ANT 303 - Advanced Topic Seminar: Piety And Politics

Institution:

University of Rochester

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Description:

Tensions between church and state, between religion and secularism and between faith and reason will be explored in this course. We will examine how heated debates on the role of religion inflame politics, and how political ideas flood places of worship (churches, temples, mosques and synagogues) as people try to make sense of their lives in the 21st century. While the Middle East and the United States will offer a frame of reference, our readings and discussions will include the impact of missionaries on traditional societies as they experience major religious shifts as well as pressures to accommodate local politics to western modernity.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.rochester.edu

Phone Number:

(888) 822-2256

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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