosts
(in India) 1]
[Ghost
Stories 1]
[Gnosticism
1]
[Gosala,
Makkhali 1]
[Golems
2>>]
[Halbfass,
Wilhelm 2>>]
[Hallucinogenic
Drugs (Religious Use of)
6]
[Heavens
and Hells 1]
[Heterocosmology
4>>]
[Hindu Law
4>>]
[Hindu
Mythology 5>>]
[History
of Ideas 4]
[History
of Religion 8]
[Hobbits
3]
[Horror
Fiction 2]
[Humor
and Religion 2]
[Hypnogogic
Experience 3>>]
[Illustrious
Persons (in Jaina Mythology)
4]
[Incarnations
8]
[Indian
Food 5]
[Indian
Philosophy 5>>]
[Infant
/ Embryo Exchange Motifs in Folklore
3]
[Internet
(Religion on) 3]
[Jaina
Mythology 4]
[Jaina
Philosophy 3]
[Jaini,
Padmanabh S. 2]
[Jataka
Tales (Stories of the Buddha's Previous Births)
1]
[Japanese
Buddhism 1]
[Jung,
C. G. 2]
[Kalpa
Sutra (Jaina Text)
3]
[Karma
and Gender 1]
[Karma
and Rebirth 1]
[Karma
and Sexuality 4]
[Karmically
Linked Soulmates 1]
[Katha
(Indian Story Literature)
3]
[Krishna
Mythology (Hindu) 5>>]
[LaFleur,
William 1>>]
[Larson,
Gerald James 2]
[Lipner,
Julius 2]
[Literature
and Religion 3]
[London,
Jack 1>>]
[Mahavira
5]
[Marriott,
McKim 3]
[Martyrdom,
Euthanasia, and Suicide
1]
[Marvelous
Birth Stories 3]
[Maternal-Fetal
Bonding (Construction and Deconstruction of)
1]
[Medical
Anthropology 3]
[Meditation
Traditions 5]
[Merit
Transfer 1]
[Metempsychosis
1]
[Middle-Earth
3>>]
[Mimamsa
Philosophy 2]
[Miracles,
Anomalies, and Religious Authority
3]
[Miracles,
Marvels, and Magic
3]
[Monsters
3]
[Multiculturalism
and Religion 9]
[Multiverse
and Universe 3]
[Mutants
(in Medicine and Folklore)
2]
[Mystery
Fiction 3>>]
[Myths,
Models, and Paradigms
4]
[Nagarjuna]
[Naipaul,
V. S.]
[Narayan,
R. K.]
[Natalism
and Pregnancy Lore
2]
[Native
American Religion
2]
[Nativity
Stories 3]
[Near
Death Experience (NDE)
1]
[Neo-Gnosticism
3>>]
[Neo-Paganism
3]
[Neo-Vedanta
5>>]
[New
Age Spirituality 3]
[New
Age Stereotypes 4]
[New
Religious Movements (NRMs)
5]
[Nudity
(Ascetic, Hedonistic, and Ritual)
3]
[Nyaya-Vaisesika
Philosophy 3]
[Obeyesekere,
Gananath 1>>]
[Old
Souls 1]
[Omniscience
(in Folklore and Philosophy)
1]
[Ontology
3]
[Oral
History 2]
[Organ
Donation (in Medicine and Folklore)
1]
[Orthodoxies
and Heterodoxies 4]
[Otherness
and Sameness 5>>]
[Out
of Body Experiece (OBE)
2]
[Pain
1]
[Pancatantra
(Sanskrit Animal Fables)
1]
[Penance
3]
[Personhood
1]
[Political
Correctnesses 6>>]
[Popular
Culture Study (Science Fiction, Fantasy, TV,
Cinema) 3]
[Popular
Music 3]
[Predestination
3]
[Preexistence
of Souls 1]
[Pregnancy
Folklore 1]
[Pregnancy
Loss 1]
[Psychoactive
Drugs 9]
[Public
Culture 6]
[Puranic
Mythology (Hindu) 5>>]
[Puranic
Mythology (Jaina)
4]
[Race
and Racism (in America)
4]
[Radhasoami
and Sant Mat 5]
[Rebirth
Eschatologies 1]
[Reichenbach,
Bruce 1]
[Religious
Dimensions of Reproduction
1]
[Reproductive
Rights and Responsibilities
1]
[Resurrection
Myths 2]
[Rocher,
Ludo 1]
[Rock
Music 2]
[Robots
3]
[Sacraments
(Catholic) 5>>]
[Sacraments
(Hindu) 2]
[Sacred
Cows 3>>]
[Samkhya-Yoga
Philosophy 3]
[Science
Fiction and Fantasy 3>>]
[Science
and Religion 3]
[Sexual
Identity in Religion and Literature
2]
[Shankara
3]
[Shinto
1>>]
[Siddhis
(Paranormal Powers)
6]
[Sikhism
5]
[Silmarillion,
The 3>>]
[Sin
1]
[Soul
(Ideas About) 1]
[Soulmates
1]
[South
Asian Folklore 2]
[Spiritualism
1]
[Split
Child Motif 2]
[Stapledon,
Olaf 3>>]
[Star Trek
3>>]
[Supernatural
Miracles 3]
[Telepathy
2]
[Theodicy
and Cosmodicy (the Problem of Evil)
1]
[Theosophical
Society 1]
[Tibetan
Book of the Dead 1]
[Tolkien,
J. R. R. 3>>]
[Transmigration
1]
[Trisastisalalapurusacaritra
(Jaina Mythological Text) 5>>]
[Two
Truths (Ultimate and Conventional) in Indian
Philosophy 2]
[UFO
Cults 2]
[Universalism
5]
[Urban
Legends ("Friend of Friend" Tales)
3]
[Upanishads
4>>]
[Vampires
2]
[Vedanta
Philosophy 3]
[Vedic
Religion 3]
[Vegetarianism
4]
[Video
and DVD 2]
[Violence
Against Women 7]
[Vows
3]
[Walk-Ins
(Soul Transfers, Soul Exchanges)
1]
[Weberian
and Anti-Weberian Social Thought
3]
[Women
and Religion 4]
[Work
Ethics 2]
[X-Files
2]
[Yakshas
(Hindu/Jain/Buddhist Demigods)
4]
[Yoga
Traditions 5]
[Zombies
2]
[Zoroastrianism
3]
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