Overview --> Learning Objectives
After attentively engaging with the materials presented in this course, you should be able to:
- (a) effectively answer basic questions, posed by a peer unfamiliar with food-related practices and related experiences of the sacred, regarding key terms, images, and primary sources related to Hindu religious life throughout Asia; and
(b) locate reliable scholarly sources that address aspects of food, farming & the sacred that you don't understand fully, and formulate questions to guide your reading of those sources.
- (a) precisely and accurately describe, again for a peer unfamiliar with food-related practices and related experiences of the sacred, the way that cultural practices (religious or not) inspire the thoughts & feelings of people involved in those practices, and the way such thoughts and practices heighten engagement in those practices; and
(b) present a balanced selection of excerpts from assigned, pre-modern and modern primary sources documenting food-related cultural and religious traditions, which support your statements about the mutual influence of practice & participants' reflections.
- (a) compare and contrast, for class members as well as peers outside the classroom, the different ways that practice & participants' reflections shape each other as documented in the primary sources studied; and
(b) compare and contrast the mutual influence of practice & participants' reflections with the interaction of practice & reflection you observe directly at local worship sites, and with your own experience of eating mindfully and/or participating in meals that highlight the sacred in some way.
- effectively communicate with peers while refining the skills listed in #1-3.
- appreciate the spiritual relevance of food-related practice and related experiences of the sacred in world history.
- continue asking questions and gathering insights about the sacred and its connection to food and farming throughout your life.
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