RELST 324 - Local Religions in Practice

Institution:

Virginia Wesleyan University

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Description:

The study of religion, long dominated by the study of what "believers" were "thinking", also has a long traditioof observing what adherents were doing. From the earliest sociologist and anthropologists, the study of religion has never been complete without an understanding of religion in practice. This course introduces students to the practices of participant-observation and ethnography, as well as to some of the foundation literature and pressing questions still asked in the study of people in the course of their religious lives. Offered on demand.

Credits:

1.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.vwu.edu

Phone Number:

(757) 455-3200

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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