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Hartford International University
for Religion and Peace
School
Harvard Divinity School
HDS 1102
Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament 1: Pentateuch and Former Prophets
BTI Category
Semester
Scripture & Biblical Studies
FA25
A critical introduction to the literature and theology of the Hebrew Bible, considered in light of the historical contexts of its formation and the interpretive contexts of its reception within Judaism and Christianity. The course, the first part of a divisible, year-long sequence, will focus on the major biblical narrative traditions, the Pentateuch and Former Prophets. Jointly offered in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as ANE 120a.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Teeter
TR
10:30am-11:45am
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Credits
4
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
Jointly offered in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as ANE 120a.
School
Harvard Divinity School
HDS 1416
Ancient Jewish Wisdom Literature
BTI Category
Semester
Judaic Studies
FA25
A close critical reading and interpretation of works thought to derive from the Wisdom tradition of ancient Israel, principally in the Second Temple period. The workings of the world and the ways of God as they appear in works such as Proverbs, Job, Qohelet, Ben Sira, some Psalms, the Wisdom of Solomon, and Fourth Maccabees as well as narratives such as the Joseph story, Esther, and Daniel. Concludes with the early rabbinic Pirq� Avot. Egyptian and Mesopotamian antecedents and parallels briefly considered. Emphasis on matters of worldview and literary form. Jointly offered in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as Religion 1232.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Levenson
TR
10:30am-11:45am
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Credits
4
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
Jointly offered in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as Religion 1232.
School
Harvard Divinity School
HDS 1505
Sex, Gender, and Sexuality in the New Testament and Early Christianity
BTI Category
Semester
Scripture & Biblical Studies
FA25
This course will explore the place of the New Testament and early Christianity in the history of gender and sexuality. Through a close examination of relevant primary literature, we will seek to understand how the early Christian tradition was shaped by the sex and gender protocols of the ancient Mediterranean world; how it, in turn, reshaped that world; and how the texts and practices in question have played a foundational role in the history of Western thought, and continue to impact cultural and religious debates today. We will also work to become familiar with the increasingly developed (and complex) scholarly conversation surrounding these issues. This is a limited enrollment course. Please email the instructor (bdunning@hds.harvard.edu) with a short introduction including relevant background and reasons for wanting to enroll in the course. Students will be notified of acceptance before the enrollment deadline.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Dunning
T
03:00pm-04:59pm
Grading Option
Letter, P/F
Credits
4
Professor Approval Req'd?
Y
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
Please email the instructor (bdunning@hds.harvard.edu) with a short introduction including relevant background and reasons for wanting to enroll in the course. Students will be notified of acceptance before the enrollment deadline.
School
Harvard Divinity School
HDS 1535
The Book of Revelation: Text, History, and Reception
BTI Category
Semester
Scripture & Biblical Studies
FA25
The course will deal with the Apocalypse of John, read in translation, paying special attention to its interpretive issues in its historical original context and to its enormous reception at the root of ancient Christian apocalypticism all the way to contemporary popular culture.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Bazzana
W
03:00pm-04:59pm
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Credits
4
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N/A
School
Harvard Divinity School
HDS 1630
The Book of Daniel
BTI Category
Semester
Scripture & Biblical Studies
FA25
A critical and exegetical study of Book of Daniel, based on a close reading of the text in Hebrew and Aramaic. Special attention will be given to large-scale compositional strategies and principles of literary organization, to textual logic, to analogical patterns, to inner-scriptural relationships, and to the nature and function of allusion within this book, with a view toward understanding the overall expectations made of readers, both ancient and modern. The text of Daniel and its underlying principles of design will be considered in the context of major critical debates within the current state of the field. Jointly offered in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as Hebrew 131 and Religion 1261. The course presumes basic proficiency with Biblical Hebrew. Minimum of one year of Hebrew required. No previous knowledge of Aramaic required.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Teeter
T
03:00pm-04:59pm
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Credits
4
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
Y
Notes
Minimum of one year of Hebrew required
School
Harvard Divinity School
HDS 1808
The Binding of Isaac (Aqedah): Seminar
BTI Category
Semester
Scripture & Biblical Studies
FA25
An examination of Genesis 22 in multiple contexts - its settings in the Hebrew Bible and various forms of its afterlife in Second Temple Judaism, early Christianity, Rabbinic Judaism, and the Quran. Emphasis placed on the interpretation and expansion of the story in rabbinic midrashim, read in Hebrew. Some discussion of the use of the story in modern theology (especially Kierkegaard Fear and Trembling) and of rationalist critiques. Includes a research-based paper. Prerequisite: three years of Hebrew or the equivalent (not a course for those lacking a secure grasp of Hebrew grammar). Jointly offered in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as Hebrew 235.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Levenson
R
03:00pm-04:59pm
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Credits
4
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
Prerequisite: three years of Hebrew or the equivalent (not a course for those lacking a secure grasp of Hebrew grammar).
