ANT214 — Magic, Witchcraft and Healing: The Supernatural in Cross-Cultural Perspective
ANT 214 - Magic, Witchcraft and Healing: The Supernatural in Cross-Cultural Perspective ANT 214 - Magic, Witchcraft and Healing: The Supernatural in Cross-Cultural Perspective Description: Origins, elements, and forms of religion; a comparative survey of religious beliefs, myths, rituals and symbolism including magic, witchcraft and healing as practiced in selected regions of the world; the place of religion in the total culture. General Education Competency: Diversity Lecture: 3 Lab: 0 Course Content: The anthropological study of religion Myth, ritual, and symbolism in cross-cultural perspective Religious practitioners in selected cross-cultural contexts Altered states of consciousness Witchcraft, sorcery, and forces of evil in cross-cultural perspective The afterlife in selected cross-cultural contexts Religion and social change in selected cross-cultural contexts Non-traditional beliefs in Western society Selected belief systems in a cross-cultural perspective Learning