Global Utilities

School of Historical and European Studies

Religion and Spirituality Studies

Have you ever wondered whether Adam and Eve really ate that apple or whether what is written of Jesus is fact or fiction? Did Buddha really walk in the four directions of the compass when he emerged from the womb?

Why have the traditional religions lost so many adherents in the West? Is this to the benefit of society? Why have so many New Age religious movements appeared in the last few decades? Why are fundamentalisms on the rise?

Is the human spirit satisfied with consumerism? If not what else does it need? Is a spiritual quest, of necessity, an individual one?

Questions such as these are dealt with in the study of religious traditions, the ways in which religions affect society or society affects religion and the continued search for meaning/spirituality in the modern world.

The origins of religions, as ways of understanding the self or community in relationship to the cosmos, are explored; their development, which has been influenced by a diversity of factors such as politics, culture, social requirements and economics, is considered and their insights into spirituality are noted. This is explored through a variety of methodologies as appropriate: anthropological, historical, linguistic, literary, philosophical and sociological.

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>>Bachelor of Arts - Religion and Spirituality Studies Major


 

First year subjects

Subject Code Subject Name Lecturer Available in 2009 Campus

ENG1SRP

Spirituality and Rites

Dr David Tacey No Bundoora
SAN1BEA Sanskrit Beginners 1A Dr Greg Bailey Semester 1 Bundoora

SAN1BEB

Sanskrit Beginners 1B

Dr Greg Bailey Semester 2 Bundoora

Second year subjects

Subject Code Subject Name Lecturer Available in 2009 Campus

ANT2/3BMC

Body, Mind and Culture

Dr Karl Smith Semester 1 Bundoora
AST2/3GSL Goddess, Sexuality and Liberation:India and Beyond Dr Greg Bailey Semester 2 Bundoora

AST2/3INB

Introduction to Buddism

Dr Greg Bailey Semester 1 Bundoora
ENG2/3JCP Jung's Cultural Psychology Dr David Tacey Semester 2 Bundoora
HIS2/3AIA Ancient Israel Dr Anne Gardner Semester 1 Bundoora
HIS2/3AGR Antiquity, Gender and Religion Dr Anne Gardner No Bundoora
HIS2/3IJN Israel, Jews and the Nation Dr Anne Gardner Semester 2 Bundoora
HIS2/3JFF Jesus: Fact or Fiction? Dr Anne Gardner No Bundoora

SAN2BEA

Sanskrit Beginners 2A

Dr Greg Bailey Semester 1 Bundoora

SAN2BEB

Sanskrit Beginners 2B

Dr Greg Bailey No Bundoora

SOC2/3SOC

Sociology of Culture

Prof John Carroll Semester 2 Bundoora

Third year subjects

Subject Code Subject Name Lecturer Available in 2009 Campus
RST3RCA
Reading Course A
Dr Anne Gardner Semester 1 Bundoora
RST3RCB
Reading Course B
Dr AnneGardner Semester 2 Bundoora

SAN3BEA

Sanskrit Beginners 3A

Dr Greg Bailey Semester 1 Bundoora

SAN3BEB

Sanskrit Beginners 3B

Dr Greg Bailey Semester 2 Bundoora

Details of other subjects approved for a religion and spritituality studies major can be found in the Undergraduate Handbook

Religion and Spirituality Studies Coordinator

Dr Anne Gardner
613 9479 2379
a.gardner@latrobe.edu.au

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Last Updated: 2 April, 2009