REL 105.001
Honors Introduction to Religious Studies
T, R | 11:00-12:15
GP 151
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This course offers an introduction to the academic study of religion through a series of key terms in religious studies:
- Religion
- Definition
- Myth
- Ritual
- Belief
- Authenticity
This is not an introduction to “world religions” but rather and introduction to the ways scholars of religion approach the things they study. It also introduces students to the ways scholars of religion might find things worth studying that are not obviously “religion,” whatever that means.
Michael J. Altman
- Office hours:
Monday, 12:30pm-1:30pm; Tuesday, 9:00am-10:00am, and by appointment.
- (205) 348-5271
- michael.altman@ua.edu

Readings
McCutcheon, Russell
Studying Religion: An Introduction
Routledge, 2019
978-0-8153-5363-8
Online Readings
Blackboard Other texts will be available through the Blackboard course site.