Method and Theory in the Study of Religion I: Social Scientific Approaches
Religion and Culture · 3 hrs Lecture
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No prerequisites listed, you can take this course without prior coursework.
Description
This course examines the problem of method in Religious Studies, discussing Religion as a field of study, its definition, development, and relation to other disciplines. Students examine classic social scientific approaches to the study of religion: sociological, anthropological, psychological, as well as feminist and post-modernist methods. Along with REL-5002(3), this course fulfills the method and theory requirement for the Joint Masters Program in Religion.
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