SCAR 2SG3 Spirits Ghosts and Demons offers an introductory examination of spirits, ghosts, and demons from a social-scientific perspective. Some questions we will explore together include:

• What explains the widespread belief in the paranormal?
• How can we make sense of claims of paranormal experiences (hauntings, possessions, psychics)?
• How does gender, sexuality, race, and religion relate to the paranormal?

Some topics we cover include hauntings, spirit and demon possession, witch trials, the Satanic Panic phenomenon, Jewish and Muslim folklore, Queer ghost hunters, spirit channeling, and android (robot) ghosts.