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This course will explore one of the most important genres in religious literature, biography of great spiritual figures. We will investigate a variety of biographical and autobiographical materials from several different religious traditions, examining both form and function and testing whether or not we can make useful cross-cultural comparisons. Principal texts are biographies on or by Gandhi (Hinduism), Hasidic masters (Judaism), Al-Ghazali (Islam), Milarepa (Buddhism), St. Teresa of Avila (Christianity), and Black Elk (Native American religion).
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