New Indigenous Religious Movements 3/4 (DV0129)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : DIV-3-NIRM

A study of indigenously initiated and led new religious movements in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean and the Pacific, including African Independent Churches, Rastafari, Vodou, Umbanda, Candombl? and the Unification Church.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : Religion 1

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Religious Studies, (School of Divinity, Schedule B)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 3 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
16/01/2009	10:00	13:00	Baillie Room, New College	Central

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Friday	10:00	13:00	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

At the completion of the course students should have:
- a general knowledge of the phenomenon of new indigenous religious movements such as the AICs and the various discourses on the subject;
- the ability to examine the reasons for their emergence and in what ways they have continued to be socially relevant in the immediate contexts they are located;
- some basic insight into the relationship of the subject to wider discourses such as gender, modernity and globalization.