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Religious Studies: Introductory Course A2, 30 credits

Swedish name: Religionsvetenskap: grundkurs A2

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Course code: 1RE043

Credit points: 30

Education level: First cycle

Main Field of Study and progress level: Religion and Theology: First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements
Theology: First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements

Grading scale: Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail

Responsible department: Department of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies

Revised by: Head of Department of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies, 2020-08-17

Required Knowledge

General entry requirements

Literature

Valid from: 2022 week 45

Kyrka i Sverige : introduktion till svensk kyrkohistoria
Berntson Martin, Nilsson Bertil, Wejryd Cecilia
Skellefteå : Artos : 2012 : 410 s. :
ISBN: 978-91-7580-574-0 (inb.)
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Kristendomen : en historisk introduktion
Rasmussen Tarald, Thomassen Einar, Beskow Per
Skellefteå : Artos : 2007 : 416 s. :
ISBN: 978-91-7580-336-4 (inb.)
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De historiska relationerna mellan Svenska kyrkan och samerna : en vetenskaplig antologi
Lindmark Daniel, Sundström Olle
Skellefteå : Artos : 2016 : 2 vol. (1135 s.) :
ISBN: 9789175807959
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Bissie : studier i samisk religionshistoria.
Mebius Hans
Östersund : Jengel, 2003 (Östersund : eri) : 247 s. : ill. :
ISBN: 91-88672-05-0
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Sami Religion, i The Handbook of Religions in Ancient Europe,. L. Bredholt Christensen, O. Hammer & D. Warburton (red
Rydving Håkan
Durham: Acumen Publishing : 2013 :
Mandatory

Fornnordisk religion
Steinsland Gro, Ericsson Malin
Stockholm : Natur och kultur : 2007 : 568 s. :
ISBN: 978-91-27-11429-6 (inb.)
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Seminariekompendium med källtexter till samisk religion
Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier :
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Hinduism : a very short introduction
Knott Kim
Second edition : Oxford : Oxford University Press : 2016 : 138 sidor :
ISBN: 9780198745549
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Buddhism : a very short introduction
Keown Damien
[New ed.] : Oxford : Oxford University Press : 2013 : xx, 158 pages :
ISBN: 9780199663835
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Rediscovering the Buddha: legends of the Buddha and their interpretation
Penner Hans H.
New York : Oxford University Press : 2009 :
Mandatory

The Buddhist World
Powers John
Routledge : 2016 :
Mandatory

On Hinduism
Doniger Wendy
2014 :
Online access for UMUB
Mandatory

The Wiley Blackwell companion to East and Inner Asian Buddhism / Mario Poceski
Poceski Mario.
uuuu-uuuu :
Mandatory

Religion in the contemporary world : a sociological introduction
Aldridge Alan
3. ed. : Oxford : Polity : 2013 : 250 s. :
ISBN: 9780745653471 (hft.)
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Religion och konflikt : komplexa samband, komplexa orsaker
Lindgren Tomas
Skellefteå : Artos & Norma Bokförlag : 2014 : 351 s. :
ISBN: 9789175807225
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Sociologiska perspektiv på religion i Sverige
Lövheim Mia, Nordin Magdalena
Andra upplagan : Malmö : Gleerups : [2022] : 221 sidor :
ISBN: 9789151107479
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Fundamentalism och helig terror : religionspsykologi för vår tid
Lindgren Tomas
1. uppl. : Lund : Studentlitteratur : 2009 : 271 s. :
ISBN: 978-91-44-05392-9
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Religion och politik under kapitalismen : humanistiska tankar och termer
Arvidsson Stefan, Björk Nina
[Lund] : Arkiv förlag : 2022 : 244 sidor :
ISBN: 9789179243661
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Valid from: 2021 week 45

An introduction to ecclesiology : ecumenical, historical&global perspectives.
Kärkkäinen Veli-Matti
Downers Grove, IL : InterVarsity Press : 2002 : 238 s. :
ISBN: 0-8308-2688-2
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Artiklar

