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Daniel Perdue, PhD
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Assistant Professor of Religious Studies

PhD, University of Virginia
MA, University of Virginia
BA, University of Virginia

Email - deperdue@vcu.edu
Phone - 804.827.1925
Fax - 804.828.0127

Office - 14 N. Laurel Street
Richmond, VA 23284

Since joining the faculty in Religious Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University in 1999, Daniel Perdue has been able to develop several new courses that are now regular offerings in the University Bulletin and which are cross-referenced in several majors and minors. First is Religious Studies 322 "Tibetan Buddhism," which is generally offered in Fall semesters. His graduate studies focused on South Asian religions, especially Hinduism and Buddhism, and within that especially on Tibetan Buddhism, so this course is a natural fit for him and is one of those courses in which the professor is able to speak out of a wealth of understanding and perspective that is greater than one can easily convey in one semester. Second is Religious Studies 342 "Buddhist Reasoning and Debate." The subject of his masters thesis and dissertation at the University of Virginia was the ancient system...
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