Anthropology (ANTH)
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
ANTH 2550 [0.5 credit]
Religion and Society
Cross-cultural survey of religious institutions, focussing on theories and methodologies in the study of religion. Topics may include myth, totemism, cults, ritual, belief systems, altered states of consciousness, new religious and/or new age movements and the relationship of religion with other social institutions and processes.
Also listed as
RELI 2736.
Precludes additional credit for
SOAN 2403 and
RELI 2403.
Prerequisites:
ANTH 1001 and
ANTH 1002, or
ANTH 1003 [1.0], or
SOCI 1001 and
SOCI 1002, or
SOCI 1003 [1.0].
Lectures and workshop three hours a week.