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

Note

Available as 136-371 at 3rd-year level.

Availability

Not available in 1998

Credit Points

16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator

Dr Douglas Lewis

Prerequisites

None.

Contact

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

Subject Description

The anthropological study of religion with emphasis on the comparative study of myth and/or ceremonial systems. Students who complete this subject should: have acquired a grounding in the anthropological and comparative study of myth and/or ritual; 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 the world's cosmologies and the variety of forms of religious representation in the world's societies.

Assessment

Essays and/or assignments not to exceed 5000 words. An examination may be substituted for part of this work.



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