RS 361Anthropology of Religion

Units: 0.50
Faculty: Arts
Subject: Religious Studies
Cross-listed: ANTH 311

Not in the current Undergraduate Calendar. Shown as it appeared in 2024–25.

When it runs

Ran in 1 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

This course examines how religion has been studied as an object of anthropological inquiry. Topics may include ritual, magic, witchcraft, symbolism, cosmology, the relation between beliefs and practices, as well as the mutual influences of religion, politics, nationalism, and socioeconomic change.

Prerequisites

None listed.

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

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