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Course Description
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Course Name
Approaches to the Study of Religion
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Host University
Trinity College Dublin
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Location
Dublin, Ireland
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Area of Study
Religion
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Language Level
Taught In English
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Course Level Recommendations
Lower
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ECTS Credits
5 -
Recommended U.S. Semester Credits2
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Recommended U.S. Quarter Units3
Hours & Credits
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Overview
Seeing religion as a cultural phenomenon interrelated with possibly all aspects of human life a broad range of approaches is being applied within the academic study of religion. In the first section of the module, an overview of the disciplinary history of this subject will be given. A line will be drawn from positions on religion rooted in enlightenment and romantic thought to the formation of an academic discipline and to the critical concepts and debates following the cultural turn such as gender, colonialism, or pluralism. In the second section, the module will provide an introductory understanding and a first application of ?classical? approaches such as the sociology, the anthropology and the psychology of religion, and of more recently emerging concepts such as the economy or the aesthetics of religion.
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Courses and course hours of instruction are subject to change.
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