2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses Humanities and social science courses
Religion B
- Academic unit or major
- Humanities and social science courses
- Instructor(s)
- Tatsuya Yumiyama
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 1-2 Mon / 1-2 Thu
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- LAH.H206
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 19, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
The aim of this course is to help students acquire an understanding of the spiritual culture from the bubble period (late 1980's) to the earthquake disaster (2011) in Japan. Emphasis is placed on the relationship between spirituality and contemporary society. And topics include spiritual boom and its background, young people's views of life and death and spiritual aspect of popular culture.
Course description and aims
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) Obtain basic knowledge about spiritual culture.
2) Explain the background of spiritual boom.
3) Express their view on spirituality.
Keywords
Spirituality, religion, spiritual boom, views of life and death
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Students must respond to the question from a teacher through the discussions or short reports. And they should reach the same degree of understanding as they exchange their points of view.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction | |
| Class 2 | Translating spirituality into Japanese | |
| Class 3 | What is spirituality？ (1) | |
| Class 4 | What is spirituality？ (2) | |
| Class 5 | Spiritual boom and its background (1) | |
| Class 6 | Spiritual boom and its background (2) | |
| Class 7 | Spiritual boom and its background (3) | Write a paper on relevant issues, attending classes in the past. |
| Class 8 | Spiritual aspect of popular culture (1) | Write a paper on relevant issues, watching a film dealing with spiritual culture. |
| Class 9 | Spiritual aspect of popular culture (2) | |
| Class 10 | Spiritual aspect of popular culture (3) | |
| Class 11 | Distinguishing between light and dark of spiritual boom (1) | |
| Class 12 | Distinguishing between light and dark of spiritual boom (2) | |
| Class 13 | Distinguishing between light and dark of spiritual boom (3) | Discuss about this subject. |
| Class 14 | Conclusion | Report the content of the last week's discussion. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
None required.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Course materials are provided during class.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Discussion: 35%, Short report: 35%, Quiz: 30%
Related courses
- LAH.H106 ： Religion A
- LAH.H306 ： Religion C
Prerequisites
No prerequisites.
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
yumiyama【at】ila.titech.ac.jp（replace 【at】 ＠）
Office hours
Contact by e-mail in advance to schedule an appointment.