ANTHROP 784 / Anthropological Approaches to Catholicism

3 unit(s)

(cross-listed as RELIG ST 783)

This seminar will focus on anthropological studies of Catholicism as a cultural system. Particular emphasis will be placed on Catholicism in Europe and Latin America, although comparative material from Africa and elsewhere will be introduced. A variety of theoretical approaches will be explored, and both historical and ethnographic studies will be reviewed.