This gateway course will offer an introduction to the anthropology of religion. We will selectively cover some of anthropology's "turns" and current trends, contextualizing them in longer histories of anthropological debate and research. Throughout, the course will address three aspects of the anthropology of religion: theory, fieldwork as method, and ethnographic writing. The goals of the course include: 1) to help students situate their own research projects in ongoing or emerging disciplinary conversations; 2) to develop and fine-tune the students' research design; and 3) to prepare students for future teaching in the field of the anthropology of religion.