Information about the course you might not easily find otherwise...

• CourseObjectives

• DefiningReligion

  First group assignment

• Definitions of religion

  A list of "classic" definitions

• File library

  Download the syllabus and other related documents

• PrinciplesOfStudy

  An idiosyncratic and slightly provocative list of ideas I think are important for studying religion

• Reading list

  List of books to buy

• Week-by-week Schedule of readings

  Includes links to pages for each day's class

• Why I use quizzes

  A short essay I wrote a few years ago and saved; I think it explains something about the tension between memorizing facts and getting a big-picture overview of a tradition

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