Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: I : METHODS IN THE STUDY OF RELIGION (DOCTORAL SEMINAR)

Department: Religion

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Language of Instruction: Taught in English

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: I : Methods in the Study of Religion is a required seminar for doctoral graduate students in the Department of Religion. This seminar focuses on the philosophical and theoretical texts central to the study of religion, in its historical formation and its contemporary relevance. Graduate students will be trained to think historically as well as theoretically about the emergence of the study of religion over the long nineteenth century and its role in the development of the university. Texts that remain relevant to the study of religion in the twenty-first century will be drawn from philosophy of religion, queer studies, critical race theories, feminist studies, affect theories, and environmental studies.