Majors Colloquium in Religious Studies
RELI 398
Spring 2024
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This seminar provides an opportunity for majors to reflect even more critically upon the theories, methods, and discourses that constitute the academic study of religion. We will be concerned with current studies in history and the history of religions, the interpretation of texts, anthropology, feminist theory, and post-colonial theory.
With particular emphasis on case studies, the seminar will explore how scholars operate within disciplinary communities, choose their topics, engage interlocutors, weigh issues of emic and etic interpretation, and--on good days--publish their analyses.
Each member of the seminar will choose a local religious community to engage throughout the semester as a further opportunity to consider the choices scholarship entails. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS RELI |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: RELI151 |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (RELI-MN)(RELI) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Jonathan Z. Smith, TO TAKE PLACE: TOWARD THEORY IN RITUAL
Saba Mahmood, POLITICS OF PIETY
Jeff Kripal, MUTANTS AND MYSTICS
Margrit Pernau, EMOTIONS AND MODERNITY IN COLONIAL INDIA
Shabnum Tejani, INDIAN SECULARISM
Reader with various essays
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Examinations and Assignments:
Three short papers, final research project, and intensively literate participation in class discussion
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Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This is a required course for religion majors, is limited to them, and is to be taken in one's junior year. Only majors who have already taken RELI151: Introduction to the Study of Religion may enroll in the Colloquium. This course fulfills a "Method & Theory" requirement for the Religion Department major.
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| Instructor(s): Gottschalk,Peter Times: ...W.F. 10:50AM-12:10PM; Location: RSCSEM; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 12 | | SR major: 3 | JR major: 9 | | |
| Seats Available: 1 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 0 | JR non-major: 0 | SO: 0 | FR: 0 |
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