HISTORY 396 - Marx and Jesus in Modern Latin America

Institution:

Reed College

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Full course for one semester. Few ideological forces have been as influential in shaping Latin America as Christianity and Marxism. Sometimes mutually antagonistic and sometimes compatible, the Marxist and Christian traditions have both inspired selfless moral acts and excused moral atrocities. In this course we will study the origin of modern, secular, liberal economies in the 19th century and the consequent debates among Marxists and Christians over property, the stages of history, the legitimacy of state authority, and the standards of just war. At the heart of the course are the mass movements of the 20th century-movements as varied as the Cristeros of the 1920s (who fought to defend the Catholic church and private property from the secular state) and the liberation theology movements of the 1960s and 1970s (many of which found a mandate for revolution in the example of Jesus and the historical analysis of Marx). Conference.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.reed.edu

Phone Number:

(503) 771-1112

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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