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Inside the Asakusa Kaminari Gate	Dr. William (Bill) Huntley Will C. and Effie M. Crawford Professor of Religion and Advisory Committee Member for Asian Studies Office Location: Larsen #229 Phone Number: (909) 793-2121 x3892 Email address: bill_huntley@redlands.edu

My first academic position was at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri where I taught a variety of courses, served as Chaplain, and even survived a year as Dean of Students. During that appointment I had a Sabbatical at University of California, Berkeley and the Graduate Theology Union on a Danforth grant studying Asian philosophies and religion, especially in Buddhism and in the history of Japan.

In the summer of 1974 I came to the University of Redlands Department of Religion. My interest in Hebrew Scriptures and the Hebrew language continued while I developed a new specialization in world religions and in religions of Japan. I was Resident Director at Waseda University for a year with 25 students form several California private colleges and universities in l986-87. I returned as a researcher at the Institute of Moralogy and visiting professor at Reitaku University in Japan in l988-89. Starting in January of l990, I took twelve groups of students abroad to several countries including the following: Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand, and Indonesia.

In the Spring Semester, 2002 I was engaged in writing a book about the fifteen year interval and 19 trips to Asia. The book on a CD_ROM is available in the U. of R. Bookstore.

During May term 2005 a journey was made to Japan and India. A visual reenactment is available at this link: 2005 - The Year of the Bird.

On January 1, 2007, I had the honor to ride on the University of Redlands Rose Parade Float. My commentary on the experience is available at this link: Reflections of a Rider.

During the spring semester of 2007, I created a compilation of weddings I have either performed, crashed or imagined for more than 100 couples over the last fifty years. My commentary on the experience is available at this link: Annotating an Album.

During May term 2010, a journey was made to London, Ireland and Scotland. A reflection of this course can be found at this link: Religion 226 - Religions of Europe.

The Eagle and the Crane-Japan and America (First Year Seminar) gives students the opportunity to explore the relationship between Japan and the United States in the modern period with a series of flashback to previous times in the development of art, literature, politics, and history. The course is designed to enable students to develop research, writing, and oral presentations. It carries a WB in the Liberal Arts Foundation.

World Religions (REL 125) is an introductory survey to seven religions, open to freshman and also designed for Asian Studies majors. Course fulfills the Humanities-Philosophy (HP) and the Cross-cultural (CC) categories of the Liberal Arts Foundation (LAF).

The Hebrew Language (REL 440) is offered for students who may have studied Hebrew before, but mainly students who enroll are ones who want to complement their language studies with a Semitic language, which offers very different vocabulary with three letter roots, which can be found in nouns, verbs, adjectives and even a few adverbs. We start the first week with the new alphabet (alef-beth) and progress over the semester, so that we have read the entire book of Ruth.

Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament Literature) is a "Blackboard" supported course with an electronic syllabus and links to research and writing. The course fulfills the second stage of writing (WB) for students. The attention to the literary development over the thousand years of writing that comprises the books of the Hebrew canon satisfies a Humanities-Literature (HL) category. Since we look at issues of race, class, and gender in ancient times and writings about them in modern times, the course fulfills the DD category in the Liberal Arts Foundations (LAF).World Religions (REL 125) see above.

World Religions (REL 125) is an introductory survey to seven religions, open to freshman and also designed for Asian Studies majors. Course fulfills the Humanities-Philosophy (HP) and the Cross-cultural (CC) categories of the Liberal Arts Foundation (LAF).

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