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.

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

Aaron W. Hughes and Russell T. McCutcheon, eds. Religion in 5 Minutes (Sheffield, UK: Equinox).

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

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