Description

This seminar will explore the relationship between "religion" and "tourisms." We will examine theories of "the tour" and the production of touristic moments in relation to contemporary modernist movements and subjectivities including cosmopolitanisms, emigration, travelogues and the notion of "the tourist." This engagement will juxtapose conceptions of "religion" encompassed broadly within ritual, spiritual, diasporic and esoteric practices-as-tours. We will read ethnographies of religious tourisms in different trans-local sites, exploring the engagement with issues of commodification and religion, religion and the state, religion and nationalisms, and the inciting of touristic desires.

Enrollment Limited: Limited to 20 students. Instructor's permission required.
Open to BTI Students: Yes
Jointly offered as Religion 1042

Scheduling

0.50 credits
Expected to be offered Fall 2013
Thurs 4pm-6pm
Course location to be announced.

Relationship to Program Requirements

Program Requirement	Area / Category / Art / Designation
MTS Area(s) of Focus	Philosophy of Religion Religion, Ethics, and Politics Religion and the Social Sciences
MDiv Distribution Category/ies	Non-Tradition Specific
MDiv Art(s) of Ministry	None
Language Course Designation(s)	None