SOAN20811 20 Semester 1 Undergraduate Level 2 Meghan Rose Donnelly Unit coordinator Anthropology 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Middle part of Bachelors ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 10.0 <ul> <li style="margin-left:8px">The Anthropology of Religion.</li> <li>Definitions.</li> <li>Religious knowledge and experience.</li> <li>The making of religious subjects</li> <li>The practice of religion</li> <li>Debates in the anthropology of religion.</li></ul> <ul> <li style="margin-left: 8px;">What is religion?</li> <li>Classification systems and bodily boundaries - transformation, transgression and transcendence.</li> <li>Material religion.</li> <li>Ritual and symbols.</li> <li>Religion and society.</li> <li>The question of belief; a practice-based approach.</li></ul><p>Students are required to read two ethnographies in full.</p> <div><ol> <li style="text-indent: 5.7pt;">To introduce students to the main anthropological approaches to the analysis of religion.</li> <li style="text-indent: 5.7pt;">To work with key anthropological texts on the topic of religion.</li> <li style="text-indent: 5.7pt;">To explore the production of religious subjects and subjectivities.</li></ol></div> <p style="margin-left:8px">On completion of this course, successful students will be equipped with sufficient knowledge and skills to:</p><ol> <li>Understand and engage with debates and literature in the anthropology of religion.</li> <li>Explore the place of religious practice and belief in social life.</li> <li>Undertake comparative analysis of &rsquo;religious&rsquo; phenomena, knowledge and practice.</li> <li>Engage critically with the ways in which religious subjects and subjectivities are produced and matter/are made to matter.</li></ol> <div><p style="margin-bottom:11px;">The course is ethnography-led with a strong focus on anthropological monographs to critically engage concepts and frameworks in the anthropology of religion - belief, ritual, practice, and materiality. There will be short lectures on the conceptual themes and discussions grounded in ethnographic texts.</p><p>Every student will be required to read two monographs in full. The first will be read by the whole class in the first half of the semester. Students will choose one monograph from 3 choices to read in the second half of the semester.</p></div><div>&nbsp;</div> 0 Other 100% <ul><li>Mid-term assessment (voice/live presentation based) - worth 30%;</li><li>2,500 assessed essay at end of semester - worth 70%;</li></ul> <p>Oral and/or written feedback is provided following the midterm. Written feedback is provided after the final essay. Feedback will be available on Blackboard/Canvas.</p> Y <div><p style="margin-left:8px">These are general and introductory texts, which provide a good overview of the field:</p></div><div><p>Orsi, R A (ed). 2012. The Cambridge Companion to Religious Studies. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge</p><p>Lambek, Michael (ed.). 2002. A Reader in the Anthropology of Religion. Oxford: Blackwell</p><p>Morris, B. 2006. Religion and Anthropology: A Critical Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press</p><p>Eller, Jack. 2007. Introducing the Anthropology of Religion. London: Routledge</p></div> Lectures 20 Tutorials 10 0 171 <p><b>Information</b><br />Length of course: 12 weeks</p>