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RELI 300. Spiritual Highs: Religion, Drugs & Intoxication. 1 Credit.

Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3
This seminar explores the entanglement of religion and pharmacology as a widespread, historic phenomenon found across diverse religious traditions. It considers the use of drugs and intoxicants by religious communities seeking to induce healed bodies and altered states of consciousness. Focusing on the question of efficacy, it analyzes the worldviews and expectations of transformation that make drugs potent cultural symbols.

Religious Studies

https://coursecatalog.bucknell.edu/collegeofartsandsciencescurricula/areasofstudy/religionreli/
The academic study of religion equips students to analyze one of the most powerful and contested forces in the world. Our discipline fosters a deep understanding of different cultures, increases student sensitivity to the ambiguities and complexities of human existence, and encourages thoughtful and engaged citizenship in our interconnected world. Religious studies sits at the heart of a liberal arts education.