RELIGION & VIOLENCE

Course Code:
RLST 267
Course Group(s):
REASON AND FAITH
Active Term:
Spring Term
/ Odd Years
Course Description:
This course is designed to explore the complex ways in which religious people appear to be motivated by religion toward violence or peace. It will look at the history of violence in religious traditions, modern movements and developments most closely associated with religious violence, structures of religious life and identity that appear to lead to acts of violence, specific case studies, and finally pathways toward peace.
Credit:
3
Instruction methods:
Lecture
Total hours: 45
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