RLST 201: Thinking about Religion: Classic Theories in the Study of Religion

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Units: 4

Hours: Seminar, 3 hours; outside research, 3 hours

Catalog page 401

Prerequisites: graduate standing or consent of instructor

Description: A critical study of classic theories and theorists in the study of religion within their historical contexts. Featured thinkers include Frazer, Eliade, Smart, Spinoza, Durkheim, Freud, and Weber. Considers such intellectual movements as Higher Criticism of the Bible, psychoanalysis, phenomenology, and hermeneutics.

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

Derived Information — The following is not part of the official catalog but is computed from catalog data.
Enrollment History (from UCR Banner, not catalog)
Year F W S Su Total
2025-26 12/15 12/15
2023-24  7/15  7/15
2021-22 6/15  6/15
2019-20 9/20  9/20
2017-18 5/20  5/20