Gurus, Cults, and Utopias (CVS-0034)

Fall 2023 · CVS 0034 · Tufts University · 3 credits · Undergraduate

Introduction to the study of modern and contemporary New Religious Movements (NRMs) in specific regional contexts (South Asia, the United States, and Japan) and as a global phenomenon. Explores central questions in the study of religion around charismatic leadership, sect formation, utopianism, social mobility, gender, and violence. Influential 20th-century theories of religion and recent critical analyses of transnational, new age, esoteric, and alternative spiritualities.

Course codes: CVS-0034, CVS 0034, CVS0034, CVS-34, CVS 34, CVS34, REL-0032, REL 0032, REL0032, REL-32, REL 32, REL32

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