ANTH 331 - The Anthropology of Religion
- Recent Professors
- Pamela N. Lindell, Trine B. Johansen
- Recent Semesters
- Fall 2026, Summer 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Summer 2025
- Class Size
- Not published
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisite
- None.
- Fall 2026 Sections
- View Fall 2026 sections of ANTH 331
- Transfers To
- UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · Cal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 4A · CSU GE Area D1
- Description
- 3B; Cal-GETC Area 4 This course surveys the forms and functions of supernatural belief systems and their associated rituals in various societies. Ethnographic examples are utilized in order to study beliefs and rituals within their sociocultural contexts. Comparisons are then drawn in order to understand the functions of religious and magical beliefs and rituals in human life.