Prerequisites: gradu- ate standing or consent of instructor

Description: Explores com- plexity within religious traditions. Analyzes scholarly categories of classification such as popular and elite, sectarian and diffuse, or clerical and lay. Examines methods for the study of popular religion despite scarcity of evidence compared with official sources. Emphasizes content relevant to the expertise of the instructor.

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