REL 105.001
REL 105.002
Honors Intro to Religious Studies

What do these have in common?

This class will help answer
that question!

Professor
Dr. Maha Marouan
mmarouan@bama.ua.edu

Office: 205 Manly Hall
Office Phone: 348-8685
Office Hour: to be announced
Course Number: 105.001 15118
105.002 17435
Course: 001 W 3:00-5:30
002 M 3:00-5:30
Location: 207 Manly Hall

About Online Readings

Some course readings are placed in a "secure" folder; you can only access these PDF files (Portable Document Format, that can be opened with the free Adobe Reader) by clicking each link and then entering your Bama User Name and Password. If you have difficulty accessing these readings, contact the instructor by email.

If you have forgotten your Bama ID, but know your Campus Wide ID (CWID), then go here.

Description

As the honors introduction to the academic study of religion, REL 105 examines in greater detail than REL 100 theories of the historic origin and contemporary social function of religion in relation to wider sets of human beliefs, social practices, institutions, and culture in general. Minimum 3.3 GPA required to register.

Syllabus

Spring 2009 Syllabus (TBA)

Books (required)

Pals, Daniel
Eight Theories of Religion
Oxford University Press
ISBN 0195165705

Denny, Frederick
An Introduction to Islam
Prentice Hall
ISBN 0023285192

Voeks, Robert
Sacred Leaves of Candomble
University Texas Press
ISBN 0292787316

Online Readings

To be announced