2014-2015 Academic Catalog

Jun 26, 2024

2014-2015 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

IDCE 369 - Religion, Identity and Violence in a Globalizing World

Examines the nature of religion and the interconnections among religious identity, political violence, and globalization in the contemporary world. It will examine conflicts that arise between groups with different religious identities as well as conflicts between religions and secularization. It will consider how globalization has failed to satisfy so many people in the world, why religion has been raised as an alternative, and why the religious rejection of secularization has been so violent.