ANTH298-24S1 (C) Semester One 2024

Religion and Society: Why God Won't Die

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 19 February 2024
End Date: Sunday, 23 June 2024
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 3 March 2024
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 12 May 2024

Description

This course is an introduction to the Sociology & Anthropology of religion focused on thinking and rethinking religion, culture & society. Central to the discussion is why god and religion has not disappeared as was predicted in much modern social theory. In considering this question, the course provides a critical discussion of the ways religion, god and religious practices have been thought, dismissed and applied over the past 150 years within the Sociology & Anthropology of Religion.

Prerequisites

Any 15 points at 100 level from ANTH or SOCI, or
any 60 points at 100 level from the Schedule V of the BA.

Restrictions

SOCI278, SOCI292, SOCI392 in 2012

Equivalent Courses

Timetable 2024

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 13:00 - 14:00 E5 Lecture Theatre
19 Feb - 31 Mar
22 Apr - 2 Jun
Lecture B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 14:00 - 15:00 E16 Lecture Theatre
19 Feb - 31 Mar
29 Apr - 2 Jun
02 Thursday 14:00 - 15:00 - 19 Feb - 31 Mar
29 Apr - 2 Jun
Tutorial A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 11:00 - 12:00 Jack Erskine 111
26 Feb - 31 Mar
22 Apr - 2 Jun
02 Tuesday 15:00 - 16:00 Jack Erskine 111
26 Feb - 31 Mar
22 Apr - 2 Jun
03 Tuesday 09:00 - 10:00 Rehua 529 (27/2, 12/3-26/3, 23/4-28/5)
Rehua 528 (5/3)
26 Feb - 31 Mar
22 Apr - 2 Jun

Course Coordinator

Michael Grimshaw

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $844.00

International fee $3,950.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Language, Social and Political Sciences .

All ANTH298 Occurrences

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