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College Catalog 2016-2017 
    
College Catalog 2016-2017 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

RELI 254 - How to Do Things with Dead People


This class will introduce the issues in the social study of death generally, and offer comparative examples and case studies to explore the general themes, rooting these discussions in concrete cases. The class approach is broadly anthropological. So what are funerals doing? What do they communicate, and what do they achieve? (4 Credits)