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SOC 508 Religion and Politics
3 Credits
This course examines the interaction of religious
and political authorities, discourses, and institutions
through historical, comparative, and normative perspectives.
We will start our discussion with a
survey of the role of religion in the formation of modern
political institutions and identities, including the
modern state, long-distance and national social
movements, welfare regimes, and national identities.
We will then investigate various aspects of religious
politics, focusing in particular on religious movements and
violence, the rise and transformation of religious
parties, secularism as political ideology and movement
and the relationship between religious politics and
democracy. The course will
conclude with a review of recent debates in political
theory on the legitimate place of religion in
public life and in the political sphere. In the
course of the semester, we will discuss empirical
cases drawn from Europe, the U.S., the Middle
East, and Southeast Asia.
Last Offered Terms
Course Name
SU Credit
Fall 2022-2023
Religion and Politics
3
Fall 2020-2021
Religion and Politics
3
Fall 2019-2020
Religion and Politics
3
Spring 2014-2015
Religion and Politics
3
Fall 2013-2014
Religion and Politics
3
Fall 2012-2013
Religion and Politics
3
Fall 2011-2012
Religion and Politics
3
Spring 2010-2011
Religion and Politics
3
Prerequisite: __
Corequisite: __
ECTS Credit: 10 ECTS (10 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
General Requirements:
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| This course examines the interaction of religious and political authorities, discourses, and institutions through historical, comparative, and normative perspectives. We will start our discussion with a survey of the role of religion in the formation of modern political institutions and identities, including the modern state, long-distance and national social movements, welfare regimes, and national identities. We will then investigate various aspects of religious politics, focusing in particular on religious movements and violence, the rise and transformation of religious parties, secularism as political ideology and movement and the relationship between religious politics and democracy. The course will conclude with a review of recent debates in political theory on the legitimate place of religion in public life and in the political sphere. In the course of the semester, we will discuss empirical cases drawn from Europe, the U.S., the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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