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Campus | Haverford |
Semester | Spring 2018 |
Registration ID | ANTHH155B001 |
Course Title | Themes in the Anthropology of Religion: Ritual |
Credit | 1.00 |
Department | Africana Studies |
Instructor | Noonan-Ngwane,Zolani |
Times and Days | TTh 11:30am-01:00pm
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Room Location | HLL112 |
Additional Course Info | Class Number: 2100 What is it that rituals actually do? Are they enactments (affirmations) of collective ideals or are they arguments about these? Are they media for political action or are they expressions of teleological phenomena? The course is a comparative study of ritual and its place in religious practice and political argumentation. Concrete case studies will include an initiation ritual in South Africa, the Communion Sacrament in Christianity, a Holocaust commemorative site in Auschwitz, and the cult of spirit-possession in Niger.; Cross-listed: Anthropology, Religion; Enrollment Limit: 25; Lottery Preference: First-years and sophomores Div: I; Social Science (SO) |
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