Antropologia das Religiões
This course is designed to study the specific religious phenomenon from the point of view of the social sciences and, more particularly, of the anthropology.
The uniqueness of the anthropological, sociological or historical approach of religion is to trying to explain religious experiences in the context of social, cultural and political relations. If the mentioned social sciences strive increasingly to think the issue of socio - cultural diversity, anthropology plays a crucial role in this kind of approach, which is essential in the context of contemporary societies marked by religious and cultural conflict and also the renewal of religiosity from a critical analysis of the religious phenomenon and various anthropological point of view on religion.
1.Religion
2. Sacred
3. Ritual
Students should be able to:
• Understand the specific approach of anthropology with respect to the religious phenomena.
• Recognize the diversity of religious practices and its role in the social and cultural point of view.
• Develop the capacity to reflect on and criticize subjects of scientific and social relevance.
• Construct well-founded arguments, engaging with contemporary issues and drawing on specific theoretical references in anthropology.
1.Religion and Anthropology: cult(s) and culture(s) in dialogue
- Definitions of culture and interpretations of the religious phenomenon
- Readings of the sacred and the profane
2. Object, field of study and theoretical approaches
- Anthropological perspectives and analysis proposals
- Religion, History and social order
3. Ritual diversity and ethnographic contexts: questions and debates
- Rituals and religious practices
- Health and Religion: cure and meaning
4. Religion, power and society: between tradition and modernity
- Secularization and the re invention of the religious
- Religion and social movements
Douglas, Mary,1991 Pureza e Perigo - ensaio sobre a noção de poluição e tabu, Lisboa, Edições 70.
Eliade, Mircea. 1999. O sagrado e o profano. A Essência das Religiões. Lisboa, Livros do Brasil.
Geertz, Clifford. 1978. “A religião como sistema cultural”, In A interpretação das culturas, Rio de Janeiro, Zahar.
Hervieu – Léger, Danielle. 2005. - O peregrino e o convertido. A religião em movimento, Lisboa, Gradiva.
Mbembe, Achille,2013. África Insubmissa – Cristianismo, poder e Estado na sociedade pós -colonial. Edições Pedago.
Obadia, Lionel. 2011. Antropologia das Religiões, Lisboa, Edições 70
Carmo, António, 2001, Antropologia das Religiões, Lisboa, Universidade Aberta.
- na sala de aula virtual será facultada bibliografia específica para cada tema.
E-learning.
Continuous assessment is privileged: 2 or 3 digital written documents (e-folios) during the semester (40%) and a final exam (p-folio / global e-folio) in the end of the semester (60%).In due time, students can alternatively choose to perform one final presence-based exam (100%).
Final assessment: single presence-based exam (100%).