School
Harvard Divinity School
HDS 2052
Religion and Liberation Around Toni Morrison and Gabriel Garc�a M�rquez: Writings and Lives
BTI Category
Semester
Ethics (all traditions)
FA25
In 1995 Toni Morrison and Gabriel Garc�a M�rquez met for the first time in Mexico City and spoke about their writings, editors, lives and literary influences. The Colombian writer showed his deep knowledge of Morrison�s novels and Morrison thanked him as a resource for religious themes in her writings. Later, in an interview with Professor Carrasco, Morrison stated, �When I read his book One Hundred Years of Solitude, I literally said, �Oh, my God, you can do this��meaning magic, strange stuff�and be deadly serious. So, that freed me up in my writing. Reading him unlocked something important for me. �This course is a comparative and critical study of the religious dimensions in their writings and lives with special attention to the themes of religious experience, homeland and quests, Africa and Latin America, "rememory" and myths, goodness and the literary imagination. We engage with four types of �texts� and link them together to decipher the ties between the writer�s lives, countries, politics, liberation movements and their writings; autobiographical fragments, novels, film, critical reflections. For Morrison we will use the film � Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am� and interviews as autobiographical fragments. For Garc�a M�rquez we will read his autobiography, Living to Tell the Tale�and interviews. Novels include Song of Solomon, Beloved, Home, A Mercy, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Chronicle of a Death Foretold. This course will not be open to auditors. Students have the opportunity to write a research paper, take a final written exam or do a creative project.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Carrasco
T
1:00pm-3:00pm
Grading Option
Letter, P/F
Credits
4
Professor Approval Req'd?
Y
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
Not open to auditors.
School
Harvard Divinity School
HDS 2390A
Colloquium in American Religious History
BTI Category
Semester
Church History/History of Religions
FA25
Presentation and discussion of the research of doctoral candidates in American religious history. Available, with instructors permission, to Harvard doctoral students in other fields of religious studies or American studies. Note: First half of an academic year bi-weekly course. Credit will not be earned unless both the fall and spring semester of the course is completed. Course may be taken on a Sat/unsat basis only. This course is limited to doctoral students with interests in North American religions. Jointly offered in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as Religion 3505A.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Holland
T
06:00pm-07:59pm
Grading Option
P/F
Credits
4
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
DOCTORAL ONLY
School
Harvard Divinity School
HDS 2442
Makers of the (Catholic) Tradition: Vatican II: History and Theology
BTI Category
Semester
Church History/History of Religions
FA25
�Makers of the (Catholic) Tradition� is a series devoted to the study of key themes and authors that have shaped Roman Catholic Theological Studies. Each iteration of this course introduces students to different themes and authors through a combination of lectures and class discussion whose goal is gaining in-depth knowledge of the Catholic tradition, while engaging authors and sources beyond Catholicism.In this iteration of the course, we will focus on Vatican II (1962-1965), one of the most influential gatherings of bishops in the history of the Catholic Church. We will start by studying the ecclesial and social context that preceded Vatican II, paying special attention to the immediately prior and radically different gathering of bishops in Vatican I. Then we will turn to the specifics of Vatican II by reading both about the council and the central documents produced by the council. Lastly, we will focus on the key theologians that shaped Vatican II or whose projects develop inspired by the council, trying to identify their ideas in the documents of Vatican II and in its aftermath.This seminar offers students an opportunity to write a research paper. No prerequisites.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Zegarra
R
03:00pm-05:45pm
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Credits
4
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N/A
School
Harvard Divinity School
HDS 2779
Piety, Practice, and Politics: Thomas Merton and Martin Buber
BTI Category
Semester
Church History/History of Religions
FA25
The twentieth century produced numerous figures in Judaism and Christianity that developed ways of understanding religion in modernity that included the practical application of religious practice (piety) with activist engagement in the world (politics). This course will focus on two such figures; the Trappist monk Thomas Merton (d. 1969), and the Jewish theologian Martin Buber (d.1965). Merton excavated and taught the history of monasticism and Christian piety, living as a monk in the Gethsemane Monastery in Bardstown Kentucky, and became active in anti-Vietnam War politics until his untimely death from accidental electrocution in Bangkok in 1969. Buber was a leading philosopher/theologian and Zionist activist in Germany until his immigration to Mandate Palestine in the late 1930s and then became a voice of inspiration for humanistic Zionism, religious renewal, and the revival of Hasidism. This course will examine the writings and lives of both figures, paying close attention to their use of the past, theological worldviews, their understanding of a life of piety, and their commitment to political activism. They will serve as two exemplars of the ongoing attempt to reconsider, reconstruct, and revise religion in a changing world.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Magid
T
12:00pm-01:59pm
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
4
Professor Approval Req'd?
