Mar 29, 2024  
2017-2018 Academic Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

REL 295-01 - Special Topic: Religious Violence and Nonviolence

4 credits (Spring)
This course examines the often surprising intersections between violence and nonviolence in and around religious traditions. We will focus on Islam, Christianity, Hinduism and Buddhism, as we engage theories of violence, nonviolence and social change. The course will be framed historically, critically, and practically at the intersection of religious identity, peace studies and postcolonial critique. Together we will debate questions of terrorism, anticolonial and anti-racist revolution, militant nonviolence and the embodied practice of conflict transformation.

Prerequisite: REL 101 , REL 102 , REL 103 , REL 104 , REL 105 , or second-year standing.    
Instructor: T. Dobe