THEO2601: Emotion, Religion and Identity

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• To introduce the issues of emotion, states of mind and embodiment in relation to religion and identity.
• To consider selected social scientific perspectives upon experience in realtion to religion and identity.
• To develop a competence in developing an interdisciplinary approach to emotion, identity and social organization.

• The module is grounded in a brief historical account of approaches to emotion and experience in religion.
• It provides a focus on anthropological interests on emotion, with particular attention to aspects of cognitive anthropology as related to the interplay of individual identity, the culture classification of values, and the social organization of ritual and ethics.
• To study the above theoretical issues and interdisciplinarity through a focus on specific groups or topics, particularly Mormonism, death and bereavement.

Subject-specific Knowledge:

• A systematic understanding and a coherent knowledge of the historical development of diverse methods of approach to emotion and identity in sociology, anthropology and psychology.
• An introduction to issues of religion experience in relation to conversion, ecstasy and mysticism.

Subject-specific Skills:

• An ability to engage critically with key theories of grief in relation to the cultural management of bereavement exemplified in several societies.
• An engagement with selected rites and doctrines of Mormonism in relation to that group's prime values and preferred pattern of emotional response.

Key Skills:

• Skills in the acquisition of information through reading and research, and in the structured presentation of information in written form.

• Lectures convey information and exemplify an approach to the subject-matter, enabling students to develop a clear understanding of the subject and to improve their skills in listening and evaluating information.
• Seminars enhance subject-specific knowledge and understanding both through preparation and through interaction with students and staff, promotion awareness of different viewpoints and approaches.
• Examinations assess subject-specific knowledge and understanding, along with student skills in the structured presentation of information in written form under time constraints.

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