Y
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N/A
School
Harvard Divinity School
HDS 2878
Religion and Conservation
BTI Category
Semester
Ethics (all traditions)
FA25
This course will explore the ways religious individuals and communities engage in the care and protection of �wilderness,� wildness, and biodiversity. Our approach will be multireligious and multidisciplinary, incorporating textual, historical, ethnographic, ethical, and theological approaches to the theme. We will pay special attention to the history and practice of conservation close to Cambridge, while also considering the ways global religious traditions can challenge Western assumptions about the relationship between humans and nature.
Professor
Class Day & Time
McKanan
MW
09:00am-10:15am
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Credits
4
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N/A
School
Harvard Divinity School
HDS 3087
African American Religious History
BTI Category
Semester
Church History/History of Religions
FA25
This graduate seminar course provides a critical survey of and introduction to major themes, debates, and trajectories in the field of African American Religious History. We will examine the multiple and manifold meanings of African American religions with attention to Christian denominational histories and extra-church, non-Christian, and quasi-Christian religious formations and interventions among people of African descent in the United States. To do so, students will be introduced to key historical events, prominent and unsung religious actors and institutions, and a diversity of theoretical and methodological approaches to investigating, analyzing, and narrating the archives of African American religious life and culture. Jointly offered as Religion xxxx.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Greene-Hayes
T
12:00pm-01:59pm
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
4
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N/A
School
Harvard Divinity School
HDS 1202
Introduction to the New Testament
BTI Category
Semester
Scripture & Biblical Studies
FA25
This course will provide a basic historical introduction to critical issues in the study of the New Testament.�What are the contents of these texts that make up the second portion of the Christian Bible?�In what ways do they reflect the major issues, concerns, and struggles that were taking place among the earliest Christ-followers?�How did they get to be grouped together in a single book called the New Testament?�In addition to these historical questions, we will also attend to the New Testament's ongoing role as Christian scripture to consider the following: what does it mean to study a religious text critically? How might the study of the New Testament's social and historical context relate to its ongoing role as sacred and/or authoritative in the Christian tradition?�And what are some of the diverse ways that contemporary readers bridge the gap between the New Testament's ancient Greco-Roman context and their own interpretation and application?�We will explore these questions through careful study of the New Testament texts themselves, while also attending to issues of historical context, methodology, and hermeneutics.�No previous study in religion or ancient history is assumed, and there are no prerequisites for enrolling in the course. For a final assignment. Students will have the option of writing a final research paper or to complete a series of shorter writing assignments at set times during the semester. Jointly offered in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as Religion 1400.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Dunning
T
12:00pm-02:00pm
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Credits
4
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
Jointly offered in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as Religion 1400.
School
Harvard Divinity School
HDS 1480
Prayer Book Hebrew and the History of Jewish Liturgy
BTI Category
Semester
Judaic Studies
FA25
Throughout most of Jewish history, the form of the Hebrew language that most Jews have encountered is the language of Jewish prayer found in the Siddur (Jewish Prayer Book), including but not limited to the daily prayers that structure lived Jewish time. Course offerings in Hebrew within universities like Harvard, however, are typically limited to Biblical Hebrew and Modern Hebrew, with not much in between. Despite its centrality to Jewish life, the Siddur has received far less academic attention than the Bible and the Talmud. This course combines close reading of such materials in Hebrew with analysis of Jewish prayer from both historical and phenomenological perspectives. Students are required to have some background in Hebrew, equivalent to at least one year of biblical or modern Hebrew.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Magid
W
09:00am-11:00am
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
4
Professor Approval Req'd?
Y
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
Y
Notes
equivalent to at least one year of biblical or modern Hebrew
School
Harvard Divinity School
HDS 1534
Introduction to Literary Papyrology
BTI Category
Semester
Sociology/Ethnography/Research Methods
FA25
The course will offer an introduction to the methods and object of papyrology with a specific focus on literary and para-literary papyri. Students will examine case studies of especially representative pieces and the final project will consist in the detailed analysis of a papyrus selected and studies throughout the semester. Two semesters of Greek or equivalent are required.Jointly offered in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as Religion 2420.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Bazzana
R
03:00pm-05:29pm
Grading Option
Letter, P/F
Credits
4
Professor Approval Req'd?
