RLST2620 - Religion and Violence, Faith and Blood

Semester 1, 2013  |  Credit Points: 6

Coordinator: Christopher Humphrey Hartney
Phone: +61 2 9351 2367
Email: christopher.hartney@sydney.edu.au

Description

The twentieth century faced an unprecedented range of near-global crises - wars, depressions, communist-capitalist confrontation, ethnic conflict, epidemics, ecological disasters, extraordinary technological advances, the radical questioning of traditional values (along with secularisation) followed by reactive fundamentalisms, as well as serious tensions between modern science and religious conservatism. This unit considers how these crises have been addressed in religious thought and action. It will discuss popular mentalities and new spiritualities together with responses in the thought and praxis of leading religious figures.

Assessments

1x1000wd tutorial presentation (25%), 1x2000wd essay (40%), 1x1500wd take home paper (35%)

Textbooks

Course Reader

Classes

1x2-hr lecture/week, 1x1-hr tutorial/week

Prohibitions

RLST2020

Assumed Knowledge

12 Junior credit points of Religion Studies, or their equivalent to be assessed by the Department

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