ANTH 240 - Anthropology of Religion

This course introduces students to a cross-cultural, comparative perspective on religious practice and belief. Students will learn the basic concepts and approaches that anthropologists use for defining religion and its cross-cultural expressions in beliefs, symbols and practices. They will become familiar with the wide variety of beliefs and rituals that anthropologists study as religion, including mythology, ritual specialists and practice, magic, witchcraft, and shamanism.

Credits: 3