Politics 255 - Politics and Religion Apostolidis

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Whitman College

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This course introduces students to crucial problems concerning the relation between politics and religion. Our approach is historical and critical, focusing on the modern world and examining the philosophical arguments found in primary texts. While we mainly study texts written in the United States, we also consider perspectives drawn from Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. Key questions include: What obligations for public officials and citizens does the principle of religious toleration entail, and why should this principle be embraced or rejected How has religion historically supported class, gender, and racial domination, and how have activists for social justice looked to religion to justify their struggles How does Islam provide critical distance on both the modern conditions that Christian political movements have criticized and the Christian orientation of these critiques Are the political methods and values of the contemporary Christian right consistent with U.S. liberal democracy or subversive of it

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.whitman.edu

Phone Number:

(509) 527-5111

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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