Jameson, Alison C | Religious Studies

ajameson@arizona.edu

Phone

(520) 621-0633

Office

Learning Services Building

Office Hours

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Jameson, Alison C

Associate Professor of Practice

Alison Jameson has a joint appointment as Assistant Professor of Practice in the departments of Religious Studies & Classics and East Asian Studies. She received her M.A. in Philosophy from Ohio University and her Ph.D. from the University of Arizona.

Dr. Jameson serves as faculty undergraduate advisor for Religious Studies. She is the Co-Director, along with Dr. Kristy Slominski, of the Institute for the Study of Religion and Culture.

Courses:

RELI 160 D3: Love in World Religions (Gen Ed Tier I)

EAS 160 A1: Worlds of Buddhism (Gen Ed Tier 1 Traditions & Cultures, Diversity Emphasis; Exploring Perspectives, World Cultures & Societies and Writing attributes)

RELI 211: Life After Death in World Religions and Philosophy (Gen Ed Tier II Humanities; Building Connections, World Cultures & Societies and Writing attributes)

EAS/RELI 222: Zen Buddhism

Currently Teaching

RELI 211 – Life After Death in World Religions and Philosophies

This course focuses on one Big Question: "How do afterlife beliefs affect the way we live?" It builds connections among the humanities [Religious Studies and Philosophy], the social sciences [Anthropology, Psychology, and Law], and the natural sciences [Medicine] to explore the ways in which religious afterlife beliefs are approached from multiple disciplinary perspectives. Students will analyze a variety of religious afterlife beliefs through case studies, problem-based assignments, and reading/writing genres from the six disciplinary perspectives in order to tackle the Big Question as it relates to their personal, academic, and/or career aspirations.

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RELI 222 – Introduction to Zen Buddhism

This course is designed to introduce students to the history,teachings,and practice of Zen Buddhism in China,Japan, Korea and the United States. The course will discuss Zen from a variety of perspectives but will center around the question of the meaning of history. Zen is a tradition of Buddhism that claims to have inherited and to pass on, in an unbroken historical transmission from patriarch to patriarch, the living experience of the Buddha's enlightenment. The course will discuss how Zen's conception of its history is related to its identity as a special tradition within Buddhism, as well as its basic teachings on the primacy of enlightenment, the role of practice, the nature of the mind, and the limitations of language.

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