Prerequisites: graduate standing or consent of instructor

Description: Covers ethnograph- ic, anthropological, and other cultural approaches 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 Satisfac- tory (S) or No Credit (NC) with consent of instructor and graduate advisor.