RELI 3300 - Approaches to Studying Religions I

3 hours

Prerequisites: One Previous RELI 1000-2000 Level Course Encouraged
Pre/co-requisite: ENGL 1101
Where did religion come from? What does religion do for individuals or communities? Is there a difference between being religious and studying about religion? Can someone who is not religious understand another person’s religiousness? This course provides students with a specialized examination of methods in religious studies such as the radical critique of religion, modern historicism, phenomenology, ethnography, philosophical hermeneutics, scientific modeling, and more.