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Courses - Fall 2023
AMST
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AMST315
Religion in American Culture
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
Recommended: AMST101.
Credit only granted for: AMST315 or AMST328R.
Formerly: AMST328R.
Introduces students to the world's major religious traditions and examines how American culture informs, and is informed by, the variety of religious beliefs and practices in the U.S. This course is primarily concerned with religion as a system of meaning. The focus of the course is not on the history of religion or on analysis of religious texts, but rather on the meaning of a religion to its believers.