RL5130

Religious Worlds of Oslo

Course info

Emnekode: RL5130
Studiepoeng: 10
Semester: Høst
Språk: Engelsk

Studieprogramtilhørighet:

Timeplan

RL5130 Religious Worlds of Oslo focuses on religion as it is expressed locally in the Oslo area and how these diverse local religious practices are informed by local as well as global realities. Through a selection of case studies, the course will focus on urban religion and religious superdiversity. Students of RL5130 will learn to observe religion as lived practice and get training in ethnographic method. The course will use the local surroundings in Oslo actively, moving teaching out of the MF classroom and bringing guests from local religious communities and networks back into the classroom. Theoretically, the course will be inspired by the approaches of Lived Religion, Religion and Spatiality, and Urban Religion.

Organization

The course consists of lectures, seminars, excursions, and individual case studies (fieldwork).

Om studiet

Studiekrav

In order to receive a final assessment, the student must:

- take part in an excursion organized by the professor

- present a draft field report (1000-1500 words) from a selected, individual case study and respond to the field reports of co-students in a plenary session

When course requirements are not fulfilled, this will count as one examination attempt, unless the student withdraws before the set deadline (1 May/November)

Avsluttende vurdering/eksamen

In order to pass RL5130 the student must submit the revised field report based on the selected case study (3500-4500 words). The field report is assessed with grades (A-F).

Eksamensdatoer

Innleveringsdato:: 19. januar 2026
Innleveringsfrist:: 14:00
Trekkfrist:: 4. januar 2026
Sensur kunngjøres innen:: 26. januar 2026

Læringsutbytte

Knowledge

The student has:

advanced knowledge of ethnographic methods and the ethnographic process advanced knowledge of relevant theoretical approaches to local, lived and urban religion good knowledge of a selected case study knowledge of relevant ethical challenges in fieldwork

Skills

The student can:

apply ethnographic methods on a selected case study identify key ethical dilemmas in ethnographic practice discuss relevant theoretical perspectives and apply these to an ethnographic case study write a field report respond constructively and adequately to the field reports of co-students

Overlappende emner

The course has no credit reduction to other courses.

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