Theories
of Religion
Course
Description
\What
is religion? In this course, we will review several
"classic" attempts
to develop comprehensive theories of religion.
Theories considered will
include those of E. B. Tylor, James Frazer, Sigmund
Freud, Karl Marx, Emile
Durkheim, Mircea Eliade, William James, Rudolf
Otto, Max Weber, E. E.
Evans-Pritchard, and Clifford Geertz. Readings will
be a combination of
original writings of these figures and secondary
scholarship about their views
on religion.
Student
Karma and Rebirth Websites:
Will
Mason's Theories of Religion
Page
Previously
Offered:
Spring
1999,
Spring
2000,
Spring 2001, Autumn
2002
(Tutorial Version),
Spring
2002,
Spring
2003
Next
Offered:
Spring
2004
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Register
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Definitions
of Religion
The
University
of California Department of Religious
Studies
website features a different
definition of reliigion every time you log on,
including quottions from Catharine Albanese,
Peter Berger, Jonathan Z. Smith, Emile Durkheim,
and others. Check it out!
AAR
Project:
"Contesting
Religion and Religions Contested: The Study of
Religion in a Global Context"
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C S 1]
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Correctnesses 2]
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Philosophy 1]
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and Religion 2]
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1]
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Religion 4>>]
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1]
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3>>]
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2>>]
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Edward 1]
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