Credit Hours: 3 Explores advanced issues in the study of religion as a component of cultural life including issues of gender, race, and ethnicity. Examples of topics: Religion and Politics; Religion, Media, and Popular Culture; Religion and Visual Culture; American Religious Communities; Lived Religion; Bible Belt Religion; Food and Religion; Women and Religion. Variable content course. May be repeated to a maximum of nine hours as topics change. May be taught concurrently with REL 635. Cannot receive credit for both REL 530 and REL 635 for the same topic.
Prerequisite: 50 hours. Recommended Prerequisite:REL 100 or REL 131.