Y
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
Y
Notes
Two semesters of Greek or equivalent are required
School
Harvard Divinity School
HDS 1625
Rapid Reading: Classical Hebrew I
BTI Category
Semester
Languages
FA25
This course is designed to assist students in increasing their speed and fluency while reading biblical prose in preparation for graduate level seminars and future study. It will also deepen their knowledge of Hebrew syntax, solidify the Hebrew verbal system, and expand their biblical Hebrew vocabulary. Students will learn and practice useful skills relevant to studying Biblical Hebrew in graduate school and beyond, including reading the critical apparatus of the BHS and interpreting the Masorah. This course is designed to cover large areas of biblical Hebrew narrative while also allowing the students to engage with current scholarship within the field of Hebrew Bible. Prerequisite: HDS 4010 (A and B), HDS 4020, and HDS 4021 or the equivalents. Jointly offered in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as Classical Hebrew 130AR.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Olivero
R
12:00pm-01:59pm
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Credits
4
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
Prerequisite: HDS 4010 (A and B), HDS 4020, and HDS 4021 or the equivalents
School
Harvard Divinity School
HDS 1775
Ancient Greek Daemons
BTI Category
Semester
Languages
FA25
In ancient Greece, a daim�n or �daemon� was understood sometimes as a god, sometimes as an intermediary divine being, perhaps allotted to a specific individual (most famously, Socrates), and sometimes (due to the increasing influence of Judaism and Christianity) as an evil spirit or �demon.� This course will survey the history of the daemon from the archaic period (e.g. Homer), through the classical and Hellenistic periods, to late antiquity, with a focus on Platonism�s evolving interpretation of Socrates� own daemon and, more broadly, the relevance of daemons for the pursuit of philosophy. We use �daemon� to distinguish this wide tradition from the early Christian �demonization� of these intermediary beings. All readings will be done in translation, with opportunities for those who have Greek to read the sources in the original language. There are no prerequisites, although some knowledge of the ancient Mediterranean world is recommended.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Stang
T
03:00pm-04:59pm
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Credits
4
Professor Approval Req'd?
Y
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
All readings will be done in translation, with opportunities for those who have Greek to read the sources in the original language. There are no prerequisites, although some knowledge of the ancient Mediterranean world is recommended.
School
Harvard Divinity School
HDS 2003
Mystical Theology
BTI Category
Semester
Systematic Theology & Philosophy (Western)
FA25
This course will examine the history of mystical theology in early and medieval Christianity. Through a close reading of primary texts in translation we will explore the practices through which the mystical life is pursued; the interplay of affirmation (kataphasis) and negation (apophasis) in language and images surrounding mystical reading, prayer, and meditation; varying conceptions of mystical union and annihilation; and the role of gender and what we might call sexuality within texts about the mystical life. Jointly offered in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as Religion 1448.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Hollywood
W
01:00pm-02:59pm
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Credits
4
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
Jointly offered in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as Religion 1448.
School
Harvard Divinity School
HDS 2319
Evangelicalism and Political Culture in the United States Since c.1950
BTI Category
Semester
Sociology/Ethnography/Research Methods
FA25
The aim of this course is to investigate the relationship between evangelical religion and political culture in the United States from the end of the Second World War until the present. Key questions to be asked include: What is evangelicalism? When, where, and how did it arise? What were its religious, cultural, and political characteristics from its origins in Europe to its establishment in the United States? How is evangelicalism to be distinguished from fundamentalism? What were the most important demographic and political characteristics of evangelicalism at the end of the Second World War? What factors shaped its political evolution in the decades after World War Two, especially around issues relating to race, gender, culture, media, identity, political parties, and foreign affairs? How does the political culture of white evangelicals differ from that of evangelicals of color? Who were the most important personalities, and which were the most notable events and processes shaping evangelical political consciousness? What is the current state of evangelicalism’s political consciousness and how can one explain its close relationship with the Republican Party and Donald Trump? What contribution will/did evangelicals make to the 2024 presidential election? What factors need to be considered in assessing what may happen to evangelical political consciousness in the next several decades? What impact has political consciousness had on evangelical religiosity and spirituality?Jointly offered with the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as REL XXXX.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Hempton
T
09:00am-11:45am
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Credits
4
Professor Approval Req'd?
