Course Details
Country:
Netherlands
Institution:
Free University of Amsterdam
Course Title:
Theories of Religion
Course Number:
G_BATRSPC122
Course Description:
In this course we explore how religious studies came to be a field of its own accord. When religion first became a topic of scholarly interest, it was often in relation to other (‘more important’) phenomena such as the working of the human mind, culture in general, or the economy. The study of religion was therefore spread over disciplines as varying as psychology, sociology, anthropology, and economics. It may not come as a surprise that a widely accepted definition of religion is lacking. In fact, as will be discussed in-depth in this course, the question of definition is also a question of who gets to define, that is, who gets to authoritatively speak about the phenomenon known as religion. Who gets to distinguish religion from (for instance) spirituality, sacred from profane, and religious thought from religious embodied practice?
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
Pending For Approval
Attachment Files:
Studyguide (1)_21.pdf
