ASR200 - Religion, Spirituality and Popular Culture
Unit details
Year: | 2019 unit information |
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Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online |
Credit point(s): | 1 |
EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
Trimester 1 Unit Chair: | David Tittensor |
Prerequisite: | Nil |
Corequisite: | Nil |
Incompatible with: | Nil |
Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 2 hour Class per week |
Scheduled learning activities - cloud (online): | 1 hour class per week (recordings provided),1 x 1 hour online seminar per week |
Content
This unit examines contemporary trends in spirituality and religion (including New Religious Movements, no religion, and world religions) and how these find expression in the global digital age. It also examines how popular culture - supernatural and magical movies, books, TV - is implicated the experience of religion and spirituality, particularly among young people. The unit is informed by theories of secularisation, re-enchantment, cultural appropriation, the network society, globalisation and gender.
Assessment
Assessment 1 (Individual) - Report (2000 words) - 50%
Assessment 2 (Individual) - Report (2000 words) - 50%
Unit Fee Information
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