SOA U316 - Religion Against Modernity

Institution:

Northeastern University

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Description:

Retired August 31, 2008. Examines the rise of Protestantism and the Reformation, Confucianism and the Asian Tigers, and Islam and capitalism. Covers the rise of so-called fundamentalism in a number of formal religions. Examines the economic, political, and cultural contexts of this emergence and the debates and discourses that critique modernity.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.northeastern.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 373-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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