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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
2nd degree (Master)
Responsible Department:
sociology & soc. anthropology
Semester:
Yearly
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Nurit Stadler
Coordinator Office Hours:
Tuesday 10:00-11:00
Teaching Staff:
Prof Nurit Stadler
Course/Module description:
This course will discuss anthropological theories of religion. Particular emphasis is placed on anthropology’s foundational texts of the study of religion, though important works from across the social sciences will be included, so as to trace the development of thought and methodological practice within these disciplines.
Course/Module aims:
This course will discuss anthropological theories of religion. Particular emphasis is placed on anthropology’s foundational texts of the study of religion, though important works from across the social sciences will be included, so as to trace the development of thought and methodological practice within these disciplines. Thus, in the first part of the course the writings of Durkheim, Weber, Marx, Eliade, Evans- Pritchard, Mary Douglas and Victor Turner will be discussed. Basic terms such as animism, totemism, taboo, myth, rituals and sacred spaces will be defined and exemplified. In the second part of the course we will examine a variety of case studies, such as the veneration of Lourdes, Padre Pio, Rachel Tomb and many others.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. Students will learn to define the pilgrimage phenomenon in
2. Students will learn to ask the question of academic research
3. Students will learn to describe research field ceremonies
4. Students will learn to ask questions about fundamental issues of religion and anthropology, classic literature discussing religious experience
Attendance requirements(%):
90%
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Lecture and discussions
Course/Module Content:
Animism
Totemism
Myth
Taboo
Ritual
Required Reading:
Evans-Pritchard, A. (1969): Introduction. In: The elementary forms of the religious life. New York : Free Press, 1969. 13-33.
Lévi-Strauss, Claude. 1963. The Totemic Illusion". In: Totemism. Boston : Beacon Press. Pp. 15-32.
Eliade, Mircea. 1959. Archetypes and Repatition. In: Cosmos and history : the myth of the eternal return. New York : Harper. Translated from the French by Willard R. Trask. 27-48.
Lévi-Strauss, Claude. 2008 (1979). 'Primitive Thinking and the 'Civilized' Mind. In: Myth and meaning. London : Routledge. Pp. 11-20.
Lévi-Strauss, Claude. 2008 (1979). Harelips and Twins: The Splitting of a Myth. In: Myth and meaning. London : Routledge. Pp. 21-28.
Douglas, Mary. 2002 (1966). Ritual Uncleanness. In: Purity and danger : an analysis of concept of pollution and taboo. London : Routledge. Pp. 7-28.
Turner, Victor. 1969. Communitas : Model and Process. In: The ritual process : structure and anti-structure. Chicago : Aldine Pub. Co. Pp. 131-165.
Eade, John, Sallnow, Michael, eds. 1991. "Introduction". In Contesting the Sacred. London: Routledge, 1-29
Additional Reading Material:
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 100 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
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