Prerequisites: graduate standing or consent of instructor

Description: Covers major figures and themes in the Durkheimian approach to the study of religion. Pays special attention to qualitative methods of analysis. Focuses on the Durkheimian development of major religious themes: gift, magic, religion, sacred time and space, and sacrifice.

Credit: May be taken Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) with consent of instructor and gradu- ate advisor.