Postgraduate Course: Contemporary Theories of Religion (REST11015)
Course Outline
| School | School of Divinity |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The course explores six modern theories of religion in the context of debates on disciplinarity and interdisciplinarity in the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. It puts the theories into context and requires students to identify, describe and defend their own preferred theory of religion. |
| Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- show how to define 'religion' in the light of definitional theory
- engage critically with an illustrative selection of contemporary theories of 'religion'
- compare and contrast different kinds of definitions and theories of 'religion'
- apply theories to concrete case material
- defend their own preferred theory of 'religion'
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | Religion,Theories of Religion,Study of Religion,Disciplinarity,Interdisciplinarity |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Steven Sutcliffe
Tel: (0131 6)50 8947
Email: S.Sutcliffe@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Rachel Dutton
Tel:
Email: rdutton@ed.ac.uk |
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