ANT 360 - Anthropology Examines Traditional Religion:Witchcraft,Oracles and Magic

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Le Moyne College

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This course takes its subtitle from E. E. Evans-Prichard’s classic monograph on religion among the Azande of East Africa. We will concern ourselves with the variety of ways in which anthropology understands and interprets religious phenomena. Our focus will be on the phenomenon of religion within the context of specific cultures and the theoretical understandings of religion provided by anthropology in analyzing what have been characterized as “primitive” (read primary)cultures. We will also examine how Western science and society have utilized the religions of non-Western societies to both understand, and, in the contemporary era, redefine themselves. We begin the course with examining anthropological theories concerning religion and end with an intensive case study of the Azande of East Africa, applying what we have learned to Evans-Prichard’s data and analysis.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.lemoyne.edu

Phone Number:

(315) 445-4100

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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