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Academic Year 2000/2001

Religion and Resistance
ANTH 230 SP
Clusters:
Christian Studies

This course will examine the role played by religion in the resistance movement of oppressed peoples in a variety of historical and cultural settings. The central theoretical problem posed by this course will be the relationship of religion to political action. Various approaches to understanding religion as a mobilizing force in social movements will be discussed, including Marxist, psycho-funtionalist and perspectives associated with liberation theology.

MAJOR READINGS

Eric Hobsbawm, PRIMITIVE REBELS Peter Worsley, THE TRUMPET SHALL SOUND Bruce Lincoln (ed.), RELIGION, REBELLION, AND REVOLUTION Michael Adas, PROPHETS OF REBELLION Michael Taussig, THE DEVIL AND COMMODITY FITISHISM

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Midterm class presentation, final research paper

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: NONE    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-26-2001

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