LD 5373 -
Religion and Worldview
(FALL) (3 graduate credits)
The course is an introduction to the range of religious systems of minority peoples worldwide, including folk varieties of universal religions. Subjects treated include how religion has been defined by anthropologists and treated within anthropology. There is comparison and contrast of Christian and secular anthropological approaches to religion. There is a certain focus on witches and witch ontologies and how they compare to biblical idols.
Prerequisite:
LD4370 Cultural Anthropology.