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...integral part of the course, and of Eck's research, is to understand how the Hindu religion survives and changes in today's world...
...Eck says much of the course is devoted to trying to understand a culture in which the gods are presented visually, "since most of us--Christian, Jewish, or secular--grew up in a context in which the gods didn't have 5 heads and 10 arms." Eck adds that Hindu myths are "not abstract stories that you learn at your mother's knee, like Greek mythology, but are actually imprinted on the landscape...
...interest in the place or religions in modern societies led Eck to formulate the Pluralism Project, which, unlike her earlier, is focused on religious life in America. The project is an ongoing research endeavor designed to coordinate and examine various religious communities and centers throughout the United States...
According to Eck, the course appeals both to students who have grown up surrounded by these myths and to those for whom Hindu culture and religion is entirely new material...
...Eck says her interest shifted from the international scene to pluralism in America when the demographic composition of students at Harvard began to change in the late 1980s...