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Here is information pertinent to my academic Religious Studies and my travels to learn more about religions and cultures.
(This is from Appendix A of Love Your Neighbors?)

University Semester 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

Independent Travel Study Programs

I traveled a lot as a child with a Father in the Air Force. We lived overseas numerous times, including three years outside Oxford, in England.
At 19 years old, after a year of college, living in Washington D.C., I sold my car, gave away belongings and chose to backpack in Asia. This started my quest to experience cultures and learn more about our diverse spiritual traditions. Locations listed below had religious, cultural, and/or historical value. Throughout these travels I 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 my focus. These experiences were very fulfilling and required a great amount of work, along with hardships, whether dysentery twice in India or the 13 day coma from the accident along the Red Sea in Egypt More recent travel experiences are not included here. I have lived within Europe for some six years and traveled throughout almost all major cities there. This included many months exploring Eastern Europe: Russia, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, etc. In 2004 I went back to Bangkok, to Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Nepal, and traveled on "Friendship Highway" through the Himalayas to Lhasa. Please see the selection of photos.

THAILAND / CHINA - 1985

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 / INDIA - 1987

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.

EGYPT - 1988

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 / BELIZE / GUATEMALA - 1989

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.

GUATEMALA: Poptun, Flores, Tikal, Guatemala City, Antigua, Panajachel, San Pedro, Chichicastenango, Huehuetenago, [Honduras-Copan].

ISRAEL / EGYPT - 1990

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).