Variable topics in religion, drawing from a variety of disciplines and methodologies as they shed light on specific traditions and issues. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours as topics change. Same as RLST 4820. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Examines complex histories, cultural practices and liminal/3rd spaces of the US/Mexico borderlands,racial and gender identities and community formations. Considers range of autobiographic testimony narratives, films, social and legal issues and theories of subjectivity that engage with the politics of representation vis a vis the criminalization of Chicana/o and ethic youth and those perceived to be immigrants. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Introduction to the graduate academic study of religion through the exploration of contemporary models and issues that demonstrate the nature and future of the field. Each student will prepare a profile of his/her intended area of research.
