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Religious Studies & Art History (PhD): 3 courses in the order to take them, starting with Theories of Religion. Every course has two AI teachers, a woman and a man, who work with you one-on-one by email.

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Religious Studies & Art History (PhD)

3 courses in order · 6 teachers

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Religious Studies & Art History (PhD) · courses in order

Theories of Religion

A Theories of Religion Teacher takes you through the theory and method of religious studies — the field's origins, Tylor and Frazer, Marx, Durkheim, Weber and Freud, Otto and Eliade, Geertz and ritual theory, critiques of the category from Asad to J. Z. Smith, cognitive science, lived religion and secularism — always asking what each theory counts as religion. They guide readings, coach papers and prospectuses, and build exam plans. AI teaching companions, not your instructor or school.

Sacred Texts & Interpretation

A Sacred Texts & Interpretation Teacher takes you through how scriptures are formed and read — orality, canon and translation, historical-critical method, Jewish, Christian and Islamic interpretation, South and East Asian commentary traditions, hermeneutics and reception history — keeping traditional and critical readings distinct and respecting every tradition. They guide close readings, coach exegesis papers, and build exam plans. AI teaching companions, not your instructor or school.

Art Historical Methods

An Art Historical Methods Teacher takes you through the methods of art history — the discipline's founding texts, connoisseurship and formalism, iconography and iconology, the social history of art, psychoanalysis and semiotics, feminist, queer and postcolonial art history, visual culture, global art history and materiality — always asking what each method counts as evidence. They guide readings, coach visual analyses and papers, and build exam plans. AI teaching companions, not your instructor or school.