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Academic Year 2000/2001
Religion and History
HIST 323 SP
The course will examine some ways that historians have understood the role of religion in history. Readings will reflect a wide variety of theoretical, theologial and disciplinary perspectives. They will focus for the
most part on Christianity (Western
and non-Western), with a few titles on Asian and African religions.
MAJOR READINGS
Rossible readings:
Weber, PROTESTANT ETHIC
Comaroff and Comaroff, REVELATION AND REVOLUTION
Sanneh, TRANSLATING THE MESSAGE
Ileto, PASYON AND REVOLUTION
Erikson, GANDHIS TRUTH
Rafael, CONTRACTING
COLONIALISM
Ginzburg, THE CHEESE AND
THE WORMS
Eaton, THE RISE OF ISLAM AND THE BENGAL FRONTIER
Thompson, RISE OF THE ENGLISH WORKING CLASS
Brown, BODY AND SOCIETY
Thomas, RELIGION AND THE DECLINE OF MAGIC
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Several small papers, one large paper, class participation.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
No extensions, no late papers, no incompletes. COL students must take this course credit/unsatisfactory. All other students must take this course for letter grade. There are no prerequisites for the course, but
students must obtain permission from the
instructor to preregister.
This course fulfills a "Critical Theory" requirement for Religion majors.
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed
Drop/Add form to the Registrar's
Office.
COURSE FORMAT:
Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
NONE
SECTION 01
- Instructor(s): Elphick,Richard H.
- Times: ..T.... 07:00PM-10:00PM; Location: PAC104
- Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 15)
- SR. major: Jr. major:
- SR. non-major: Jr. non-major: SO: FR:
Special Attributes:
- Curricular Renewal: Speaking, Writing
- Permission: Permission of Instructor Required
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Last Updated on MAR-26-2001
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