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Academic Year 2001/2002
Religion and Resistance
ANTH 230 SP
This course will examine the role played by religion in the resistance movement of oppressed peoples in a variety of historical and cultural settings. The central theoretical problem posed by this course will be the
relationship of religion to political
action. Various approaches to understanding religion as a mobilizing force in social movements will be discussed, including Marxist, psycho-funtionalist and perspectives associated with liberation theology.
MAJOR READINGS
Eric Hobsbawm, PRIMITIVE REBELS Peter Worsley, THE TRUMPET SHALL SOUND Bruce Lincoln (ed.), RELIGION, REBELLION, AND REVOLUTION Michael Adas, PROPHETS OF REBELLION Michael Taussig, THE DEVIL AND COMMODITY
FITISHISM
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Midterm class presentation, final research paper
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
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:
Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
NONE
Grading Mode:
Student Option
Prerequisites:
NONE
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Last Updated on MAR-19-2002
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