Studies in Religions (471-0-20)

Topic

Language and Power

Instructors

James Bielo

Meeting Info

Crowe 4-130 Rel Studies Sem Rm: Tues 3:00PM - 5:50PM

Overview of class

How is religious authority performed, negotiated, and challenged across cultural contexts and discourse genres? In this seminar, students will engage this question through a series of ethnographic works and their own original data analysis. We will explore the intersection of religious studies, the anthropology of religion, and linguistic anthropology through scholarship that examines diverse communicative practices and ideologies.