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HDS 3160

Religious Dimensions in Human Experience

David Carrasco

Description

Study of major themes in the history of religions including religious experience, society and cosmic law, ritual violence and the body, the trickster, search for the soul. Readings focus on the tension between personal memoirs and the social construction of religion in Islam, Jewish, Christian, American Indian, African American, and Latino traditions. Introduction to theoretical approaches of M. Jackson, Durkheim, Eliade, Berger, J.Z. Smith, Doniger, and Nandy.

Enrollment Limited: No
Open to BTI Students: Yes
Jointly offered through the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as Religion 16

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Scheduling

Half Course
Fall 2009
W., 1-3
FAS, Emerson Hall, Room 108

Relationship to Program Requirements

Program Requirement	Area / Category / Art / Designation
MTS Area(s) of Focus	Philosophy of Religion Religion, Literature, and Culture Religions of the Americas Women, Gender, Sexuality, and Religion
MDiv Distribution Category/ies	Comparative
MDiv Art(s) of Ministry	Religious Education
ThM, pre-2007 MTS, and pre-2005 MDiv Area	Area 3
Language Course Designation(s)	n/a