RELS 227 Indigenous Religious Traditions Units: 3.00
Introduction to the study of the Indigenous religious experience in Canada and abroad.
Learning Hours: 120 (36 Lecture, 84 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite (Level 2 or above) or (6.0 units of RELS at the 100-level).
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Analyze the making and unmaking of Indigenous identity and spirituality by the State, the Church, the social sciences, and Human Rights to generate decolonizing processes and debates in the social and academic arenas.
- Define the Indigenous condition in relation to coloniality and the environment.
- Describe religious systems in ancient Indigenous cultures to explain their syncretism with mainstream world religions in the colonial encounter.