RELI 345a - Violent Frontiers:Colonialism and Religion in the Nineteenth Century

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Vassar College

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(Same as Asian Studies 345) What is the relationship between religion and colonialism and how has this relationship shaped the contemporary world During the nineteenth century the concept of religion was imagined and applied in different ways around the globe. When colonialists undertook to 'civilize' a people, specific understandings of religion were at the core of their violent undertakings. By the mid-nineteenth century, Europe's territorial energy was focused on Asia and Africa, two vast regions where religious and colonial practices collided and often colluded in fascinating ways. This seminar explores some of the ways religion was construed in the nineteenth century-and how this impacted the way in which we think with and use the term today,as well as looking at specific case studies of religious-colonial interactions in China and Southern Africa. Themes for discussion include among others various nineteenth-century interpretations of religion, the relationship between economic and capitalist ideologies, the notion of frontier religion, and the imagination and production of society. Mr. Wals

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www.vassar.edu

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(845) 437-7000

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Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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