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Syllabi August 24, 2018

Introduction to the Study of Religion

Course Level Format
undergraduate
Instructor & Institution
Mary Suydam, Kenyon College
Course Term & Year
Fall 2008
A 2008 course by Mary Suydam at Kenyon College introduces "some of the basic concepts and categories that are used by scholars in the academic study of religion. The major categories that we will study this semester are: IDENTITY, MYTH, MORALITY (or ethics), in terms of both INDIVIDUALS AND SOCIETY, RITUAL, and the SACRED."