REL 504.001
History of the Study of Religion
T | 1:30 - 3:20
MA 210
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This graduate seminar surveys the origins, objects of study, and pivotal thinkers that scholars highlight when outlining Religious Studies. By course end, each student will narrate the study of religion in light of their own research interests. To enroll you must obtain a permit from the main office.
Richard Newton
- Office hours:
Monday through Friday by appointment.
- (205) 348-5271
- rwnewton@ua.edu

Readings
Hughes, Aaron W.
Theory in a Time of Excess: Beyond Reflection and Explanation in Religious Studies
Equinox, 2016
9781781794241
Masuzawa, Tomoko
The Invention of World Religions: or How European Universalism was Preserved in the Language of Pluralism
University of Chicago, 2005
9780226509891