REL3037F RELIGION AND POLITICS
30 NQF credits at NQF level 7
Convener: Dr L P Blond
Course entry requirements: Completion of any two REL 2000-level courses; second- or third-year status; or by permission of the Head of Department (second year students who are majoring in Politics would be given standard HOD allowance to take this course).
Course outline:
This course discusses the configuration of religious and secular spaces in the modern nation state and examines the role of religion in social and political conflict in local, national and global contexts. The course develops a selection of case studies, which may include religion, politics and conflict in South Africa; religion and the state in Asian countries; Judaism, modernity and the Holocaust; religion, nationhood and conflict in Israel/Palestine.
Lecture times: 3 contact hours per week. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 3rd period.
DP requirements: Mandatory attendance at lectures and tutorials in all sections of the course. Submission of all work by due dates.
Assessment: Continuous assessment (essays, projects, tests, etc.) counts 100%.
