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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : Anthropology

136-271/371 The Human Cosmos: Myth, Ritual and Society

Credit Points:

16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Timetable:

Semester 1

Contact:

Two hours of lectures and a 1-hour tutorial a week

Objectives:

Students completing this subject should:

  • have acquired a grounding in the anthropological and comparative study of religion;

  • have acquired a knowledge of the principal theories and methods employed by anthropologists in the analysis of myth and ritual systems;

  • have a knowledge of the range of varieties of religious experience and representation in the world's societies.

Content:

The anthropological study of religion with emphasis on the comparative study of myth and ceremonial systems.

Assessment:

Written work or equivalent totalling 5000 words.
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