RELIGION 105CNS
Introduction to Sport and Religion
Larissa S. Carneiro
Description from DukeHub
This course is an introduction to the field of sport and religion. The course will focus on the examination of how sport can work as religion creating a sense of community through rituals that reinforce and maintain social bonds and collective experience. Duke University is very known for its athletic program, amazing athletes, and fandom. The Duke Blue Devil represents not only the athletes of our school, but every current student and Duke alumni. The course will use Duke's sport culture to investigate how sports work as religion creating a sense of identity and community that transcends space and time.
Skills
No skill passed the confidence bar. Weak matches go to review instead of this page: an AI pass that has to quote the description, then a person.
AI-resilient: 1 of 5
- No: Physical, lab or field work
- No: Live work with people
- No: Judgment someone is accountable for
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- Yes: Small, in-person format · seminar, 18 seats per section
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works
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