REL 160 - Area Three: Religion and Culture "What is Religion?"

Institution:

Albright College

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Description:

This course explores questions regarding the general nature of religious activity and expression, rather than concentrating on a particular religious tradition. It examines the conceptual, ritual, oral, and symbolic forms by which people from various cultures have experienced religious meaning in their everyday lives and become participants in an enduring order and destiny. It suggests how such ordinary areas of life as rites of passage, healing activities, economic and domestic productivity, patterns of social deference, and interpersonal and ecological exchanges often work as microcosmic expressions of a religious imagination and creative power.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.albright.edu

Phone Number:

(610) 921-2381

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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