Psychology 202 - Introduction to the Study of Religion

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Colgate University

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Description:

Staff This course seeks to introduce students to the academic study of religion, emphasizing a variety of approaches. Instructors touch on such themes as differing interpretations of texts and scriptures, religion's role in organizing communities, religious constructions of gender and sexuality, and humanity's converse with natural and supernatural worlds. Students are encouraged to think about both the nature of religion and approaches to its study. In what ways is religion a basic response to and expression of the human condition How are conceptions of the sacred shaped by societal institutions and structures How do these conceptions reshape and, in turn, contest the societies that shape them A common aim of the course is to open the concept of religion to critical scrutiny and prepare the way for advanced work in religious studies.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.colgate.edu

Phone Number:

(315) 228-1000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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