Universität Wien

010107 SE Anthropology of Religion (2025S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 1 - Theologien und Religionswiss.
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
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Details

Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Montag 17.03. 08:00 - 11:15 Seminarraum 1 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Dienstag 18.03. 08:00 - 11:15 Seminarraum 1 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Mittwoch 19.03. 08:00 - 11:15 Seminarraum 5 (Kath) Schenkenstraße 1.OG
  • Donnerstag 20.03. 08:00 - 11:15 Seminarraum 2 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
  • Freitag 21.03. 08:00 - 14:45 Seminarraum 1 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

This course consists of six lectures, introducing students to the anthropology of religion and ritual and exploring the social life of rituals and the intertwining of religion, kinship, and politics. The teaching plan is as follows:
• Anthropology of religion: what religion is and what it does
• The power of ritual: what ritual is and what it does
• Rites of passage: the social life of rituals
• Religion and kinship
• Religion, community and the everyday
• The politics of religion

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

The mode of assessment is mentioned in the section below. The language of instruction is English. Students are expected to engage in class discussion.

In the case of suspicion of non-transparent use of AI (e.g. through citation or indication of the type of use), the course instructor has the right to conduct a “grade-relevant discussion.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

The course assessment comprises of a written contribution (50%), an oral presentation (20%), and participation and class interaction (30%).

Attendance is compulsory. You may be absent without excuse for a maximum of two units.

Prüfungsstoff

Lecture contents

Literatur

Bell, C. (1992) Ritual Theory, Ritual Practice. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press.
Bloch, M. (1992) Prey into Hunter: the politics of religious experience. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Bowie, F. (2000) The Anthropology of Religion: an introduction. Oxford: Blackwell.
Brink-Danan, M. (2011) ‘Dangerous Cosmopolitanism: Erasing Difference in Istanbul’. Anthropological Quarterly, Vol. 84(2): 439-474.
Durkheim, E. (1995 [1912]) The Elementary Forms of Religious Life. New York: Free Press.
Geertz, C. (1973) The Interpretation of Cultures. New York: Basic Books.
Lambek, M. (ed.) (2008) A Reader in the Anthropology of Religion. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
Sosis, R. (2005) ‘Does Religion Promote Trust? The Role of Signaling, Reputation, and Punishment’, Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion, Vol. 1: 1-30.
Turner, V. (1969) The Ritual Process: structure and anti-structure. Edison, NJ: Aldine Transaction.
Turner, V. (1986[1967]) The Forest of Symbols. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Van Gennep, A. (1960) The Rites of Passage. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Whitehouse, H. (1996) ‘Rites of Terror: Emotion, Metaphor and Memory in Melanesian Initiation Cults’, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 2(4): 703-715.

Additional readings are provided ad personam.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

066 800 M5, M16, M17, M20; 033 195 BRP 16rwb Seminar zur Religionsethnologie)

Letzte Änderung: Mi 12.03.2025 12:25