Majors Colloquium in Religious Studies
RELI 398
Spring 2026
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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 the history of religions, the interpretation of texts, modes of visual and material analysis, ethnography, gender, and post-colonial theory. Through an engagement with a variety of publications (field surveys, case studies, historical interventions, etc.), 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. |
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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: (Religion Minor)(Religion) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
George D. Chryssides and Stephen E. Gregg, eds, THE INSIDER/OUTSIDER DEBATE
Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst and Megan Goodwin, RELIGION IS NOT DONE WITH YOU
Tomoko Masuzawa, THE INVENTION OF WORLD RELIGIONS
Additional readings to be selected based on the interest of the class
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Examinations and Assignments:
Two short papers, an annotated bibliography, and a final research project |
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: What is Religion? may enroll in the Colloquium. This course fulfills a "Method & Theory" requirement for the Religion Department major. |
| Instructor(s): Quintman,Andrew H Times: ..T.R.. 01:20PM-02:40PM; Location: TBA |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 12 | | SR major: 4 | JR major: 8 | | |
| Seats Available: 12 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 0 | JR non-major: 0 | SO: 0 | FR: 0 |
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