AAAS 91.03 African Religions, Health, and Healing Traditions

This seminar examines the complex interaction of African, Christian, Muslim, and Western medical traditions in the understanding of, diagnosis of, and healing of illnesses within African societies. This is a capstone course for the AAAS major and minor and will include a major term paper. Cases will be drawn from anthropological, comparative religious, historical, literary, and artistic perspectives.

Instructor

Baum

Cross Listed Courses

REL 74.15

Degree Requirement Attributes

Dist:INT or TMV; WCult:NW

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