RE313 Grief, Death and Dying 0.5 Human responses to loss, grief and death as they occur over a lifetime, including an examination of therapeutic and religious approaches to the experience of loss, grief and death for different individuals. A cross-culturally based course on the essentials of ritual. Topics may include the use of masks, music, costumes and sacred rites, as well as the problems of constructing and evaluating rites. An examination of the ritual and oral traditions of a specific group of native peoples to discern their attempts to integrate themselves and their environment. An examination of selected rites of passage such as weddings, funerals and initiations.
Special attention is given to the dramatic qualities of ritual processes.
An investigation of Gandhi's role in the emergence of the modern Indian state. 0.5 Research outside the classroom context such as field archaeology or the field study of ritual or other cultural performance. Canada's Religious Heritage 0.5 Historical development of religious groups in Canada from the time of the arrival of European settlers to the 1920s and the cultural, social, educational and political implication of those groups. An investigation of new religious trends, issues and movements in contemporary North America. An examination of developments in Canadian religion from the Second World War to the present.