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RHR 101 Introduction to the Study of Religion

100 levelArts & Humanities8 topics

RHR 101 covers 8 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Meaning and definitions of religion
  2. Theories of the origin of religion
  3. Elements and components of religion: belief, ritual, myth and symbol
  4. Types and classification of religions
  5. Functions of religion in society
  6. Approaches and methods to the study of religion
  7. Religion and morality
  8. Overview of world religions and African Traditional Religion

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One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.

Meaning and definitions of religion

This topic introduces what scholars mean by religion and why it is difficult to define with one simple statement. For exams, you must master the major ways religion is understood, the difference between ordinary and scholarly definitions, and the strengths and limits of different definitions.

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