RELG 382 - Spirit Possession

Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, WINT

Why channel the spirits of the dead? What does it mean to be possessed? Beginning with a study of seventeenth-century demonic possession in France, this study will explore mediumship and exorcism practices in the Atlantic world from the early modern period to today. In addition to understanding these traditions on their own terms, we will consider how spirit possession informed public debates about science, agency and subjectivity, race, and gender
Enrollment Limit: 15
Instructor: M. Amoruso