+CULTS AND NEWER RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD

Catalog description

Offers students an opportunity to think about what constitutes “religion.” Invites students to understand and debate terminology such as “cult,” “syncretism,” and “spiritual but not religious.” Emphasizes the reality that religion has sometimes sought to reclaim an older social order and other times sought to radically reinvent the social order and create new utopias. Analyzes historical development of religious groups by using race and gender as categories of analysis. Examines at the impact of the internet and social media on religion.