RELS 106 - Religion and Violence

Institution:

College of Charleston

Subject:

Religious Studies

Description:

This course provides an historical and comparative introduction to the academic study of religion by focusing on the multiple relations between religion and violence. Students will acquire critical tools from a variety of disciplines within the field of religious studies to make sense of recent events in our world when religion has become intertwined with racism, nationalism, colonialism, and the preservation of ethnic identities, for these toxic combinations can result in tragic violence. These critical tools will be applied to a selection of case studies taken from different cultures, religious traditions, and social and political contexts in different time periods, with some tilt towards the contemporary.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.cofc.edu

Phone Number:

(843) 953-5500

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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