ANTHR 430

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Anthropology of Religion

Anthropology College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Course Description

Anthropological approaches to religion; its content and relation to other social institutions in societies.

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Research Methods

Learning Outcome

Students will be able to use ethnographic data to discuss and illustrate major religious and ritual practices, the significance of these practices as symbols, and the consequences of these practices in society and in the individual

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Social Theory

Learning Outcome

Students will be able to identify and analyze the major theorists and theories of religion, the major theories of religion advanced, and the relation to various categories of religious practice.