Introduction to the Study of Religion
RELI 151
Fall 2008
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01
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This course will examine the many ways in which religion is understood and practiced by a variety of communities as well as the ways it is critically engaged and understood by scholars in the field of religious studies. The three divisions of the curriculum of the Department of Religion (religious traditions, thematic approaches, and method and theory) will be represented in the course's examples and approaches. Topics covered in this course include religious violence and conflict, the significance of myth and narrative in providing schemes of meaning, the production of community solidarity and difference through rituals, and the construction and transmission of traditions through texts, and objects, and religious conflict. |
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Essential Capabilities:
None |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS RELI |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (CBST-MN)(RELI-MN)(RELI)(STS) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Eliade, Mircea, THE SACRED AND THE PROFANE
Fremantle and Trungpa (trs.), THE TIBETAN BOOK OF THE DEAD
Freud, Sigmund, THE FUTURE OF AN ILLUSION
William James, THE VARIETIES OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE
Otto, Rudolf, THE IDEA OF THE HOLY
Kierkegaard, Soren, FEAR AND TREMBLING
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Examinations and Assignments:
Two short essays (one describing an observed religious ritual), and a final essay. |
| Instructor(s): Willis,Janice D. Times: ..T.R.. 02:40PM-04:00PM; Location: FISK210; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 40 | | SR major: 0 | JR major: 3 | | |
| Seats Available: 2 | GRAD: 0 | SR non-major: 0 | JR non-major: 7 | SO: 15 | FR: 15 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 14 | 1st Ranked: 2 | 2nd Ranked: 3 | 3rd Ranked: 2 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 7 |
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