Learning outcomes
After studying this course, you should be able to:
discuss some of the ways in which the concept of 'religion' has been and is used in the study of religion
understand some examples of religious activity in Britain and India on 'special days' and have some practical experience in the study of these examples
identify and evaluate critically the motives, concerns and methods that typically distinguish the academic study of religion known as religious studies from other approaches to religious belief and practice.