2024-2025 / ANTH2239-1

Anthropology of contemporary religiousness and spiritualities

Duration

30h Th, 16h FW

Number of credits

 Master in anthropology, research focus5 crédits 
 Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) (Faculty of social sciences)5 crédits 

Lecturer

Elodie Razy, Viola Teisenhoffer

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The profusion of religions that the world presents involves all the disciplines of the social sciences. How can we identify these new or parallel religious forms which often oscillate between "tradition" and "modernity"? The curiosity, mistrust or sometimes fear that they give rise to raises questions. What is the meaning of these contemporary religiosities and spiritualities in their context of production?

This course will seek to explore the answers that anthropology provides to these questions using a variety of ethnographic examples (neopagan practices, religions on the internet, ecospirituality, prophetism, multiconfessionalism, etc.) as well as various and recent theoretical approaches.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Students will be able to identify and describe forms of contemporary religiosity and spirituality which they will be able to analyse in the light of methodological and theoretical proposals. They will be able to report and debate these in a reflective manner.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

None.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Classes, conferences, videos, discussions and debates, reading, ethnographic fieldwork.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

In class.

Course materials and recommended or required readings

Platform(s) used for course materials:
- eCampus
- MyULiège
- Microsoft Teams


Further information:

Students will have to read articles and extracts from publications and will choose other ones for their final report and the debate they will conduct.

 See "course materials".

 

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

written exam AND oral exam

Written work / report

Continuous assessment


Further information:

Written work / report

Continuous assessment


Additional information:

Students must write a final report based on their ethnographic fieldwork and give an oral presentation; students must also prepare and conduct a debate on a subject that will be chosen in class.

Final report downloaded on Ultra : 50%

- compliance with the guidelines

- transfer of learned knowledge and skills (class and texts' analysis)

- quality of writing



Oral presentation: 20%

- understanding of the text

- discussion moderation



Debate : 30%

- preparation

- transfer of learned knowledge and skills (class and texts' analysis)

- participation

 

See "course materials".

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

The course will take place during the first semester.

Contacts

Students can arrange to see me by appointment.

Elodie Razy: elodie.razy@uliege.be
Bureau 2.36 (B31)

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