RLST 030: Religion and the City

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Units: 5

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; written work, 3 hours

Catalog page 395

Prerequisites: none

Description: Explores how diverse urban landscapes constitute and have been constituted by religious architecture, ritual, schools, activism, monu- ments, and social ethics. Draws specific examples from Boston, Istanbul, Los Angeles, Benares, Venice, Bangkok, and Beijing.