REL 100.002
Introduction to Religious Studies
T | 4:00-5:00 (and by appointment)
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Surveys debates in the history of the field, definition of religion, insider /outsider problem, theories of religion and religion and law; ideal introduction to the study of religion in a public university. HU INB
Richard Newton
- Office hours:
Monday through Friday by appointment.
- (205) 348-5271
- rwnewton@ua.edu
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Books are available at the SUPe Store and online through vendors such as amazon.com.
![Book cover of A Critical Introduction to Religious Studies, Second Edition.](https://religion.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/61TJYvUDy3L._SX324_BO1204203200_.jpg)
Craig Martin, A Critical Introduction to Religious Studies, Second Edition (Routledge 2017).
![Cover of Religion in 5 Minutes](https://religion.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/hughes9781781794654-large-1.jpg)
Aaron W. Hughes and Russell T. McCutcheon, eds. Religion in 5 Minutes (Sheffield, UK: Equinox).
![A stylized version of Manly Hall, with Department of Religious Studies-- University of Alabama](https://religion.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/magnet-logo-219x300.jpg)
Russell T. McCutcheon, “Studying Religion in Culture: A Tale of Propositions and Conjunctions.”
![Cover of American Anthropologist](https://religion.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/download.gif)
Horace Miner, “Body Ritual Among the Nacirema,” American Anthropologist 58. 3 (1956): 503-507.
Resources
![Book cover of A Critical Introduction to Religious Studies, Second Edition.](https://religion.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/61TJYvUDy3L._SX324_BO1204203200_.jpg)
![Cover of Religion in 5 Minutes](https://religion.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/hughes9781781794654-large-1.jpg)
![A stylized version of Manly Hall, with Department of Religious Studies-- University of Alabama](https://religion.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/magnet-logo-219x300.jpg)
![Cover of American Anthropologist](https://religion.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/download.gif)
Online Readings
Blackboard Other texts will be available through the Blackboard course site.