Y
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N/A
School
Harvard Divinity School
HDS 2417
Revolution: Theological and Political Perspectives
BTI Category
Semester
Ethics (all traditions)
FA25
In this class we will examine the concept of revolution and its deployment in academic discourse, together with historical examples of political revolutionary movements, in order to ascertain the meaning of revolution in the past and today. The main focus of the class will be on the different approaches to revolutionary thought and action in the intersection of theology and political theory. Some of the questions we will address are: What constitutes a revolution? Are revolutions desirable? What is the cost of revolutionary change? Is revolutionary change necessarily violent? Do revolutions produce the change to which they aspire?
Professor
Class Day & Time
Zegarra
T
03:00pm-05:45pm
Grading Option
Letter, P/F, Audit
Credits
4
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N/A
School
Harvard Divinity School
HDS 2776
Unitarian and Universalist History
BTI Category
Semester
Church History/History of Religions
FA25
This survey course will trace the history of both Unitarianism and Universalism from their origins to the present. We will explore the diverse starting points of liberal religion in the United States; the challenges of Transcendentalism, spiritualism, and humanism; the interplay between liberal religion and social reform; the experience of consolidation in the twentieth century; and patterns of complicity in and resistance to structured forms of oppression. Each student will complete a research project exploring one aspect of the history of a particular Unitarian or Universalist congregation.��Jointly offered in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as Religion 1557.
Professor
Class Day & Time
McKanan
T
03:00pm-05:45pm
Grading Option
Letter, P/F
Credits
4
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
�Jointly offered in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as Religion 1557.
School
Harvard Divinity School
HDS 2799
The Empire of Climate: Ideas, Religions and Histories
BTI Category
Semester
Ethics (all traditions)
FA25
In his famous treatise, The Spirit of the Laws (1748) the French philosophe, Montesquieu, stated that �the empire of the climate is the first, the most powerful of all empires.� The impact of climate on the human condition, past, present, and future, is one of the great issues of our time. Based on an important recent book by the distinguished historian of science, David N. Livingstone, The Empire of Climate: A History of an Idea (Princeton University Press, 2024), this course will investigate how humans have thought about climate in relation to four major categories: health, mind, wealth, and war. Patterns of thought, pathways of influence, and progenitors of modern distress or intrigue often crisscross in complex ways within medical, mental, monetary, and military landscapes. Part one of the course will traverse those landscapes and part two will investigate the various ways religious traditions have tried to navigate them ethically and responsibly. The course will have a research paper.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Hempton
R
09:00am-11:45am
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
4
Professor Approval Req'd?
Y
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N/A
School
Harvard Divinity School
HDS 3056
Spiritual Formation on the Buddhist Path
BTI Category
Semester
Buddhist Studies
FA25
This course focuses on the Buddhist spiritual Path or marga through the lens of spiritual formation theories. Students will be introduced to religious and secular theories of spiritual formation, human development, and moral growth. They will then examine Buddhist literature on the Path from Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana sources for their applicability to contemporary human spiritual development. Students will gain the ability to analyze and compare Buddhist and other models of spiritual formation, articulate important aspects of their own spiritual path, and facilitate the growth of others along their own spiritual path(s). Texts will be read in English translation; no scriptural languages needed. If the course reaches its enrollment cap, the professor will email potential students to notify them to submit a 1-page statement relating their vocational objectives to course description. Admission will be based on vocational alignment with course outcomes, degree program, and year. Enrollment in the class will then be announced no later than the end of the first week. (If the cap is not reached, all students will be admitted automatically.)
Professor
Class Day & Time
Sanford
TR
03:00pm-04:15pm
Grading Option
Letter, P/F
Credits
4
Professor Approval Req'd?
Y
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
Admission will be based on vocational alignment with course outcomes, degree program, and year. Enrollment in the class will then be announced no later than the end of the first week. (If the cap is not reached, all students will be admitted automatically.)
School
Harvard Divinity School
HDS 3113
Magic Today: An Anthropological Perspective
BTI Category
Semester
Sociology/Ethnography/Research Methods
FA25
What is magic? Is it different from religion? Is magic a way of knowing? In this course, we look at magic from an anthropological perspective. We focus, in particular, on contemporary magic in Europe and North America, addressing for example contemporary paganisms, Wicca, chaos magic, new age spirituality, and contemporary esotericism. By engaging with ethnographic works, students become acquainted with or deepen their knowledge of the main issues, traditions, debates, and research in the field of the anthropology of religion and of magic. Students analyze contemporary magic vis-�-vis popular culture, feminism, globalization, medicine, social media, history, and well-being. They do so through ethnographic readings, films, music, arts, discussions, and independent research.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Parmigiani
M
03:00pm-04:59pm
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
4
Professor Approval Req'd?
Y
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N/A
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