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Religious Studies 90 B Interpreting Religion: Introduction to the Academic Study of Religion
Are you interested in debates about the nature, origins, function and future of religion? Do you want to learn
insightful ways of interpreting religious activities at both the individual and macro levels? How about
exploring the appearance of religious imagery and ideology outside of traditional venues, for instance, in
popular culture? Religious Studies 90B is an introductory course in the academic study of religion. It is open

MWF 2-3P
J. Ronis
180 Tan

to all students interested in cultural and sociological perspectives on religious experiences, customs, media,

4 Units

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Religious Studies C 108 Scandinavian Myth and Religion

Scandinavian C160
Scandinavian Myth and Religion

MWF 10-11
WELLENDORF, J
219 Dwinelle
4 Units

L&S Breadth: Philosophy & Values OR Arts & Literature

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Who were the Norse gods? Why did they have to die? And how do we know? This course presents a survey of Scandinavian myth and religion from
prehistory through the conversion to Christianity (eleventh century), as illustrated in narrative and, to a lesser extent, archaeological materials. The
approach will be primarily source-critical, with some use of comparative materials from other mythologies. By the end of the course, Read-More

Religious Studies 190 The Eranos Group: Exploring Mysticism with Carl Jung, Gershom Scholem,
Henry Corbin, Karl Keronyi, Mircea Eliade, and Joseph Campbel
The course explores a diverse body of theories and methods essential to the modern formation of the study
of religion in the latter half of the 20 th century. These ideas were fostered and evolved in a unique
collaboration that was precipitated by yearly conferences held in Ascona, Switzerland beginning in 1933.
Called Eranos, the Greek word for potluck, this conference functioned as a kind of banquet of shared
ideas on the significance of myth, symbol, and mysticism in relation to art, history, psychology and religion.

Th 3-6pm
L. R. Little
20 Wheeler
4 Units

This class examines seminal works that came out of Eranos as well as new scholarship that both celebrates

CC: 77624

and critiques the interpretive innovations that emerged as a byproduct of these important collaborations.

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Religious Studies 190 Shipwrecked: Conversion, Redemption, and Salvation in Ship-wreck

Narratives
TuTh 9:30-11A

S. Elm

2 Evans

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