Undergraduate Course: New Indigenous Religious Movements 3/4 (REST10009)
Course Outline
| School | School of Divinity |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Religious Studies |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | 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. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students should have at least 3 Divinity/Religious Studies courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses. |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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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.
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Assessment Information
10% Presentation
30% Essay
60% Degree examination |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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| Keywords | NewIndRM |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Afeosemime Adogame
Tel: (0131 6)50 8928
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Course secretary | Mrs Joanne Cannon
Tel: (0131 6)50 8900
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