REL 501.001
Social Theory & Religious Studies: Foundations
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MA 210
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This course, required of all incoming MA students, offers an overview of contemporary social theory, produced from across disciplines, on which scholars can draw in their studies of the rhetorics and effects of religion. Useful throughout the degree program, this course will familiarize students with theoretical approaches that they will integrate into their final thesis projects.
Read analysis of some of the ways we see theory everywhere on the course blog.
Steven Ramey
- Office hours:
Tuesday, 11-12 noon PRH 211 and by appointment.
Email for an in-person appointment or a Zoom meeting if another time is needed.
- (205) 348-5271
- steven.ramey@ua.edu
Readings
Butler, Judith
Giving an Account of Oneself
Fordham University Press, 2005
978-0823225040
Foucault, Michel
The Archaeology of Knowledge
Vintage, 1982
978-0394711065
Bonilla, Eduardo
Racism Without Racists
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2009
978-1442202184
Bordieu, Pierra
On Television
New Press, 1999
978-1565845121
Online Readings
Blackboard Other texts will be available through the Blackboard course site.