ANTH 4367 - Cults and the Mythological

Credit(s): 3

A cross-cultural survey of cultic movements, revitalization movements, the origins and characteristics of prophetic figures and heroes, and alternate cultures with particular attention to the theories on the formation and cultural evolution of religious cultural movements. Topics include cults, religious formation, prophets and other religious practitioners, hysterical conversion, heroes, neopaganism, invented tradition, and occult practices across cultures.