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Analysing Religion and the Spiritual Self - RST3712

Under Graduate Degree Semester module NQF level: 7 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Recommendation: Students to register together with RST1501 & RST1502
Purpose: The purpose of this module is to enable students to provide a critical understanding of the formations and representations of the spiritual self in relation to religion. It focuses on the emotional and examined life of the individual, including the roles of myth, ritual and public life. On completion of the module students will be able to demonstrate a critical understanding of historical representations of the self in relation to religious motifs from various religious traditions, for example the relation between identity, politics and religion.