Course Details
Country:
Netherlands
Institution:
Free University of Amsterdam
Course Title:
Global Religion
Course Number:
S_GR
Course Description:
The global and the local are the context and canvas for our understanding of contemporary religion. Our aim is to gain knowledge and insight into the forms of religion as a global practice. The starting point is the idea that any investigation of religious practice should begin with the concrete forms in which religion presents itself to us in a research setting. The anthropological approach of religion is a social-scientific angle which looks for the way in which religious practice and social processes are related. This basically boils down to two questions: how social structure influences religious practice, and how religious practice influences social processes. This question applies to both small-scale societies and groups and to large-scale societies, as well as to more network-like forms of social organization, for example, in digital media.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
Pending For Approval
Attachment Files:
Studyguide (5)_15.pdf