Bissie : studier i samisk religionshistoria.
Mebius Hans
Östersund : Jengel, 2003 (Östersund : eri) : 247 s. : ill. :
ISBN: 91-88672-05-0
Mandatory
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Sami Religion, i The Handbook of Religions in Ancient Europe,. L. Bredholt Christensen, O. Hammer & D. Warburton (red
Rydving Håkan
Durham: Acumen Publishing : 2013 :
Mandatory

Fornnordisk religion
Steinsland Gro, Ericsson Malin
Stockholm : Natur och kultur : 2007 : 568 s. :
ISBN: 978-91-27-11429-6 (inb.)
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Seminariekompendium med källtexter till samisk religion
Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier :
Mandatory

Kompendium och artiklar

Det mångreligiösa Sverige : ett landskap i förändring
Andersson Daniel, Sander Åke
2. uppl. : Lund : Studentlitteratur : 2009 : 598 s. :
ISBN: 978-91-44-05398-1
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Bhagavad-Gītā : vishet och yoga = Brahmavidyā yogaśāstram śrīmadbhagavadgītā
Gansten Martin
2. utg. : Nora : Nya Doxa : 2008 : 207, [1] s. :
ISBN: 978-91-578-0507-2
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Darśan : det gudomliga skådandet : en introduktion till hinduisk ikonografi
Eck Diana L., Edholm Erik af, Jackson Peter
Nora : Nya Doxa : 1996 : 91 s. :
ISBN: 91-88248-86-0 ; 155:00
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Rediscovering the Buddha: legends of the Buddha and their interpretation
Penner Hans H.
New York : Oxford University Press : 2009 :
Mandatory

Hinduismen : historia, tradition, mångfald
Jacobsen Knut A., Ericson Malin
Stockholm : Natur och kultur : 2004 : 393, [1] s. :
ISBN: 91-27-09772-2 (inb.)
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Buddhismen : kultur, historia, tradition
Jacobsen Knut A., Andersson Thomas
Stockholm : Natur och kultur : 2002 : 318, [1] s. :
ISBN: 91-27-09021-3
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Religion in the contemporary world : a sociological introduction
Aldridge Alan
3. ed. : Oxford : Polity : 2013 : 250 s. :
ISBN: 9780745653471 (hft.)
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Routledge handbook of religion and politics
Haynes Jeffrey
Second edition : London : Routledge : 2016 : xxiv, 395 pages :
ISBN: 9781138826991
Mandatory
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Valid from: 2020 week 34

Artiklar

Bissie : studier i samisk religionshistoria.
Mebius Hans
Östersund : Jengel, 2003 (Östersund : eri) : 247 s. : ill. :
ISBN: 91-88672-05-0
Mandatory
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Sami Religion, i The Handbook of Religions in Ancient Europe,. L. Bredholt Christensen, O. Hammer & D. Warburton (red
Rydving Håkan
Durham: Acumen Publishing : 2013 :
Mandatory

Fornnordisk religion
Steinsland Gro, Ericsson Malin
Stockholm : Natur och kultur : 2007 : 568 s. :
ISBN: 978-91-27-11429-6 (inb.)
Search the University Library catalogue

Seminariekompendium med källtexter till samisk religion
Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier :
Mandatory

Kompendium och artiklar

Rediscovering the Buddha: legends of the Buddha and their interpretation
Penner Hans H.
New York : Oxford University Press : 2009 :
Mandatory

Buddhismen : kultur, historia, tradition
Jacobsen Knut A., Andersson Thomas
Stockholm : Natur och kultur : 2002 : 318, [1] s. :
ISBN: 91-27-09021-3
Mandatory
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Religion in the contemporary world : a sociological introduction
Aldridge Alan
3. ed. : Oxford : Polity : 2013 : 250 s. :
ISBN: 9780745653471 (hft.)
Mandatory
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God's century : resurgent religion and global politics
Toft Monica Duffy, Philpott Daniel, Shah Timothy Samuel.
New York : W.W. Norton : 2011 : x, 276 s. :
ISBN: 978-0-393-06926-6 ¹19.99
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