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 or ANTH 1002 or ANTH 1003 [1.0], or 1.0 credit at the 1000-level in SOCI, ENGL, GEOG, HIST, HUMR, INDG, PSCI, RELI or WGST.
Lectures and workshop three hours a week.
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