Prerequisites: gradu- ate standing or consent of instructor

Description: Covers ethno- graphic, anthropological, and other cultural approach- es to the study of religion. Traces emergence of the cultural study of religion from colonial encounters to current-day ethnographies of religion. Evaluates risks and promises of ethnography for the study of religion. Includes ethnographic project.

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