Anthropology Of Religion

Mid-level course exploring how religious practice and identities are shaped in specific histories, localities, and diasporas in two or more non-western world civilizations. Topics include theories of religion, religious ideas and practices among peoples who do not use Western concepts of religion or belief, politics of religious experience, and religion in the construction of personhood, communities, and ethnic, national, and diasporic identities. Recommendations: Sophomore standing or permission of instructor.