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2021-2022 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2021-2022 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

SOA 308 - Religion in Social and Cultural Context

Credits 3
Lecture / 3 hours per week
Requirements: Prerequisite: SOA 101 OR SOA 111 OR SOA 113; OR permission of the instructor
Examines the dynamic relationship between religion and social institutions, including family, community, and other social and cultural entities. Includes exploration of different religious traditions, religious theory and practice, and the relation between religious belief and historic and contemporary dimensions of race and ethnicity, gender, class, work and governance. Cross-listed with REL 308
Graded