TRS 485 Ways of Studying Religion

An interdisciplinary survey of methods in the study of religion and culture. The course presents, inter alia, anthropological, sociological, phenomenological, psychological, and economic approaches to religious studies. Major figures (e.g. Marx, Freud, Weber, Durkheim, Geertz) and diverse genres of critical reflection (film, literature, oratory, ethnography) are examined.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

TRS Majors & Minors Only