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RLST 890DH - Advanced Religion and Animals
This course is an intra-historical and cross-cultural examination of non-human animals and their signification, use, and value within differing systems of belief and practice. Topics covered include, but are not limited to, animals in ritual, animals in folktale and myth, in the cosmos, as messengers, tricksters, and helpers, animals as deities and demons, and relations between non-human animals and human animals. Note: Students may receive credit for one of RLST 890DH or RLST 390BD. 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Independent Study, Seminar Gender, Rel, Critical Studies Department Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Graduate

RLST 890DH - Advanced Religion and Animals

This course is an intra-historical and cross-cultural examination of non-human animals and their signification, use, and value within differing systems of belief and practice. Topics covered include, but are not limited to, animals in ritual, animals in folktale and myth, in the cosmos, as messengers, tricksters, and helpers, animals as deities and demons, and relations between non-human animals and human animals. *Note: Students may receive credit for one of RLST 890DH or RLST 390BD.*
3.000 Credit hours
3.000 Lecture hours

Levels: Graduate
Schedule Types: Independent Study, Seminar

Gender, Rel, Critical Studies Department

Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels:
Graduate

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