Class Id: 9841
Days: M
Start Time: 07:30 PM
End Time: 10:20 PM
Building: NA185
Room: 110
Course Id: 4359
Departments and Numbers: HUM 222, REL 222
Area: EC
Title: Religion in Modern Thought and Film
Description: This course surveys conceptions of religion that have been influential in the modern period, and critically examines the theories of knowledge, interpretation, society, and culture associated with them. Among the approaches considered are Augustinian theology, Enlightenment skepticism, Marxism, cultural anthropology, phenomenology, feminism, and Freudian psychology. Films by such directors as Hitchcock and Kurosawa are used to explore the main issues covered.
Prerequisites: Required for Religion Department majors.
Professors: Jeffrey L. Stout
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