Renzetti, Claire M. and Daniel J. Curran. Schedule of Readings Readings must be completed by the dates listed. Groups of students will lead some class discussions on required readings and related topics. Lectures are not necessarily based on the readings of the day. Sometimes there will be special topics, reviews of readings completed, and orientations for future reading.
Required readings are source materials for midterm and final exams, as well as for group projects.
Attention will be focused on theoretical, methodological, and ethical issues about communities and alienation. All class members select, describe and discuss their major interests in the field of identity and religion. The class as a whole, and subsequently small groups, refine the wide range of individual topics by identifying central questions to be researched. Projects may include fieldwork as well as library research. A theoretical orientation is articulated, as well as three research methodologies.