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Oct 13, 2024
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2021 - 2022 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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REL 311 - Theory and Method in the Study of Religion4 credits (Fall) This seminar focuses on the history and assumptions of the comparative method in the study of religion and culture. This genealogical narrative involves a critical examination of a variety of sources and perspectives on religion leading up to and emerging from the European Enlightenment, including the development of various methodological and critical positions in the modern study of religion during the 19th and 20th centuries. Readings from a wide range of contemporary scholarship will illustrate the state of the field today.
Prerequisite: Third-year or fourth-year standing and declared major. Note: Plus-2 option available. Instructor: Saba
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