ANTH 167

Religion and Culture

Examines ethnographic perspectives on the character and intersections of religion, ritual, and culture. Surveys the thought of "classical" social theorists (e.g., Durkheim, Tylor, Weber, and Evans-Pritchard), and concentrates on central topics in the anthropology of religion. Including the political nature of embodiment and trance, religion and nationalism, the significance of language and performance, the gendered character of many religious phenomena, and science and religion as competing epistemologies.

Units: 3.0