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CS92PROD
Theorizing Religion with Zombies

RELI 264
Spring 2025
Section: 01  
Crosslisting: AMST 265
Course Cluster and Certificates: Sustainability and Environmental Justice

This course introduces students to theories in religious studies in order to investigate the intellectual and cultural histories of two highly influential and essentially religious ideas: the zombie and the apocalypse. We will critically trace their representations in popular culture in order to explore writings in biblical narrative, history, modernity, monster theory, alterity, gender, capitalism, race, epidemiology, film theory, and media studies. We will begin with ancient texts, move to the history of the concept of the zonbi in Haiti, and then trace the trope of this modern monster and its various meanings into the contemporary moment.
Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS RELI
Course Format: SeminarGrading Mode: Student Option
Level: UGRD Prerequisites: None
Fulfills a Requirement for: (AMST)(RELI-MN)(RELI)
Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89%

Last Updated on OCT-04-2024
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