Here is information
pertinent to Scot Aaron's academic Religious Studies and his travels to learn more about religions and cultures.
(This is from Appendix A from his book Love Your Neighbors?)
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HISTORY / CULTURE / RELIGION:
(* indicates graduate
study courses)
World Religions — West (Judaism, Christianity,
Islam)
Islam
Religion and American Culture
Topics in Jewish Thought:
Mysticism*
Bible as Literature
Christian Contemplative
Traditions*
Christian Liberation Theology*
American Indian
Religion
Meso-American Religion*
Eastern Philosophies — Reincarnation and
Karma
Hindu Tantra*
Hindu Vedanta*
Indian Buddhism
Mahayana
Buddhism
Religion and Play (Primitive Religion)
Seminar —
Shamanism
Religion and Psychology
Seminar: Religion and Poetry
Western
Civilization I and II
Ancient and Modern China
United States and
Asia
Modern Middle East
Ethics
Philosophy and Religion
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Scot traveled a lot as a child with a Father in the Air Force. He lived overseas numerous times, including three years in a town outside of Oxford, England.
At 19 years old, after a year of college when living in Washington D.C., he sold my car, gave away belongings and chose to backpack in Asia. This started a quest to experience cultures and learn more about Earth's diverse spiritual traditions.
Locations listed below have religious, cultural, and/or historical value. Throughout these travels Scot remained outside of any organized groups or tours and traveled alone in order to meet and live like the locals. Religion and culture, both ancient and modern were his focus. He states, "These experiences were very fulfilling, yet required a great amount of work and many hardships." Twice he caught dysentery in India, or the went through a 13 day coma from the accident along the Red Sea in Egypt.
Scot more recent travel experiences are not included here. Currently he lives in Europe with his wife and 2 children. In the last six years, he has explored the major cities in Europe, including many months in Eastern Europe: Russia, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, etc. In 2004 he went back to Bangkok, to Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Nepal, and traveled on "Friendship Highway" through the Himalayas to Lhasa.
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THAILAND: Bangkok, Ayuthaya, Lopburi, Sukhothai, Si Satchana
Lai, Chaing Rai, Fang, Chaing Saen (Golden Triangle),
Loei, Tha Li, Nong
Khai, Kanchanaburi, Phuket, Sumui Island, Samet Island, Pattaya.
HONG KONG, CHINA: Canton, Yangshou, Guilin, Changdu, Xi’an, Beijing, Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou.
THAILAND: Bangkok, Phangngna, Krabi, Nakhon si Thammarat.
SOUTH INDIA: Bombay, Pune, Goa, Bijapur, Badami, Aihole,
Pattadakal, Hampi, Bangalore, Mysore, Belur, Halebid, Sravanabelogola,
Mangalore, Cochin, Trivandrum, Kovalam Beach, Kanniyakumari, Rameswarum,
Madurai, Kodaikanal, Tiruchirappalli, Tanjore,
Dharasuram, Kumbakonam,
Pondicherry, Mahaballipuram, Kanchipuram, Madras, Hyderabad, Aurangabad,
Ellora.
NORTH: Delhi, Chandigarh, Simla, Kulu, Manali, Daramsala, Pathankot,
Jammu, Srinagar, Leh, Hemis, Agra, Jaipur, Pushkar, Jodhpur.
Cairo with Giza, Bahariya Oasis, Farafra Oasis, Dakhla Oasis,
Kharga Oasis, Luxor with Thebes, Aswan (with Abu Simbel,
Kom Ombo, Edfu,
Esna, Dendera, Abdyos, Assyut (with Tel al-Amarna), Tanta, Alexandria, Marsa
Matruuh, Siwa Oasis.
MEXICO: Tijuana, Mazatlan, Mexico City, Cholula, Puebla,
Veracruz, San Andres Tuxtla, Villahermosa, Campeche, Uxmal,
Merida (with
Chichen Itza), Valladolid, Cancun, Tulum, San Cristobal, Chamula, Palenque,
Oaxaca (with Monte Alban), Tula.
BELIZE: Belize City, Caye Caulker, Benque Viejo.
GUATEMALA: Poptun, Flores, Tikal, Guatemala City, Antigua, Panajachel, San Pedro, Chichicastenango, Huehuetenago, [Honduras-Copan].
ISRAEL: Eilat, Jerusalem with Jericho & Qumran, Bethlehem,
Hebron, Ein Gedi (with Masada), Tiberias, Safed,
Akko, Haifa, Tel Aviv-Yafo,
Ashodod, Ashkelon, Beersheva.
EGYPT: Mt. Sinai, Dahab, Suez, Ismailiya, Ras Ghrab, Luxor with Thebes, Cairo (with Saqqara & Giza).