RLGN 430 - Genealogies of Religious Otherness

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Case Western Reserve University

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Concepts of otherness pervade recent theories of religion. More or less related to one another, many of these concepts are borrowed from fields other than academic religious studies. This seminar explores the genealogies of otherness in theoretical discourse as they relate to religion. In the course of this seminar, our researches and discussions will address several key issues in academic religious studies, including: psychological and sociological processes of projection and their roles in the construction and deconstruction of religious identity; the significance of gender, sexuality, and ethnicity to these projections; concepts of otherness in mystical religious thought and experience; and the interrelations of order and chaos, figuring and disfiguring within religious ideas, institutions, and practices, interrelations that challenge common theoretical perspectives that treat religion primarily if not exclusively as a means of establishing order against chaos and as a force of social and ideological structure legitimation.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.case.edu

Phone Number:

(216) 368-2000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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