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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
Books are available at the SUPe Store and online through vendors such as amazon.com.

Resources

Book cover of A Critical Introduction to Religious Studies, Second Edition.
Craig Martin, A Critical Introduction to Religious Studies, Second Edition (Routledge 2017).

 

Cover of Religion in 5 Minutes
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
Russell T. McCutcheon, “Studying Religion in Culture: A Tale of Propositions and Conjunctions.”

 

Cover of American Anthropologist
Horace Miner, “Body Ritual Among the Nacirema,” American Anthropologist 58. 3 (1956): 503-507.

 

Online Readings

Blackboard Other texts will be available through the Blackboard course site.