EXPLORING RELIGION IN SICKNESS AND HEALTH

Name: EXPLORING RELIGION IN SICKNESS AND HEALTH
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RELIGST 102

Course Description

An introduction to the study of religion through the lens of health and health through the lens of religion employing approaches from the humanities and social sciences in conversation with health-related disciplines. It asks questions such as, How do religious peoples understand and live in sickness and health? How do people connect physical well-being to spiritual well-being? Medicine to meaning-making? How does looking at religion in sickness and health provide insight into its roles in a variety of cultures and contexts, globally and locally? How do health and religion connect particularly in situations of social marginalization and immigration? How does religion impact understandings of health and sickness beyond the borders of specific religious communities?

Prerequisites

None

Satisfies

POLISCI/RELIGST 433

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average

3.65

0.96% from Historical

Completion Rate

99.35%

0.29% from Historical

A Rate

51.61%

-6.32% from Historical

Class Size

155

-3.5% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

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