| Date |
Topic |
Written
Assignments |
| 3/18 |
Introduction/Syllabus
Tools for Understanding Folk Religions
Folk & Formal
Religions
Worldview |
|
| 3/25 |
Powers
in Folk Religions
Myth
Symbol
|
CS:
The Vulnerable Age (course notes) |
| 4/1 |
Rituals,
Scripts, Lifeways
Themes |
Report
on "The Vulnerable Age" due
CS:
Parting with the Ancestors (course notes) |
| 4/8 |
Guidance
People of Power |
Report
on "Parting with the Ancestors" due
CS
"The Threat of the Spirit Dancers" (Handout) |
| 4/15 |
Social
Security
Health
and Healing
|
Report
on "The Threat of the Spirit Dancers" due |
| 4/22 |
Possession
Phenomena
Systems:
Spirit of the Rain Forest
|
|
| 4/29 |
Dealing
with Death
Systems:
Folk Islam |
|
| 5/6 |
Response
to Folk Religions
|
|
