Communities & Identities Concentration
The Department of Religion offers the graduate concentration in Communities & Identities to explore religion and spirituality in modern societies, both local and global, through the lenses of anthropology of religion and history of religions.
The Communities & Identities curriculum consists of a rotating sequence of courses in both topics and theory and methods within both the History of Religions and Anthropology of Religion. In addition, we have a rotating co-taught selected topics course, Theorizing Communities and Identities, that is offered once every four semesters.
Below is a list of courses that may be offered under each category:
Topics in the History of Religions
- Critical Issues in Indigenous Religions
- Critical Issues in the Study of Native American Religions
- Discovery and Indigenous Peoples
- Gender, Politics, and Religion
- Global Hinduism
Theory and Methods in the History of Religions
- Globalization and Religion
- Materialities
- Ritual and Performance
- Topics in Religion and Space/Place
- Topics in Spirituality and Community
Topics in the Anthropology of Religion
- Buddhism, Culture, Modernity
- Islams and Cultural Diversity
- Memory, Culture, Religion
Theory and Methods in the Anthropology of Religion
- Anthropology of Religion
- Ethnography of Religion
- Gender and Religion in Theory and Practice.
Core Faculty for the Communities & Identities Concentration
![Philip P. Arnold](/media/images/Arnold-Phil-hq.8e1273ec.fill-300x300.jpg)
![Arun Brahmbhatt](/media/images/Brahmbhatt_Profile_Photo_copy_cB7G.2e16d0ba.fill-300x300.jpg)
![Gareth Fisher](/media/images/gareth-fisher-portrait-original_3Q.bdb9a90a.fill-300x300.jpg)
![Jeanette S. Jouili](/media/images/Jeanette-Jouili.573c8c6c.fill-300x300.jpg)
![Tazim R. Kassam](/media/images/tazim-kassam-portrait-original.af79e896.fill-300x300.jpg)
![Joanne Punzo Waghorne](/media/images/waghorne-joanne-hq.db148d3c.fill-300x300.jpg)