This course introduces students to the uses of music within various world religious and Indigenous traditions. Topics may include: music as a marker of religious identity, music and ritual efficacy, the classification of music as 'religious', uses of music as a mechanism of religious recruitment, politicization of sacred music, music and gender, and the intersection between sacred music and contemporary popular culture [3 credits].
This course introduces students to the uses of music within various world religious and Indigenous traditions. Topics may include: music as a marker of religious identity, music and ritual efficacy, the classification of music as 'religious', uses of music as a mechanism of religious recruitment, politicization of sacred music, music and gender, and the intersection between sacred music and contemporary popular culture [3 credits].
