I first want to mention that the course I am going to talk about, is not on the list which we are to pick from. I have very few courses that I have taken that are on the list because they have not even been offered or they were/are advanced general education classes and I cannot get into the class because I am am underclassman. So, continuing on, I have chosen to talk about the course Religion and Consumer Culture which I took as a night class. This class was very interesting in that the final question and main question for the course was that of "Is Consumerism a religion?" Within the course, we read several authors on what consumerism is, what religion is, and even opinions of authors on whether or not consumerism is a religion. We would even rant about how ridiculous consumerism can get including advertising, our own human nature, and the economy.
For the final, I decided that to write my paper on showing how consumerism can be considered a religion. I noted the similarities in the places of "worship" who the religious people are such as "priests" and then what the rituals and traditions are. I was shocked at what I had learned because before I took this course, I would have stated that it was nonsense to think a mall could be linked with a basilica.
The only thing that I would have changed about the class is to not have it as a night class. I can not focus for three straight hours and it was a lot of information to take. It may have been better to meet for a shirt time and then be able to reflect more on the little information I gained in that little time.
Overall, it was a great course with a great group of people and I enjoyed it!
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