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SOCA-D473

Anthropologie de la religion

academic year
2023-2024

Course teacher(s)

Joël Noret (Coordinator)

ECTS credits

5

Language(s) of instruction

french

Course content

Religion in anthropology has a venerable history. Ever since the early debates about animism, mythology and magic, as well as very recent debates about cognitive approaches, religion has been a central theme. First, the course explores classic problems and contributions of the anthropology of religion, its roots and views of religion under French, British and American paradigms. We will closely read ethnographical accounts of religious practices in Africa, Latin America, Europe and elsewhere, to acquaint students with conceptual dimensions of the anthropological study of religion: What is religion in cross-cultural contexts? What is a religious symbol? How do we believe? What does ritual? What does it mean for those who experience and practice it? The second and third parts concentrate on the most recent developments in the field of anthropology of religion, with an emphasis on current debates including historical dynamics in religion and cognitive analyzes of systems of thought and ritual action.

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