Majors Colloquium in Religious Studies
RELI 398
Spring 2023
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This course is designed to teach us how to reflect 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, classic theory on religion, ethnographic methods, and contemporary theory on secularism. Our task is to understand and assess how scholars of religion make critical judgements. And so, since the building blocks of argumentation remain constant--definitions, classifications, data, and explanations--we will seek to identify and evaluate each scholar's principles of selection, means of description, stipulation of evidence, use of comparative categories, and methods and models of argumentation. |
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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: 90% or above |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Course packet including readings from Orsi, McCutcheon, J.Z.Smith, Masuzawa, Asad, Mahmood, Scott and others.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Three analytic conversation papers, one fieldwork assignment and a final paper or research proposal, as well as intensively literate participation in class discussion |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This is a required course for religion majors, and is to be taken in one's junior year. Religion majors and minors may enroll only if they have already taken RELI151: Introduction to the Study of Religion. This course fulfills a "Method & Theory" requirement for the Religion Department major. |
| Instructor(s): Quijada,Justine Times: .M.W... 10:50AM-12:10PM; Location: RSCSEM; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 12 | | SR major: 3 | JR major: 9 | | |
| Seats Available: 5 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 0 | JR non-major: 0 | SO: X | FR: X |
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