Resources

A 1998 course by John Wall at DePaul University explores "the ethical issues which arise in contemporary business" including "competing approaches to ethical theory" and "select ethical issues."

A course by Michael McBride at the University of California-Irvine aims "to teach how basic principles from economics yield a greater understanding of religious behavior."

A 2015 course by Denis Bekkering at St. Jerome's University in the University of Waterloo examines the definitions and intersections of "religion" and "culture."

A course by Charlie Wallace at Willamette University centers on "Western religious rituals involving food and drink, both as they have been practiced and rationalized in various contexts."

A 2010 course by Sally Promey at Yale University is an "interdisciplinary" study of "the process and practice of researching and writing sensory and material histories of religious images, objects, buildings, and performances."

A 2012 course by Jay Gary at Regent University "examines how religionists and futurists have related to each other."

A 2009 course by Brent Rodriguez Plate at Hamilton College explores "how religion--in its actual, lived form--has a lot to do with the ways humans engage the world through the senses."

A 2012 course by Jennifer Porter at Memorial University of Newfoundland on the "portrayal and treatment of religion in popular culture."

A 2010 course by David Morgan at Duke University "examines the role of things, material practices, the body, space and performance in the study of religions."

A course by Peter Harle at Macalester College introduces "the study of religion, using food as an entry point." Topics such as "aspects of foodways such as cooking, farming, sacrifice, aesthetics, and display as they relate to myth, magic, ritual, healing, ethics, and doctrine" will be explored.