ANTHROPOLOGY OF RELIGION

ANTHRO 104

Introduction to cultural anthropology. Comparative cross-cultural consideration of social organization, economics, politics, language, religion, ecology, gender, and cultural change. Includes a primary focus on U.S. ethnic and racial minorities.

RELIGST 600

Theory and analysis of religion as a human phenomenon.

ANTHRO 424

An introduction to historical approaches in anthropology: topics covered include early theories, evolutionism, ethnohistory, culture change, ritual and symbolic transformation, indigenous/oral histories, conceptions of time and the analysis of texts and visual images.

RELIGST 101

Foundational and thematic approaches in the academic study of religion applied across global religious systems.

ANTHRO 300

Survey of cultural anthropology with emphasis on ethnographic description, methodology, and contemporary theories. Focuses on humanistic and social scientific approaches to human sociocultural diversity.