Our objective is to (re-)materialize religion by focusing on things and feelings. We approach the religious sensorium as made up not only of sight, scent, sound, taste, and touch, but also emotions,sentiments, and intensities of affect. We consider the bodies formed by religious disciplines and technologies, through contact with the ?stuff? (objects, spaces, and media) of everyday ritual practice and performance. Readings survey contemporary theoretical and social scientific scholarship on religious perception, sensation, and subjectivity. We examine the ?mind-body problem?; the construction of sensory categories; and the influence of sensory hierarchies on formations of race/ethnicity, gender/sexuality, and class in religious contexts.

No Prerequisites

4

Units

Letter

Grading

1, 2, 3

Passtime

Graduate students only

Level Limit

Letters and science

College
Elizabeth Perez
3.6
10 reviews
RG ST 208 Perez E Fall 2021 Total: 14
RG ST 208 Perez E Spring 2021 Total: 11
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RGST63 . 2 Years Ago

Just horrible. This course had a lot of potential to be really cool, but Professor Perez assigns an insane amount of reading and essays for this class and yet the only credit you get is units, nothing for GE. She is confusing and has no clear directions or due dates for anything! She will check Gauchospace to make sure you're clicking on things too

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RGST61 . 4 Years Ago

Her lectures were unclear and hard to follow.

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RGST61 . 4 Years Ago

Dr. Perez is the best professor I've had so far. She made the class super interesting and the final and midterm were both take home. Everything is found in the readings and she is willing to go over your answers in office hours. She also offered lots of extra credit opportunities that were fun.

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RGST61 . 4 Years Ago

Not interested in RGST, but she made the class interesting. Good professor, lots of reading but I did not do it and easily passed the class because the lectures were very informative. 1 midterm and final, both were take home. They take a lot of time but if you just give solid, correct answers found in the reading you will get a good grade.

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RGS61 . 4 Years Ago

Dr. Perez is very nice, and all the tests are take home. She also offers fun extra credit opportunities. However, her lectures are unorganized, and she constantly uses foreign words without telling anyone what they mean. Class is absurdly easy, I did 3 out of the 35 or so readings, and got 99% on the midterm and final. Didn't study at all. EASY. rg

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RGST61 . 4 Years Ago

Dr. Perez is a great professor. She cares more about learning and absorbing the material rather than about focusing on just getting the grade. Do the readings, take notes, and especially go to office hours (very helpful).

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