RELS 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Self-Assessment, Social Forces, Flying Spaghetti Monster
22 Sep 2017
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Identify some key concepts, issues and debates going on in the study of magic, witchcraft, and the supernatural today and demonstrate an understanding of how the. Apply some of the course readings to theorize your own experiences with magic, witchcraft and the supernatural in popular culture and explain them in relation to social forces. Translate research-based knowledge and scholarly language about magic, witchcraft and the supernatural into lay language that can inform public conversation about these topics. Practice your scholarly writing, conversation, and presentation skills. Collaborate with others in critical thinking, research, and writing. Asses your own academic development and form your own learning goals. Focusing on the : contemporary more so than the ancient. Invented traditions : context more so than beliefs/practices. Looking at movements/groups in the context of: pop culture, law, politics, technology. Spirituality: eco-spirituality, ritual studies, secular spirituality, online religion. World religions: abrahamic faiths, hinduism, buddhism. New religious movements (nrm"s: cults , pastafarianism, new world religions.
