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RELIG-ST 484      Sacred Narratives and Texts
This course addresses the ""social lives"" of sacred narratives and texts in selected religions of the world. Areas of study include methods of exegesis in different religious traditions, orality and literacy (including the reoralization of written text), the canonization process, text as amulets, reading and meditative practices and techniques, and narratives and the arts. The course is comparative, cross-cultural, and interdisciplinary in nature.
Faculty: College of Arts & Sciences
Department: History
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